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Israeli envoy to preside over UN General Assembly as Netanyahu delivers speech

September 13, 2017

Israel’s envoy the United Nations Danny Danon has taken up the position of Vice President of the UN General Assembly, his bureau said Wednesday, meaning that he will preside over the assembly when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks there next week. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top […]

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International, Middle East

Israeli MP quits under fire after attending gay wedding

September 13, 2017

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israeli lawmaker quit his seat on Wednesday under fire from religious colleagues and rabbis for attending a gay relative’s wedding, his daughter said. Yigal Guetta recently told a radio interviewer about the marriage of his nephew, which took place two years ago but still brought a harsh reaction from prominent rabbis, local

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Paraguayan President: We like Israel very much

September 13, 2017

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday met with Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes, who came to Buenos Aires especially for the meeting. “I think you’re a great friend and I think that there is a lot of potential in the cooperation that we have for the betterment of both our peoples and to help, to the

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International, Middle East

His Judaism delayed Medal of Honor for WWI hero

September 13, 2017

Bayonne’s William Shemin is celebrated at new historical society exhibit Sgt. William Shemin saved some 30 men from his platoon during World War I. Because he was Jewish, William Shemin didn’t receive the Medal of Honor until 2015 when President Barack Obama presented it to Shemin’s daughters. Photos by Robert Wiener A cartoon from 1928

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Jewish History, USA

Nazis Are Marching on a Synagogue in Sweden

September 13, 2017

Swedish police have granted a neo-Nazi group permission to march near a synagogue in the city of Gothenburg at the end of September—but local Jews are fighting to have the decision overturned. The demonstration by the far-right Nordic Resistance Movement not only passes the holy building, but also falls on the Jewish holiday of Yom

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International

Hotovely shows Jewish leaders the Palestinian map

September 13, 2017

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) met on Tuesday with the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations in the United States and stressed the importance of strengthening the alliance between Israel and the United States and between Israel and the Diaspora, as well as the importance of unity between the Jewish people in Israel

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Middle East, USA

Firebomb hurled at Russian Jewish group’s Moscow offices

September 13, 2017

Unidentified individuals hurled a firebomb at the Moscow offices of the largest Jewish organization in Russia, which is adjacent to the Marina Roscha Synagogue. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up No one was hurt and minimal damage was caused in the incident Monday

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International

Sara, Bibi may both face criminal trials

September 13, 2017

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The Legal Adviser to the Government, often called the Attorney General, has announced an indictment against Sara Netanyahu. We’ve known for some time the numerous accusations against the woman that some would label the country’s First Haridan. She’s been described by media and those who claim to know as

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Israeli courts protect country’s founding values

September 13, 2017

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–In view of recent decisions by Israel’s Supreme Court, citizens may have a point when they ask, “Who’s really running the country, the Knesset or the Supreme Court?” Two Court decisions published earlier this week come especially to mind: the Supreme Court’s opinion that (1) the government has no right to

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Edith Windsor, icon of marriage equality, dies at 88

September 12, 2017

Edith Windsor, whose watershed legal case resulted in US federal recognition of same-sex married couples for the first time, died Tuesday, her lawyer told AFP. She was 88 years old. The gay rights champion’s historic case led the US Supreme Court in 2013 to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denied federal

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USA

German court drops case against ailing Auschwitz medic

September 12, 2017

A German court on Tuesday said it had dropped a case against a 96-year-old former medical orderly at the Auschwitz death camp because he suffers from dementia, ending one of the last high-profile Nazi prosecutions. Wheelchair-bound Hubert Zafke had faced 3,681 counts of being an accessory to murder at the concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.

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International, Jewish History

Lebanese film director detained for filming in Israel

September 12, 2017

French-Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri appeared before a military court on Monday over his filming of a movie in Israel, AFP reported. After the hearing, the court released Zoueiri and agreed to return his confiscated passports, according to the report. The 54-year-old was briefly detained on Sunday night after arriving in Lebanon to premiere his new

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Israel court says ultra-Orthodox must obey army draft

September 12, 2017

The Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down military draft exemptions for Jewish seminary students, enraging the small but powerful ultra-Orthodox community. Court documents seen by AFP showed a panel of nine justices agreed that a 2015 amendment to the law on military service treated the students more generously than their secular compatriots. “All the

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Middle East

‘Our strength is derived from our spiritual power’

September 12, 2017

[youtube:2032732] Israeli Prime Minister met with leaders of the Jewish community in Argentina Tuesday, as part of his historic visit to Latin America, the first ever by a sitting Israeli premier. Netanyahu addressed Israel’s military might, its technological and economic strength, and said that its status as a haven for the Jews has changed the

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International, Middle East

Israeli envoy to preside over UN General Assembly as Netanyahu delivers speech

Israeli MP quits under fire after attending gay wedding

Paraguayan President: We like Israel very much

His Judaism delayed Medal of Honor for WWI hero

Nazis Are Marching on a Synagogue in Sweden

Hotovely shows Jewish leaders the Palestinian map

Firebomb hurled at Russian Jewish group’s Moscow offices

Sara, Bibi may both face criminal trials

Israeli courts protect country’s founding values

Edith Windsor, icon of marriage equality, dies at 88

German court drops case against ailing Auschwitz medic

Lebanese film director detained for filming in Israel

Israel court says ultra-Orthodox must obey army draft

‘Our strength is derived from our spiritual power’

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