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Parasha Terumah: A Sanctuary for God in Our Hearts

Making a sanctuary is understood to be the requirement for Hashem to dwell within us. We cannot be passive and expect Hashem to dwell within us. We are required to take the first step. He doesn’t live in a building, isn’t restricted to one place, but rather lives within us, within our hearts, and within our minds. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D]

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, Staff and Bylined Contributors

What Should Come First, Hamas Ouster or Ceasefire in Gaza? U.S. Senate Candidates Disagree

Lee wants an immediate, permanent ceasefire which would leave Hamas in power, and negotiations toward a two-state solution. Porter and Schiff also favor a two-state solution but not while Hamas is in power. Garvey says a two-state solution is naïve, because a Palestinian state would remain in favor of Israel’s destruction. [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Middle East, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

House committee launches Columbia University antisemitism probe

Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — A U.S. House of Representatives committee is investigating allegations of antisemitism at Columbia University, according to a letter sent to university officials Monday. Its launch is the latest in a series of probes by the Republican-led Committee on Education and the Workforce into elite colleges’ ability

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Antisemitism, Israel, Nordot, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

“People were killed, regardless of their religion”: Israeli minister pays tribute to 26/11 victims, visits Nariman House

Published by ANI News Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 13 (ANI): The Israeli Minister of Transport and Road Safety, Miri Regev, paid tribute to the victims of the 26/11 terror attacks at Mumbai’s Nariman House on Monday. After laying flowers at a column raised in memory of the 26/11 victims, the minister also interacted with members

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International, Israel, Nordot

Egypt reinforces security presence along Gaza border

Published by DPA Egypt has reinforced its security presence along the border with Gaza, witnesses and a security source told dpa on Monday. Security reinforcements and intensive security patrols were seen along the border, especially in the area of the Rafah crossing and the Kerem Shalom crossing, according to witnesses. Security forces have been redeployed

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Israel, Middle East, Nordot

Anti-Israel Demonstrators Protest at Rep. Mike Levin’s Oceanside Office

Seated in the office, they read a letter to their representative, read, poetry, chanted and recited names of children killed in Gaza. They also held up a clothesline of baby clothes with the names of dead Palestinian infants. After three hours they marched out of the office to join nearly 50 demonstrators outside.  [Miriam Raftery, East County Magazine]

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East County Magazine, Israel, Middle East, Miriam Raftery, San Diego County, USA

Jewish audience members ‘hounded out’ of theatre as comedian encouraged chants of ‘get the f*** out’

Published by GB News A central London theatre has been forced to apologise after reports of a comedian encouraged chants of “get the f*** out.” Comedian Paul Currie allegedly encouraged his audience to chant “get the f*** out” and “free Palestine” while performing at the Soho Theatre last weekend. It has been reported that the

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International, Israel, Nordot

UNRWA chief has no intention to resign over allegations, hopes EU will continue funding

Published by Euronews (English) “No, I have no intention to resign,” Lazzarini, who heads the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, told reporters in Brussels following a meeting of EU foreign ministers. Members of the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu have called on Lazzarini to step down after serious allegations against his staffers emerged. “We

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International, Israel, Middle East, Nordot, USA

‘A little contradictory’: Borrell slams US for deploring Gaza deaths while sending weapons to Israel

Published by Euronews (English) Speaking in Brussels on Monday, hours after Israeli forces bombarded the southern Gazan town of Rafah, the EU’s foreign policy chief called on Washington to stop pleading with Israel to cease the killing of civilians and to start “doing something” instead. “How many times have you heard the most prominent leaders

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International, Israel, Nordot, USA

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Ed Sullivan

In ‍1930, ‍Sullivan, ‍a ‍Catholic, ‍married ‍Sylvia ‍Weinstein, ‍a ‍Jewish ‍woman, ‍against ‍the ‍wishes ‍of ‍both ‍families. ‍What ‍did ‍Sylvia ‍Weinstein ‍do ‍to ‍mollify ‍her ‍family ‍when ‍she ‍and ‍Ed ‍Sullivan ‍started ‍dating? [Mark D. Zimmerman]

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International, Mark D. Zimmerman, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Jewish Biography: The Love and Death of Ferdinand Lassalle

Lassalle was a “wunderkind” of the socialist movement. At the age of 23, during the revolution of 1848, he was already a prominent figure in the radical Democratic Party in Prussia. As an employee of the radical New Rhine Gazette, whose editors were Marx and Engels, he claimed to be a follower of their ideas. Lassalle defied the authorities by “challenging them to a duel” with his vivid sociopolitical agitation. His fame was aided by the charge of high treason for this activity. He was arrested, the jury acquitted him, but the correctional police court sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment. In 1858 he became known as a philosopher by publishing a work on the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus. Three years later he became famous as a jurist through the publication of a major work, The System of Acquired Rights (1861). In 1863 Lassalle founded the workers’ union, from which today’s Social Democratic Party of Germany grew. [Alex Gordon, Ph.D]

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Alex Gordon, Antisemitism, International, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Two hostages rescued by Israel from Gaza’s Rafah amid airstrikes; Argentinian President welcomes operation

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], February 12 (ANI): Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday hailed the “impressive rescue operation” in which two hostages were rescued from Hamas captivity in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported. The overnight rescue, amid air strikes, marks the second such operation of its kind since October 7.

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International, Israel, Nordot, USA

How California’s U.S. Senate candidates would differ from Feinstein and each other

Published by The Mercury News California voters showed their approval of late Sen. Dianne Feinstein by repeatedly re-electing her over a more than 30-year career that ended with her September death. The leading candidates jostling for her job include three fellow Democrats — all further to her left on some key issues — and a

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International, Israel, Nordot, USA