By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There is a tantalizing parallel between what the Jews did in the first century, and what the Palestinians did in the 20th century. We know of two violent confrontations between groups of Jews in ancient times. One led to the story of Hanukah, when Mattathias Maccabee killed a Jew who
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Jewish History, Middle EastMarchers in New York marked International Women’s Day on Wednesday afternoon by chanting “Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Donald Trump Has Got To Go” while walking between two of the real estate mogul’s signature properties. Some hoisted posters featuring coat hangers, a strong symbol for many women in the battle over abortion rights. Meanwhile, the most
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWere it not for the renegade work of club owner, Hollywood producer and self-described showman Fred Weintraub, the lives of Bruce Lee, Frankie Valli, Neil Diamond, Richard Pryor and Woody Allen, to say nothing of the mud-encrusted hippies Weintraub captured in the film “Woodstock,” might have taken other turns. Weintraub died Sunday, leaving a legacy
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAA Jordanian soldier who murdered seven Israeli schoolgirls during a class trip in 1997 will be released after serving 20 years in prison, an official in Jordan’s government said on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. Mohammed Momani, a spokesman for the government in Amman, said that terrorist Ahmed Daqamseh is to be freed next
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Middle EastPresident Reuven Rivlin and his wife Nehama hosted at the Presidential residence on Wednesday a teacher named Jeehan Jaber from the Ibn Sina school in Taibe. The president and Jaber called on Arab citizens of Israel to study Hebrew and for Jewish citizens to study Arabic. Jaber was accompanied by Taibe mayor Shuea Masrawa Mantzur,
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsFollowing widespread public furor over what has been compared to the world-changing Dreyfus trial and described as a “Stalinist show-trial”, a French court acquitted Jewish historian Georges Bensoussan of hate speech charges over his statement that Arabs receive anti-Semitism with their “mother”s milk.” The 17th Criminal Tribunal of Paris acquitted Bensoussan on Tuesday, saying in
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InternationalEight months after decision to airlift 1,300 from dwindling Jewish community, officials have not processed a single request; reasons cited include lack of air conditioning in Addis Ababa embassy By Raoul Wootliff and Melanie Lidman In October 2016, 63 Ethiopian immigrants touched down at Ben Gurion Airport to the joy and tears of eagerly waiting
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International, Middle EastThe mayor of a Lithuanian city invited residents to a party in honor of a local holiday – and included anti-Semitism on the invitation. During the holiday, local residents “chase away” the winter, but Jewish residents of the town say the anti-Semitic undertones grow stronger every year, and include pictures of “stereotypical” Jews, similar to
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InternationalKabul (dpa) – Islamic State militants killed at least 30 people in an attack on a military hospital in Kabul on Wednesday, an official confirmed. Dawlat Waziri, a spokesman for the Defence Ministry, said more than five dozen were wounded in the attack. The four attackers also died. “All of the victims are patients, visitors
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InternationalIn late November, Marna Street, a violist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, was walking to her car after a rehearsal. Street was shocked by what she discovered: Someone had painted a swastika, about 14 inches across, on the trunk of her car. The vandals, Street said, had probably targeted her vehicle, which was parked in
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USAYvonne Lin had been carrying around a special surprise for the first man to offer her a seat on the subway – and though it took her two whole pregnancies, a winner finally emerged two weeks ago. The 38-year-old designer noticed that throughout her entire first pregnancy, the only people offering her seats on the
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USAThe odds of the earth moving beneath the feet of Southern Californians just got a lot higher. According to a newly published study, a fault line that stretches along that coast could produce earthquakes far more severe than previously suspected. The research centered on what has long been considered two distinct geological features: the Newport-Inglewood
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By Mimi Pollack Reprinted with permission from L’Chaim Magazine SAN DIEGO — Here in “America’s Finest City,” the weather is nice year round while rentals are very high, and many families live paycheck to paycheck. This situation is also the reason why there are so many homeless people in San Diego and worse yet- homeless
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Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, USACHARLOTTE, N.C. — The eastern North Carolina teen now accused of beheading his mother Monday reportedly told a 911 dispatcher that he killed her “because I felt like it,” according to sworn statements cited by TV station WNCN. Oliver Mauricio Funes-Machado, 18, reportedly told dispatchers that he stabbed her “like eight times” and left the
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