By Liat Amarant and Izi Silverstein TEL AVIV — In Israel, everyone’s eyes are on conflict. Politics and social life become muddled together in a constant hyper-vigilance toward issues of security, borders, and ideologies toward a Jewish State. With eyes focused outwards, a community with similar pressing concerns of safety is slipping through the cracks, […]
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Middle East, The World We ShareThe number of Jews around the world is no more than 15 million, and despite their small number, their presence internationally and their influence – politically, scientifically, technically and economically – is manifold their number. It is not known, accurately, why they are so vastly distinguished and superior compared to others, as they are the
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle EastSen. Bernard Sanders showed no signs of ceding to Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Sunday, laying out a three-pronged path to swiping the nomination from her grasp as she deflects a raft of bad headlines over her emails. The Vermont independent once again refused to use Mrs. Clinton’s unauthorized use of personal email at
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USABy Daniel S. Mariaschin The expression “have you no shame?” has been applied so many times to resolutions biased against Israel at the United Nations, that it has simply lost its meaning. We were reminded again this week of the futility of fairness at the United Nations and its agencies when the World Health Organization
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International, Middle EastIsrael Police today announced that it had completed the investigation into the prime minister’s residence expenses, focusing on suspicions that Sara Netanyahu, the prime minister’s wife, and parties in the Prime Minister’s Office had charged the public for private expenses. In contrast to the usual practice, the police did not state in the announcement whether
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Middle EastThe Israeli Defense Forces announced on Sunday the formation of a special new unit charged with developing ties with Syrians living near Israel”s northern border. While the plan may seem far-fetched, the idea draws heavily from a similar operation conducted during Israel”s presence in southern Lebanon, when the IDF worked to forge ties with elements
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Middle EastIsraeli security forces have apprehended the Hamas terrorist cell responsible for the bombing of a number 12 bus in Jerusalem on April 18 which left 19 people injured, many of them seriously, it has been cleared for publication. The six-man terror cell was based in the Palestinian Authority city of Bethlehem, just south of the
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Middle EastAn anxious job-seeker in the Ukrainian town of Medzhybizh tried finding work at the local synagogue, but when he was told to come back later he became incensed – and tried to stab the rabbi. The rabbi in question says it was a miracle no one was hurt and that the man could have murdered
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International, Jewish ReligionThe gang rape of a disabled Jewish woman by a Palestinian man and teenager and an Israeli man was likely not a nationalistically-motivated attack, police said on Sunday. “Until now, there has been no indication of a nationalistic motive,” police spokesperson Luba Samri told The Times of Israel. “The suspected rape is still under investigation,”
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Middle EastRussian news outlet RT reported that Palestinian Authority (PA) chief Mahmoud Abbas wants NATO to replace IDF forces in Judea and Samaria as part of any long term peace deal with Israel. Meanwhile, the Arab League has welcomed a French initiative for peace talks between Israel and the PA. Abbas addressed a meeting of foreign
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International, Middle East, USAA unique celebration took place at the Yeshivat Hesder Meir Harel in Modi’in Thursday, on Lag Ba’Omer: a special needs boy celebrated his Bar Mitzvah. The Bar Mitzvah boy, an autistic teen, was the first to celebrate the milestone since the inception of the Bar Mitzvah program Shahak LeBnei Mitzvah eight years ago, complete with
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastJustice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) spoke out on Army Radio on Sunday regarding her party”s demands for security cabinet reforms, saying that the Jewish Home was not prepared to compromise on the issue. “If we, as the members of the security cabinet, have at the end of the day the responsibility during wartime, we
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Middle EastBy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO–Every once in a while it is interesting to type one’s name into Google and see what comes up. It almost never fails to be amusing and upon occasion perplexing as well. On one such recent excursion I came across an item which caught my eye: “Moral Issues and Christian Responses:
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish ReligionA federal judge overseeing a lawsuit filed against Donald Trump ordered the release of internal documents of Trump University, a defunct online education program co-founded in 2005 by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. The documents reportedly include “playbooks” regarding running the enterprise and how to sell programs to customers. The ruling, in which Judge Gonzalo
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