By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — An Internet friend sent me an item from the Wall Street Journal, entitled “Fleeing the Czars, Defying Gravity: A Fourth of July Immigrant Tale” It tells the story of Jews who entered the US as poor immigrants in 1900, and a grandson who soared above the earth as an astronaut. I […]
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International, Middle East, USAThe father of a mentally ill Israeli man held captive by Hamas in Gaza called for other families whose loved ones or their loved ones’ remains are in Gaza to cease their campaigns to pressure the government. Sha’ban al-Sayed, whose son Hisham wandered into Gaza in April 2015 and has not been heard from since,
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Middle EastDhammananda, a 72-year-old Thai woman, is forbidden from hugging her sons. She’s never been able to chase her giggling grandchildren around the room. Both acts are forbidden by the strict Buddhist precepts that monks must follow. Dhammananda is a self-described “rare species.” She’s a monk. She’s also a mom. And in the eyes of her
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InternationalWASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton and her team clearly skirted the most basic rules for the handling of classified information, and their actions as outlined Tuesday by the director of the FBI went well beyond carelessness to an open flouting of known practices, security experts inside and outside the administration said Tuesday. Experts were especially disdainful
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USAAlmost 30,000 foreign extremists are currently in Syria and Iraq and, as radical Islamist groups continue to lose ground to the governments of both countries, the threat of them returning to their home countries to carry out attacks increases, a top U.N. official warned on Tuesday. “The number of foreign terrorist fighters is very high”
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Middle EastThe brouhaha surrounding the recognition of Ivanka Trump’s conversion to Judaism by Israel may be nearing it’s end. Trump, the daughter of US presidential candidate Donald Trump, converted to Judaism under the auspices of Orthodox Rabbi Haskel Lookstein. Recently, it was announced that a Rabbinical Court in Israel had ruled that Rabbi Lookstein’s conversions are
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USAThe Democratic Party platform drafted in St. Louis is an excellent start in bringing forth policies that will help end the 40-year decline of the American middle class. These initiatives, if implemented, will create millions of good-paying jobs, significantly improve health care and reverse the dangerous trend in this country toward an oligarchic form of
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USAWith a few notable exceptions, French politicians warned Britain against quitting the European Union. But since UK voters chose otherwise on June 23, all have scrambled to spin the fallout in their favour ahead of critical elections in 2017. Reflecting on Britain’s uneasy relationship with the European Union, the late Michel Rocard, a former French
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InternationalZimbabwe has a new political party, and its leader launched it in the most controversial way possible. Acie Lumumba, 26, a former activist in the ruling Zanu-PF party, announced the creation of Viva Zimbabwe at a press conference in the capital Harare on Friday. And the young activist directed his words firmly at President Robert
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InternationalA Be’er Sheva court has ruled that Ethiopian keisim and rabbis suffered discrimination in salaries. The government will be required to pay each one 50,000 shekels ($13,000 US). According to the decision, each rabbi and keis will also receive a life-long pension from the moment they retire. This is based on the fact that the
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Middle EastPresumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump spent part of his Fourth of July holiday weekend meeting separately with both Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, as he moves closer to announcing his choice for the Republican vice presidential nominee. Mr. Trump met with Mr. Pence on Saturday, and he met with
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USAPresumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump said Hillary Clinton’s attempt to link an image he used to attack her on social media with anti-Semitism is “ridiculous.” “These false attacks by Hillary Clinton trying to link the Star of David with a basic star, often used by sheriffs who deal with criminals and criminal behavior, showing
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USAFor months, Hillary Clinton’s foes — Republican and Democrat alike — hung their hopes on the prospect she would be indicted for using an unsecured home server to handle her emails as secretary of state. The threat was cited by backers of Donald Trump as a response to his myriad and many stumbles; however poorly
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USADonald Trump has sent a flurry of email fundraising appeals in recent days, though rather than originating from his campaign, some have been sent to addresses on lists purchased from other politicians or groups. Trump’s reliance on purchased email lists is an indication that his campaign has failed to build its own large database of
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