Middle East

Thousands of Hungarian Holocaust victims identified

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — On Thursday, Oct. 26, Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, will hold a joint event marking the conclusion of a decade-long project collecting names of Holocaust victims from Greater Hungary with the French Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah (Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah). This major project […]

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Faculty support for BDS fans anti-Semitism

SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release)– A new study released today by AMCHA Initiative reveals how academic boycotts of Israel pose a serious threat to Jewish students and significantly increase the likelihood of anti-Semitism on campus. Much has been written in recent years detailing how academic boycotts, and particularly an academic boycott of Israel, are an assault on academic free

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Australian Haredi community investigated for aiding abusive principal’s escape

By TOI staff The Victoria Police confirmed that it is investigating members of the ultra-Orthodox community in Melbourne, Australia, for allegedly aiding a school principal accused of sexually assaulting students to escape the country, ABC News reported Monday. Dassi Erlich, a 30-year-old mother of one who said that her alleged molestation by Malka Leifer had

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International, Middle East

In NY synagogue, a Saudi Royal and ex-Mossad chief debate Trump’s Iran approach

By Eric Cortellessa WASHINGTON — While the Iran deal has brought Israel and Sunni Arab states together in ways few imagined just years ago, difference were still clear when former Saudi and Israeli spy chiefs shared a stage in a New York synagogue. During the unprecedented event Sunday, Prince Turki bin Faisal al-Saud, a former

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Middle East, USA

Opening Knesset, Rivlin warns of government ‘coup’ against democracy

By Raoul Wootliff Speaking at the opening of the Knesset winter session, President Reuven Rivlin launched Monday a passionate defense of the judicial system and the media, saying government attempts to undermine them amount to a “coup” against the pillars of Israeli democracy. “The Knesset is the representative of the sovereign, the people of Israel,

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Middle East

Israel, Germany sign submarine deal: Netanyahu

Germany on Monday signed a deal to sell three submarines to the Israeli navy in an agreement of “strategic importance” to the Jewish state, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Netanyahu “welcomed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Germany and the state of Israel to acquire the submarines,” his office said in a Hebrew-language

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International, Middle East

Dessert hummus spreads win ‘Shark Tank’ investment

By TOI staff A US company that offers sweet hummus spreads enjoyed a successful stint on ABC’s “Shark Tank” this week, with Jewish billionaire Mark Cuban agreeing to invest $600,000 in the venture. “Shark Tank” sees entrepeneurs pitch their business schemes to a panel of investors, who must choose whether to invest in the projects,

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food

Iraq PM Abadi’s office criticises Tillerson comments about Iran-backed militias

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s media office expressed surprise on Monday at comments by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson regarding Iranian-backed Iraqi Popular Mobilisation paramilitary units. “No party has the right to interfere in Iraqi matters,” Abadi’s media office said in a statement citing a source close to the prime minister. Tillerson said on

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Middle East, USA

Telling the stories of Israel and Jews through philately

  By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – We can thank a Sunday school teacher in Buffalo, New York, for the fact that Donald Chafetz of El Cajon is one of the best-known authorities in the United States on stamps and postal covers of Israel and environs. Chafetz, editor of The Israel Philatelist, an

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Travel and Food, USA

OpEd: Jordan is Palestine

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –Knesset member Yehuda Glick had this to say at the “Jordan is Palestine Conference” held at Menachem Begin Heritage Center on October 17: “The concept of a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria doesn’t exist anymore, and anyone who is genuine knows that. It is wrong, dangerous, and not

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Middle East, Steve Kramer