Part of the of the roof of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher collapsed Friday as hundreds of worshippers visited the site. The church, one of the holiest locations in the Christian faith, had to be closed in the wake of the collapse while officials made sure it was safe for the congregation to return. […]
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Middle EastIsraeli security forces early Wednesday mapped the home of a terrorist who on Tuesday shot dead three Israeli guards at Har Adar ahead of its demolition. In addition to mapping Nimer Mahmoud Ahmad Jamal’s home in the Palestinian village of Bayt Surik, security forces dismantled a mourning tent for him, and also arrested a number
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Middle EastPRAGUE, Czech Republic — Czech harpsichordist Zuzana Ruzickova, the world’s first soloist to record Johann Sebastian Bach’s complete works for keyboard instruments, died aged 90 on Wednesday, Czech media said. Ruzickova, who recorded Bach’s complete work on 35 records between 1965 and 1975, died in a Prague hospital after a short illness. Get The Times
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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorialsThe European Jewish Congress (EJC) decried the Palestinian Authority”s acceptances to membership in the Interpol international police organization, saying that the move “is likely to only exacerbate difficulties in international cooperation in the critical fight against terror.” “It is unconscionable that the Palestinian Authority, only a day after a major terrorist attack in Israel, is
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International, Middle EastMembers of a New York synagogue will visit the Arab country of Bahrain at the invitation of its monarch. The Hampton Synagogue on Long Island will stop in the Middle East island nation on the way to a congregational mission to Israel early next year, its rabbi, Marc Schneier, announced during High Holidays services. Get
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Middle East, USAA Jewish family near Charlotte, North Carolina, was the victim of three hate crimes beginning on Rosh Hashanah. In response, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has increased foot and bike patrols, alerted federal law enforcement and conducted “zone checks” around synagogues in the city, Police Major Gerald Smith said at a news conference Monday afternoon, the
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USANew York philanthropists Jack and Shirley Silver have donated $20 million to the UJA-Federation of New York to improve Jewish day camp facilities. The legacy commitment gift announced Monday was directed to the new Jewish Day Camp Centennial Signature Initiative, which was established to renovate the infrastructure of the Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds, the largest Jewish
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USAHAR ADAR, Israel (Press Release) –The Muslim volunteer EMT who was the first responder at Tuesday’s terror attack in Har Adar recognized one of the slain as being someone whom he had treated for a stab wound at a different terror attack a year prior. Moshir Abu Katish is a father of three and lives
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Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Divisions between Jews are wide, as are divisions between many other groups of people all over the globe. In Israel, among the Jews there are four basic groupings: secular, traditional, religious, haredi (ultra-Orthodox). There is friction among them, especially between the Reform and Conservative movements and the haredi political
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday condemned an attack against an Orthodox Jewish woman in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. ADL also announced it is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the assailant. According to police and media reports, a legally blind Orthodox Jewish woman was attacked at approximately 2:30
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USATen Years By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — When I made Aliya from the UK 10 years ago, Israel was far different from where it is today. It suffered from lack of water, few energy resources, a weak economy, high unemployment, low currency reserves, low tech and international isolation. Now Israel has built desalination plants,
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Michael Ordman, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Israelis who don’t share the concerns about the rupture between their government and United States Jewry, indeed the Diaspora in general – and, therefore, aren’t upset about Netanyahu’s ignoring the order of Israel’s Supreme Court to provide equal access to the Kotel for all streams of Judaism – may tell you
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International, Middle East, USALOS ANGELES — He flew bombing missions for the U.S. during World War II and then came back to America to study law. But the escalating conflict between the newly declared State of Israel and its Arab neighbors had already gotten under Mitchell Flint’s skin. “I’m Jewish, Israel desperately needed fighter pilots, so I thought
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Jewish History, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, USAWASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused North Korea of brutally abusing an American student who had been held captive in North Korea, saying the young man had been “tortured beyond belief.” Otto Warmbier, 22, died in June a few days after he was sent home in a mysterious coma after more than
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