Donald H. Harrison

Lapid opens wide lead over Netanyahu in latest poll

Thirty-three percent of Israelis approve of Binyamin Netanyahu”s service as Prime Minister, a new Panels Politics poll indicates, while 59% of Israelis disapprove of Mr. Netanyahu. According to the poll, published Sunday morning by Maariv, Prime Minister Netanyahu still retains leads over possible challengers to the premiership – but his Likud party would nevertheless likely […]

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Middle East

Philippine President apologizes for Hitler remark

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday apologized to Jews for his controversial remarks comparing himself with Adolf Hitler, but also said he did nothing wrong and reiterated his desire to kill millions of drug addicts, AFP reported. Duterte, whose bloody war on crime had already drawn international condemnation, sparked fresh outrage on Friday when he

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International, Jewish History

Netanyahu, Abbas face criticism after funeral for Israel’s Peres

Tel Aviv (dpa) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should not have shaken Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ hand at the funeral of Shimon Peres, Israel’s justice minister said on local radio Sunday. Ayelet Shaked, of the conservative Jewish Home party, told the station in an interview that she did not know what other action Netanyahu should

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Middle East

Reform movement to protest Israel’s laws on mikvahs, Kotel

Reform and Conservative congregations in the US have launched a campaign of protest against the government of Israel. The Reform and Conservative movements cited as reason for the effort the ritual bath (mikvaot) bill banning use of public facilities for conversions not performed by recognized authorities -which passed its second and third readings in the

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Chris Christie: Donald Trump best qualified to close tax code loopholes

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Sunday that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s big tax write-off in the 1990s shows that he is best suited to reform America’s byzantine tax code. Mr. Christie, a former primary rival who who now leads the Trump campaign’s transition team, stressed that Mr. Trump followed the law and that

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USA

Rudy Giuliani: Donald Trump’s huge tax write-off show ‘absolute genius’

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is an “absolute genius” for claiming nearly $1 billion in deductions in a 1996 tax return that likely got him out of paying income taxes for years. “It shows you what a genius he is, how smart he is, how

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USA

Jewish trivia quiz: Sephardic Rosh Hashanah

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — In many Sephardic communities, Rosh Hashanah is celebrated with a seder meal, a custom which dates to the Talmud (Horayot 12a), when Abaye, a Babylonian rabbi, listed a variety of foods that should be eaten at the New Year. The foods are placed on a “Yehi Ratzon platter,” and

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Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire

A Maasai warrior is rallying men to fight female genital mutilation

Dressed in colorful red, blue and white cloth, with necklaces of white beads adorning his chest, 28-year-old Olelein Kanunga sings and dances with his fellow Maasai warriors. He is carrying a long dark-brown stick, symbolizing that he is their leader. The dance, the attire, the symbolism — it’s all very traditional. But Olelein is also

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International

US families ordered out of Guantanamo as hurricane approaches

The commander of the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay Saturday ordered the evacuation of families and other nonessential personnel from the outpost in southeast Cuba because of Hurricane Matthew’s approach. It was not immediately known how many people would be flown off the base, or where they would go. But military sources with knowledge

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International, USA