Published by DPA The situation in Jerusalem’s Old City came to a dangerous head over the weekend, with medics saying around 300 Palestinians have been injured in violent clashes with Israeli security forces since Friday evening. The violent clashes continued into Sunday. An Israeli police spokesman said Sunday morning that confrontations took place at the […]
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Middle East
In the May 9, 2021 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
-New Israeli treatment allows multiple myeloma patients to get bone transplants.
-Israeli kidney specialist donates his own kidney.
-Israeli leaders host Muslims for Ramadan events.
-Israel’s next astronaut will supervise 44 Israeli space experiments.
-An Israeli startup is recycling worn out car tires.
-An Israeli consultancy is project managing a new industrial zone in Dubai.
-Unique videos, photos and a new discovery to help celebrate Jerusalem Day.
[Michael Ordman]
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Business & Finance, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, The World We Share, USA
Published by Al-Araby A US coalition of Muslim organisations has issued an appeal for President Joe Biden to institute a new role to monitor and combat Islamophobia, which they fear is on the rise around the globe. The US Council of Muslim Organisations (USCMO), an umbrella organisation that unites over 80 Muslim groups, called for
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Published by DPA The Israeli army struck a Hamas military post in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Sunday in retaliation for a rocket attack. “Terrorists in Gaza fired a rocket toward Israel earlier tonight. In response, our aircraft just struck a Hamas military post in southern Gaza,” the Israel Defence Forces (IDF)
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Published by New York Daily News LaKeith Stanfield apologized Friday for participating in an anti-Semitic social media conversation. Stanfield, 29, did not say anything anti-Semitic himself, but was a moderator of a Clubhouse room in which other people spewed Jewish hatred Wednesday night, The Daily Beast reported. “At some point during the dialogue the discussion
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
It is unsurprising that even two years after his death, Walter Munk, who is known as the “Einstein of the Oceans” is continuing to make waves. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, USA
Like most South African Jews, my ancestors came from Lithuania and my family tree has relatives who perished in the Holocaust. I grew up with very little knowledge of what occurred in Lithuania during the Holocaust and attributed the slaughter of its Jews to the German Nazis, however, if fact, it was the Lithuanians, with very little or no German supervision, who enthusiastically carried out this slaughter and this is borne out by the testimonies of 121 Jewish survivors of the Holocaust in Lithuania. [David Solly Sandler]
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International, Jewish History
It’s hard to believe that Lilyville is a first book given its accessibility and universal appeal. This memoir of four-time Tony, two-time Emmy nominee, Tovah Feldshuh delights and delivers! Broadway performer, and television star, Feldshuh has produced an honest, loving tribute to her tour de force mother, Lily Feldshuh. [Eva Trieger]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
The Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego has compiled a vetted list of organizations providing aid and support to the victims of the growing Covid-19 crisis in India. [Jewish Community Foundation news release]
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – US Vice President Kamala Harris and Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pledged Friday to cooperate on resolving the roots of the long-running and politically sensitive issue of illegal migration into the United States. Harris, speaking with Lopez Obrador in a virtual meeting, said they should work together on helping
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One day in 1992, I received a phone call from a man who was representing Norwegian Cruise Lines after he had seen me on television. He said one of their ships was about to sail from Miami for a trip around South America; he invited me to be a lecturer on the cruise. The position was unpaid, but the offer included a free cruise for me and my husband in a luxury cabin, the plane trip to and from Miami in business class, and all of our expenses on board would be taken care of. [Natasha Josefowitz]
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International, Lifestyles, Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and Food, USA
Published by Reuters By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – One is a centre-left avowed secularist who says the Palestinians should get a state. The other is a firebrand of the religious hard right who wants to annex most of the occupied West Bank. Meet the men from Israel’s opposite political poles who could topple Benjamin
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Published by Reuters By Andrea Shalal, Jeff Mason and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and more than 100 other countries, but angering pharmaceutical companies. Biden voiced his support for a waiver – a
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Business & Finance, International, USA
Published by Reuters By Kristina Cooke, Mica Rosenberg and Ted Hesson SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The United States has begun rolling out a new system to identify and admit the most vulnerable migrants at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to three people briefed on the matter. The new system, which started at
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