A 30-minute cut of Jewish comedian Jerry Lewis’s lost Holocaust movie has surfaced online, months after the BBC aired a documentary about the film the comedian had vowed no one would ever see. The rough clip was put together using YouTube videos made from footage grabbed from a German documentary on the film Lewis once […]
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Jewish History, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThe ministerial legislation committee today rejected a bill proposed by MK Yael German (Yesh Atid) that would allow the local authorities to decide whether to operate public transportation on the Sabbath. German told “Globes” today, “We won’t give up. We’ll submit the bill again in six months, and again in a year, and again and
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Jewish Religion, Middle East
By Raphael Poch JERUSALEM- When you meet an everyday person who does something incredible, it can take your breath away. Ronen and his wife Neomie are two such people. Both volunteer as EMTs for Israel’s national volunteer EMS organization, United Hatzalah, and they collaborate to make their volunteering as well as their personal lives work
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Jeremy Ben-Ami WASHINGTON, D.C. — Political change is coming to Israel. That’s the conclusion I came back with from a recent Congressional delegation to Israel and the West Bank. Most Americans who care deeply about the future of Israel have watched in agony as Prime Minister Netanyahu has led the country ever further to
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Middle EastIsrael allowed hundreds of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip into Jerusalem for Ramadan prayers Friday, an official said, a week after revoking entry permits in response to a deadly attack. The 300 Palestinians are believed to be the first from the Strip to be granted entry to pray since Israel shut the border after terrorists
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Middle EastIsrael said Saturday it was sending firefighting planes to a blaze in Cyprus, returning the neighboring island’s helping hand when the Jewish state suffered a devastating forest fire in 2010. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered that firefighting planes be sent to Cyprus to help put out a giant fire that is raging in Paphos,”
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Middle EastBy Robert O’Harrow Jr. and Shawn Boburg June 17 at 10:16 AM Follow @robertoharrow Follow @ShawnBoburg Donald Trump, left, Mayor Ed Koch, center, and Roy Cohn in 1983 at the Trump Tower opening in New York. (Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images) Donald Trump was a brash scion of a real estate empire, a young developer anxious to
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USAKen Livingstone, the former mayor of London who caused an uproar saying that Hitler was “supporting Zionism” at first, now claims that he may be Jewish. He recently spoke with the Jewish Chronicle, which began by asking the politician to name a Jewish friend. “[The late MP] Greville Janner used to drive me home from
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InternationalAs we saw again this week, Donald Trump really seems to like to berate the media. The mogul’s most recent target: “the phony and dishonest Washington Post,” whose campaign press credentials he very publicly stripped on Monday. But the truth is the real estate mogul loves the press. He feeds off the press and desperately
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USABoeing’s reported agreement to sell airplanes to Iran has come under criticism by two Republican lawmakers, who wrote to the company requesting clarifications on the deal. Representatives Jeb Hensarling and Peter Roskam warned in a letter released Friday that the sale could threaten national security, according to Reuters. “American companies should not be complicit in
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Middle East, USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra’s (TICO’s) June 7 concert featured the music of Leonard Bernstein, the 20th century’s most outstanding American musician. He was not only a great composer, equally versatile writing classical music and Broadway musicals, but he was one of the world’s foremost conductors, a brilliant pianist
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyMany Bernie Sanders supporters may be searching for a presidential candidate to back now that Hillary Clinton has wrapped up the Democratic nomination. Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, thinks you should consider him. He laid out his case in an exclusive interview with International Business Times this week. Read the
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USAHillary Clinton is a grandmother times 2. Daughter Chelsea announced the birth of son Aidan on Twitter on Saturday, saying she and husband Marc Mezvinsky were “overwhelmed.” Clinton, 36, and her investment banker husband also have a 20-month-old daughter, Charlotte. The couple married in a lavish wedding in 2010, having met at Stanford University. The
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USAhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Grant Lee Grant portrays Stella Chernak
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