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Children’s Book Teaches Israel Geography and Conservation

In this picture book for children between the ages of 3 and 8, a young girl who is a future conservationist travels up and down Israel finding treasures that she can hold in her hands for moments before restoring them to their rightful place in nature. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Jewish groups sue Palestinian groups, Hamas supporters

Published by The Center Square (The Center Square) – As rioters take over college campuses setting up encampments, committing acts of violence, vandalism and antisemitism forcing some graduation ceremonies to be canceled, a coalition of Jewish groups has sued Palestinian groups arguing they are “collaborators and propagandists for Hamas.” The global law firm Greenberg Traurig,

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‘Cannot support an operation in Rafah as it is currently envisioned’: US

Published by ANI News Washington, DC [US], May 7 (ANI): The United States on Monday said that it cannot support an operation in Rafah the way it is envisioned as of now. “We’ve made quite clear our position on Rafah for some time, which is that we cannot support an operation in Rafah as it

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Community Marks an Emotional Yom HaShoah at the JCC

The Jewish Federation of San Diego has received a very generous donation, the biggest in its history. With these funds, they are building a mobile Holocaust educational vehicle. It will include the latest technologies, relics, interactive components, and so much more. [Miriam Gershenson]

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Pro-Israel Rally Held Sunday at UCSD

We were instructed not to interact with them, but I felt an urge to ask some of the poster holders for explanations. Not to pick a fight, but to understand what they meant or to confirm my suspicion that they didn’t fully grasp what they were saying. For example, I would have liked to discuss with a lady holding a sign that read: “Proud to be a Jew. Proud to be anti-Zionist.” What did she mean? As anti-Zionism literally means the dismantling of our Jewish state, how could it coexist with being a “proud Jew”? [Yakov Nayerman]

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Rutgers president defends decision to negotiate with pro-Palestinian protesters

Published by NJ.com Rutgers University president Jonathan Holloway told the state school’s Board of Governors Monday that he remained confident in his handling of the peaceful end of the encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters on campus last week. The protesters disrupted 28 finals Thursday for about 1,000 students. After the university agreed to some of their

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Israel Terms Gaza Ceasefire Accepted By Hamas As ‘Softened’; US Opposes Netanyahu’s Operation In Rafah

Published by Benzinga The Islamist group Hamas has officially accepted a ceasefire proposal mediated by Egypt and Qatar on Monday, as confirmed by Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh. The announcement came shortly after Israel mandated evacuations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, signaling preparations for a possible military offensive. Despite Hamas’s acceptance, an Israeli official

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Princeton Students Launch Hunger Strike Over Gaza

Published by HNGN More than a dozen students at Princeton University are participating in a hunger strike after the university refused to heed students’ requests for divestment from Israel. The students have said they will abstain from all food and drink, except for water, until the university agrees to boycott Israeli universities, disclose its investments

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March of the Living Participants Note Oct. 7 Similarity to Holocaust

President Isaac Herzog said, “This year, the darkest tragedies of our past do not feel so distant. Although the Holocaust stands alone in the history of human crimes, we have been grieving deep tragedy over the past months. The sickness of blind hatred has been unleashed, once again, in our own world and time…” [March of the Living press release]

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Israel ‘will stand alone’ if need be, Netanyahu asserts

Published by DPA International Despite international criticism over the Gaza war, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has emphasized that Israel “will stand alone” and defend itself alone if need be. In remarks late Sunday marking Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday, Netanyahu said: “In the terrible Holocaust, there were great world leaders who stood by idly;

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Israeli security bars wrestling team from competing in Turkey for Olympic qualifier

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], May 5 (ANI/TPS): The Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) barred a delegation of five wrestlers from flying to Istanbul for an Olympic qualifying event on May 9-13. The ban effectively ends the team’s hopes of competing in the Paris Olympics in August. “I’m disappointed, but I knew that

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Israeli Cabinet votes to close Al Jazeera’s operations in the country

Published by DPA Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his Cabinet has unanimously voted to close broadcaster Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel. The move came after Israeli lawmakers recently approved a new media law – widely referred to as the “Al Jazeera law” – that gives the government powers to ban foreign broadcasters if they are

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The Lion’s Trail: Gush Etzion

Looking to the east, from the viewing platform, are the Mountains of Moab; present day Jordan. Moses stood atop one of the Moab Mountains, Mount Nebo, his heart breaking. God permitted Moses to see the “Promised Land” only from afar. Moses was not permitted to enter the “Land” because of the sin he committed, doubting God, in front of the Jewish people.  [Jerry Klinger]

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‘Instead of an Epitaph’: A Yom HaShoah Reflection

The Nazis were defeated in World War II, but Nazism lives on and continues to make up smears about the Jews, including the popular claim that they did not fight in World War II. The blood libel “Jews didn’t fight” coexisted with the official false statement: “It was not Jews who were killed during the occupation, but Soviet citizens.” The places of mass extermination listed “Soviet citizens” as having been murdered. The Holocaust was hushed up in the USSR: Jews in these places were executed not because they were Soviet citizens, but because they were Jews. [Alex Gordon]

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