The IDF announced on Tuesday that it will put in place a closure of the West Bank and Gaza Strip beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, ahead of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, which starts Wednesday evening. The closure, a routine procedure during Israeli and Jewish holidays, is expected to last […]
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Jewish Religion, Middle East[youtube:2033070] In the run-up to the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin recorded a video message to Jewish communities around the world wishing them a happy and healthy New Year. In his message, the President noted the importance of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur as a time for reflection and soul searching,
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastThe board of New York’s Center for Jewish History is defending its recently installed executive director over calls from right-wing groups for his dismissal. A campaign against David Myers, formerly a prominent academic at UCLA, centers on his urging Israel to end its occupation in the West Bank. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition
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Middle East, USACHICAGO — After years of trying, Walgreens Boots Alliance has received clearance from the Federal Trade Commission to expand its business through the purchase of 1,932 Rite Aid stores for $4.38 billion. The FTC had long resisted a deal between Walgreens and competitor Rite Aid, forcing the two to revise terms of a transaction several
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USAIn his first speech to the United Nations, President Trump said Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is “on a suicide mission” with his development of a nuclear arsenal and ballistic missiles. “Rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and his regime,” Mr. Trump told the U.N. General Assembly, referring to a
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International, USABonanno, Gambino…Trump? The first two are recognizable as bosses of the notorious Five Families, as the leading organized crime outfits of New York and other areas of the country were once known, and the third obviously belongs to the president of the United States and his famous New York real estate family. Other than location,
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USABoastful, bellicose and, at times, confused, Donald Trump’s maiden address to the United Nations General assembly on Tuesday was largely what observers have come to expect from the US president’s public speeches. Once again, the central premise was the now well known mantra “America First”. This time, however, the audience was not a crowd of
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International, USARICHMOND, Va. — The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals took just one day — and one sentence — to deny convicted white supremacist Dylann Roof’s request to fire his court-appointed lawyers, one of whom is Jewish and the other of whom is Indian. “The court denies the motion for substitution of counsel on appeal,” said
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USAMIAMI — Hurricane Maria continued on its track toward the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Tuesday morning, hours after leaving behind a scene of devastation in Dominica where it ripped off rooftops on the small Caribbean island overnight. The Category 5 storm is expected to continue fluctuating in strength as it moves over the northeast
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International, USAPaul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, was being wiretapped by feds – not just once, but twice – as part of an FBI investigation into his dealings in Ukraine and Russia. The secret surveillance took place at a time when Manafort was in contact with Trump, all the way into 2017. And with
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USAAfter a bill was unanimously passed in the Senate earlier this week, California has become the first state to ban the commercial breeding of dogs, cats, and rabbits. The legislation, AB-485, is a direct blow against the use of puppy mills: facilities that breed animals in crowded, dirty, and inhumane conditions. style=”display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-8420654331411867″ data-ad-slot=”1313712966″> Now,
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The World We Share, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Mexican Foreign Ministry today signed an agreement that will create a framework across the U.S. to provide assistance to people of Mexican heritage who are victims of discrimination, bigotry, bullying and hate crimes. The Memorandum of Understanding signed Tuesday at a ceremony in
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International, USAFor the first time in history, the United States on Monday established an official, permanent military base in Israel: an air defense base in the heart of the Negev desert. Dozens of US Air Force soldiers will call home the new base, located inside the Israeli Air Force’s Mashabim Air Base, west of the towns
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Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The company that manages the Russian news outlet R.T. (Russia Today) announced last week that it had received a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice requiring it to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The Russian news outlet Sputnik International may be next. FARA was passed in 1938 to require entities or
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