BNEI BRAK, Israel — Maor Cohen is a highly sensitive man who is known at Ezer Mizion as Mr. Lego. He raises the spirits of both children and adults battling life-threatening diseases with his Lego Workshop in addition to his hospital visits to those who cannot attend the workshop. Many have asked how he manages
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationSANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – Fifty Jewish, civil rights and education advocacy groups on Wednesday wrote to University of California Irvine (UCI) Chancellor Howard Gillman demanding he publicly address the latest in a slew of disruptions of pro-Israel events on campus within the framework of the UC Regents’ Statement of Principles Against Intolerance, which Chancellor Gillman had committed
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USANEW YORK, June 13, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — AJC welcomed Secretary of State Tillerson’s comments today that the Palestinian Authority, responding to U.S. pressure, will end its longstanding practice of financially rewarding terrorists and their families. “Creating monetary incentives for terrorists is a key factor impeding the peace process and nurturing a Palestinian culture of violence
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Middle East, USAAs I document in my book, “Still the Best Hope: Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph,” which is an explanation of Americanism, leftism, and Islamism, hysteria is a major tactic of the left. If you think about it, there is never an extended period of time—one year, let’s say—during which society is not
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USA70 years after Jackie Robinson hit the field, new books and exhibits show how the sport’s Jewish fans and players shared his pain By Rich Tenorio When Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball 70 years ago with the Brooklyn Dodgers, American Jews were there to cheer him on. Throughout the 1947 season, Robinson could count
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Sports & Competitions, USAPresident hosts Muslim leaders, dignitaries at iftar meal, says Israel has a duty to provide security to all its citizens By Times of Israel staff President Reuven Rivlin hosts Muslim leaders and foreign diplomats for an iftar meal to end the day of Ramadan fasting at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on June 12, 2017.
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Middle EastIsraeli ambassador to return to Wellington months after recall over anti-settlement Security Council vote By Stuart Winer and Raphael Ahren Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with Foreign Minister of New Zealand Murray McCully in Jerusalem, November 17, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO) Israel on Tuesday said it will restore its diplomatic relations with New Zealand,
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International, Middle EastThere they sat, like Soviet mandarins, one by one praising the fearless leader making America great again. Most impressive of all, they did it with straight face, though there couldn’t have been a man or woman in that room who wasn’t aware of how surreal the scene was. Well, except for President Donald Trump, who
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USADeputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein hinted Tuesday there are changes on the horizon as to how the Justice Department handles marijuana enforcement in states that have legalized use of the drug in some form. “We follow the law and the science. From a legal and scientific perspective, marijuana it is an unlawful drug,” Mr. Rosenstein
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USAGermany’s biggest paper leaks pirate copy of controversial documentary that public TV channel has refused to broadcast By Marc Neugroschel Screenshot of BDS protesters in Paris, from the documentary ‘Chosen and Excluded — Jew Hatred in Europe.’ (Courtesy) COLOGNE, Germany — A new much discussed documentary on European anti-Semitism has been leaked on the website
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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastDefense Secretary James Mattis pulled no punches Tuesday when lawmakers pressed the defense chief for his assessment of the ongoing war in Afghanistan. “We are not winning in Afghanistan,” Mr. Mattis told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, after panel chairman and Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain grilled the former four-star general on the
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International, USAGetting Emily Robbins on the phone is not an easy task. The writer and anthropology scholar is currently living in Jordan, researching her second book. Her first book, “A Word for Love,” is set in Syria. She was inspired to write it after living in the country for multiple years in the early 2000s. Robbins’
Charges cite a 2013 article in which Yosef Elitzur said so-called ‘price tag’ assailants are those ‘who take responsibility for the security of Jews’ By Jacob Magid Rabbi Yosef Elizur (c) speaks with his lawyer in the Rishon Lezion court. August 2010 (Roni Schutzer/Flash90) A settler rabbi who praised and encouraged attacks against Palestinians in
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastFive years is a long time—a veritable eternity in the United States’s in volatile political landscape—and how far we have come since June 13, 2012, exactly five years ago Tuesday, when Donald Trump tweeted about then-Vice President Joe Biden’s travel costs, claiming they were a burden to taxpayers. “Biden @VP Spends $1 Million Annually for
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