Netanel Epstein, born and raised in Jerusalem by British Olim, has a natural talent for drawing comics. As a child, he dreamt of creating an internationally popular comic book series on the scope of Tintin and Astrix. Netanel’s goals and very life perspective changed when his close friend, Yoni, was murdered in a terror attack. […]
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastMINNEAPOLIS — Dismay and distress gripped the residents of Pleasant Street in the quiet little town of Lauderdale, Minn., this week when one of their neighbors hoisted a red flag bearing a swastika. Ben Holsen first spotted the Nazi emblem flying on Wednesday night after another neighbor alerted him to its presence. The flag was
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USADENVER – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin unloaded Friday on conservatives who refuse to support presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, dubbing them “Republicans Against Trump, or RAT for short.” “They want to take their [Denver] Nuggets ball home and stay home instead of vote, because their guy didn’t win this time around?” asked Mrs.
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USAThe “Red Alert” rocket siren was heard on Friday night in the Sderot and the Shaar Hanegev area of southern Israel. A rocket fired by Gaza terrorists exploded a short time later in an empty kindergarten in the city of Sderot. There were no injuries, but the building sustained damage. Rocket and mortar fire from
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Middle EastTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal court decision blocking parts of an abortion-regulation law hours before it was set to take effect is far from the end of Florida’s legal battle over the issue, advocates on both sides said Friday. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Hinkle issued an injunction against the law late Thursday night. It
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Eileen Wingard ENCINITAS, California — Michael Tseitlin, San Diego County’s highly respected violin pedagogue and organizer of the Virtuosi USA Concert Series, introduced one of its programs at the Encinitas Library on June 25, featuring Violinist Pasha Tseitlin, Pianist Nic Gerpe and Bassoonist Judith Farmer. Pasha Tseitlin, son of Michael and Irina Tseitlin, plays
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsA week is a long time in politics. Britain’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) has been, above all, a failure of political leadership—one that has left the country effectively without a government or opposition, at a time when fundamental decisions need to be made about the U.K.’s place in the world. Once the
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InternationalPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke the US embassy’s Independence Day celebration on Thursday. “This night of celebration comes after a day of tragedy. In Kiryat Arba, near Hevron the city of our forefathers, the young Hallel Yaffa Ariel, 13-year-old, was murdered lying in her bunk bed. What makes someones slit the throat of a child?
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday (July 1) welcomed the Middle East Quartet’s call on the Palestinian Authority to “act decisively” to stop incitement to violence and strengthen efforts to combat terrorism following a series of deadly terrorist attacks in Israel over the last few days. “In the aftermath of two deadly
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International, Middle East, USAPHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (Press Release) – The National Museum of American Jewish History (NMAJH) is a uniquely relevant destination for those visiting Philadelphia for the DNC. The Museum will be open every day the week of July 25 and will offer free admission to convention volunteers and 2-for-1 admission to convention attendees. Starting on June 28,
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Jewish History, USANEW YORK (WJC)- World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder said this week that he is dismayed by an investigation alleging that the German state of Bavaria had sold or given Nazi-looted art to high-ranking Nazi officials, rather than returning the art to its rightful Jewish heirs. The investigation by the London-based Commission for Looted
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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts(Statistics through June 27) Five-year-old Ashtin Gerberg, aka, “Mini Thor,” became perhaps the youngest person to throw out a ceremonial first pitch when he took the mound before the game between the NY Mets and the Kansas City Royals on June 22 at Citi Field in Queens. Ashtin, a pint-size doppelganger of Mets star pitcher
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Sports & CompetitionsIranian officials continue to verbally attack Israel and wish for its destruction. On Thursday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they envisage a Jerusalem in 25 years from now when “no Israel would be present on the map,” Haaretz reported. The Iranian military organization made the remarks in a statement quoted by Iran’s Mehr news agency. The
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Middle EastA Palestinian family is suing the French company Exxelia Technologies for selling weapons parts to Israel. Ynet reports that the Shuheibar family from Gaza City filed the suit through the Ancile-avocats law firm and with help from the Christian organization ACAT. The lawyers claim that Exxelia is complicit in war crimes and manslaughter. According to
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