International

Sutro Tunnel Tour Celebrates Jewish Entrepreneur’s Vision

For the first time in nearly two years Friends of Sutro Tunnel (Friends) will be opening the 28-acre Sutro Tunnel site to members of the public wishing to tour and get an up-close and personal look into one of Nevada’s most unique and historic mining sites. Tours will be offered throughout Sunday, Oct. 17,  between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. by ticketed admission.  All proceeds raised through the event will go directly toward work the Friends of Sutro Tunnel are doing to restore the Sutro Tunnel site. [Friends of Sutro Tunnel]

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Jewish History, USA

2021 Immigration to Israel up 31% over 2020

liyah to Israel has increased by 31% in 2021 so far, with 20,360 olim arriving compared to 15,598 during the corresponding period last year, according to a report released Monday by the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration and The Jewish Agency for Israel.

The figures come ahead of Yom HaAliyah (Aliyah Day) – a national holiday on October 13th, which celebrates immigrants to Israel from all over the world.
liyah to Israel has increased by 31% in 2021 so far, with 20,360 olim arriving compared to 15,598 during the corresponding period last year, according to a report released Monday by the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration and The Jewish Agency for Israel. The figures come ahead of Yom HaAliyah (Aliyah Day) – a national holiday on October 13th, which celebrates immigrants to Israel from all over the world. [Jewish Agency for Israel]

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International, Middle East, USA

Ethnic Studies Battle Moves to Massachusetts

By Sean Savage (JNS) Jewish groups in Massachusetts are raising concerns about a bill being proposed by state lawmakers that would facilitate the teaching of ethnic studies in schools. The legislation, known as S.365 “An Act relative to anti-racism, equity and justice in education” has been proposed by State Sen. Jason Lewis (5th Middlesex District).

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

‘Mad’ Israeli quest to revive ancient dates bears fruit

Published by Relaxnews When Sarah Sallon first thought of cultivating 2,000-year-old date palm seeds from a Roman-era fortress towering above the Dead Sea, she received a less than encouraging response. “The botanical archaeologists said ‘you’re completely mad. It will never work’,” the 72-year-old British-Israeli expert on natural medicine told AFP. But Sallon’s bet that the

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Middle East

Merkel honours Holocaust victims, vows German commitment to Israel

Published by Reuters By Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel stood on Sunday in Jerusalem with her head bowed over the buried ashes of Jews killed in Nazi death camps, and pledged Germany would preserve a post-Holocaust commitment to Israel’s security. Merkel, on her eighth and final visit to Israel as she

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

AMCHA Denounces Newsom’s Signing of Ethnic Studies Bill

AMCHA Initiative Director, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, issued the following statement Friday in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing of AB 101, a bill to make ethnic studies courses a high school graduation requirement: “Having closely monitored and studied the ethnic studies scene unfold on college campuses for years, particularly in California, to say we are deeply concerned is an understatement…”

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Bahraini Influencers Take 8-Day Tour of Israel

A group of nine Muslim Bahraini high-level influencers arrived in Israel this week for an eight-day tour throughout the country organized by the Sharaka organization. Sharaka, which means “partnership,” in Arabic is dedicated to utilizing the Abraham Accords as the springboard to bring Israelis and Arabs from Gulf Nations together in order to build strong ties, cooperation and mutual understanding. [JNS.org]

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Middle East

Vandals Paint Holocaust-Denial Messages at Site of Auschwitz-Birkenau

(JNS) The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum condemned recent vandalism that took place at the site of the former Nazi concentration camp. “Such [an] incident is, above all, an outrageous attack on the symbol of one of the greatest tragedies in human history and an extremely painful blow to the memory of all the victims of

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International

Focus on the King

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. (JNS) — The “Pandora Papers” is a trove of “private” financial information on 14 current heads of state, including those of the Czech Republic, Kenya, Ecuador, Azerbaijan, Russia and Jordan. According to The Washington Post, “The files detail more than 29,000 offshore accounts. … Among the account owners are more

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

German president visits sites of Nazi atrocities in Ukraine

Published by DPA During an official visit to Ukraine, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for greater efforts to commemorate the victims of Nazi crimes on the territory of the former Soviet Union during World War II. “The sites of National Socialist crimes in Ukraine are barely marked on the map of our memories,” he

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International

ADL Report: Extremists Training, Recruiting Law Enforcement Nationwide

NEW YORK (Press Release) – ADL’s (Anti-Defamation League) Center on Extremism on Wednesday released a report detailing the widespread and alarmingly effective efforts of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) and its founder, Richard Mack, to recruit law enforcement into the anti-government “patriot” movement. The central tenet of CSPOA, borrowed from the anti-government

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USA