Members of the burial society that arranged the funeral of former Minister Yosef (Tommy) Lapid, who died in 2008, revealed this week that they said a secret “Kaddish” prayer over his body, despite his son (now MK) Yair Lapid’s request that they not do so during the funeral. The Kaddish prayer is traditionally said over […]
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastFormer Wall Street banker Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was inaugurated as Peru’s new president Thursday, vowing to kick-start the economy and unite a country torn by a photo-finish election. The 77-year-old center-right economist, who is the son of a Jewish doctor who fled Nazi Germany, extended an olive branch to defeated rival Keiko Fujimori’s party, which
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International“Chacham” Yom Tov Yedid, the oldest Rabbi in the Syrian Jewish community in the US, died on Wednesday night in New York. He was 93. In his younger years, Rabbi Yedid served as the chief Rabbi of the famed and ancient Jewish community in Aleppo Syria, while it was still thriving and growing, before pogroms
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Jewish History, Middle East, Obituaries & memorialsThere are adults in this presidential race and there are children, and this week’s Democratic National Convention did an excellent job of separating the women from the boys. There was a constant drumbeat in the lead-up to Hillary Clinton’s Thursday night speech, and that drumbeat, which had to pound loudly in Donald Trump’s ears, was:
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USAPHILADELPHIA – The city of Philadelphia insists it’s not a sanctuary for illegal immigrants, but a Justice Department report says otherwise – and now the city that just hosted the Democratic National Convention is in danger of losing millions of dollars in federal funding for breaking the law. The Justice inspector general said the number
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USAIn an interview with Le Monde, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls speaks candidly about his country’s mounting problem with radical Islamic terrorism. After the latest terror attack on French soil, in which two terrorists later claimed by ISIS beheaded priest Jacques Hamel in a church near Rouen in Normandy, Valls says it has become clear
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By David Pratt KINGSTON, Ontario, Canada — When Elie Wiesel died on July 2, a voice was stilled that had spoken for the voiceless millions who perished in the Nazi concentration camps. In May 1944, Wiesel was deported from Romania to Auschwitz at the age of fifteen, and was liberated from Buchenwald eleven months later.
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International, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & EducationFrom Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — The Navy will name a fleet oiler built at General Dynamics NASSCO after San Francisco gay rights advocate Harvey Milk. The news was first reported Thursday by the U.S. Naval Institute, which cited a Congressional notification. The USNS Harvey Milk would be the second in the John
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San Diego County, USAAround 1,000 migrants have arrived in Italy from North Africa in the last three days. Italy remains on the front line of a migrant crisis now in its third year. More than 251,000 migrants have crossed the Med since the beginning of 2016. The majority of migrants arrive in Italy from Africa. Sixty percent do
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InternationalIsraeli Ambassador to France Aliza Bin-Noun on Thursday condemned an initiative by several local councils in France to grant archterrorist Marwan Barghouti an honorary citizenship. Barghouti, one of the founders of the Tanzim terrorist group which is affiliated with the Fatah movement, is currently serving five life sentences in Israeli prison for his role in
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International, Middle EastTwo police officers were shot late Thursday night during a routine traffic stop in San Diego. Both officers were rushed to the hospital. One died shortly after from his injuries, and the other had to undergo surgery to treat the wounds, according to NBC News. It is with a very sad heart that we announce
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San Diego County, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. –The Republican Jewish Coalition released a video advertisement highlighting anti- Israel sentiments of some of the DNC delegates inside and protesters outside the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. “While strong support for Israel was once a bi-partisan issue, after this week it’s clear a vocal and growing number of Democrats no longer believe in
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Middle East, USADemocratic National Convention, Day 4 By Laurie Baron Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm mocked Donald Trump’s narcissism by quoting a line from Carly Simon’s You’re So Vain. With the help of AP (Asinine Press), I have obtained the first stanzas of her parody: You glided into the party Seeking the presidential slot. Your wife strategically posed
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAIn accepting Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton vows to uphold Iran deal and protect Israel (JNS.org) Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton formally accepted her nomination for president by the Democratic Party on Thursday evening in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. “It is with humility, determination and boundless confidence in America’s promise
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