Palestinian women killed after attempted stabbing attack (JNS.org) A Palestinian female terrorist was shot and killed by Israeli security forces Wednesday when she tried stabbing Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers at the Tapuach Junction in Samaria. No Israelis were hurt in the attack. Border Police officers fired warning shots and called on the 19-year-old woman […]
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Task Force on Harassment and Journalism today released a report detailing a troubling, year-long rise in anti-Semitic hate targeting journalists on Twitter, with data showing that the harassment has been driven by rhetoric in the 2016 presidential campaign and identifying some of the groups and individuals responsible.
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USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York – Bob Dylan recently received the Nobel Prize for Literature, “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” as noted by the Swedish Academy which chooses the winners. In 1975, Dylan appeared at a congregational seder at Hollywood’s Temple Israel. What song did he perform at the
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireThe Jewish community of France reacted with outrage to the call of far-right politician Marine Le Pen to ban the kippah. Meyer Habib, a Jewish member of the French parliament, spoke with Arutz Sheva about Le Pen’s proposed kippah ban. “She is confused and mistaken. It isn’t kippahs or burkas or crosses that are causing
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International, Jewish ReligionPink Floyd’s Roger Waters repeated his harsh words against Donald Trump and Israel Sunday at the end of the inaugural Desert Trip rock festival in Indio, California. “I’m not going to allow this moment to pass,” Mr. Waters told the crowd of thousands. “I didn’t last Sunday, and I’m not going to let it pass
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAThere are many good conservatives who are Never-Trumpers, and there are many good conservatives who will vote for Donald Trump. Eight months ago, I warned that conservatives must resist gratuitous hatred or they will destroy themselves more effectively than the left ever could on its own. I used the term “gratuitous hatred” because it is
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USAA planned circumcision in the city of Bnei Brak descended into chaos on Tuesday when the father of the newborn boy snatched the baby up and bolted in an attempt to thwart his son from undergoing the traditional Jewish operation. The father, a formerly religious man, is adamantly opposed to his son taking part in
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastThe chief of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, has received “death threats” after she criticized a series of controversial Arab-backed resolutions which seek to erase the Jewish connection to holy sites in Jerusalem, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations organization said on Monday. “The director general has received death
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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle EastPresident Barack Obama has finally revealed what his post-presidency political work will entail. The current POTUS will work with former attorney general Eric Holder to overhaul America’s system of legislative redistricting. Holder is the chair of a newly created group called the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, which was created in close consultation with the White
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USAPresident Obama scolded a journalist Tuesday for shouting out a question – at a press conference – about illegal immigration from Central America. “I appreciate you shouting out a question, since I’m sure there are a lot of colleagues of yours who would like to do the same,” Mr. Obama told the reporter sarcastically. The
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International, USATEHRAN, Iran — Two Iranian-Americans, a father and son, have been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran, according to a report published Tuesday by Mizan, the Iranian judiciary’s news service. Businessman Siamak Namazi and his father, Baquer Namazi, who both hold dual citizenship, have been in custody in Iran and were sentenced on
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — A California-based tribe’s recent loss at the National Labor Relations Board could reignite interest in controversial legislation affecting Indian casinos and union workers nationwide. As part of a ruling that the San Diego-area Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians had violated federal labor law, NLRB Administrative Law Judge Mara-Louise Anzalone reaffirmed that the labor
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USAHillary Clinton’s latest contribution to fellow Democrats who are fighting to win Senate, House and gubernatorial elections: nearly $10 million. The value of having a Democrat-controlled Congress to partner with in 2017 if she wins the presidency: priceless. Donald Trump’s skid in the polls, fueled by multiplying allegations of sexual assault and his increasingly dark,
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USAThings took a turn for the weird on Monday, when Donald Trump brought a little girl on stage during a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wis., picked her up, called her “beautiful” several times, then tried to plant a kiss on her. RELATED: Days after the controversial Trump tape surfaced, a Florida woman says she