NEW YORK (Press Release)–Stephen M. Greenberg, Chairman and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations issued the following statement: “The first two rounds of voting by the 58 member Executive Board of UNESCO for the election of the next Director General of the United Nations body responsible […]
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International, Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The clock appears to be ticking on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA); more than some may think, less than others may hope. Whatever President Donald Trump decides to do with the unsigned, unratified, unagreed-upon text of the untreaty, it should be clear that the agreement did not
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–If you decide to look up the word that appears often nowadays in the Hebrew press, הדתה (hadata), you’re not likely to find it in standard dictionaries. It’s obviously connected to the word dat (דת), a Persian term which entered the Hebrew language to mean “religion.” The derivative can perhaps be
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastA woman from the African Hebrew Israelites group in Dimona reacted Tuesday to a video in which she was seen being showered with racial slurs while riding the bus. “This kind of racism I have never experienced,” Hasedia Bat Israel told Channel 2 news. “I was born in this land. This kind of racism I
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Middle EastBollywood superstar Jacqueline Fernandez was in Israel this week with a crew of 80 to shoot scenes for an action-comedy film opposite Indian heartthrob Sushant Singh Rajput, in the first Bollywood movie to be filmed in the Jewish state. “Drive,” described as an Indian version of Hollywood’s “The Fast and the Furious” franchise and likely
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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastA kosher Shabbat dinner at a backpacker”s lodge in Dalat, Vietnam a 9,000 women-strong challah-baking event in Buenos Aires a glow-in-the-dark challah event in Costa Rica a binational gathering on the Mexican-US border a dinner for 1,000 Israelis in a shipping hanger in Tel Aviv and a Shabbat kept in full on the slopes of
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USAFormer Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon admitted on Tuesday that he is seeking to forge political partnerships to kickstart the movement he heads. In an interview with Army Radio, Ya’alon said that he is currently holding talks with “anyone willing to talk about the future of the State of Israel, I am talking, among others, to
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Middle EastDefense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Tuesday said the next war in Israel will see the Israel Defense Forces facing both a unified Syrian and Lebanese foe and another front in the Gaza Strip. He also declared Tuesday that the Lebanese army has been fully integrated with Hezbollah and now operates under the terror group’s command.
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Middle EastIran is working to block access to the geographical navigation application Waze due to its Israeli background, the Azerbaijan-based Trend News Agency reported on Monday. Access to the app was temporary blocked in March, but the ban was removed later, according to the report. Abdolsamad Khorramabadi, secretary of the Iranian cyberspace watchdog, said on Monday
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Middle EastAn Israeli philanthropist has made a six-figure grant to a hospital in northern Israel to fund treatment for Syrian children who have suffered hearing loss as a result of their country’s civil war. Morris Kahn’s pilot grant to Ziv Medical Center in Safed is part of the Genesis Prize Foundation’s global initiative to aid refugee
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationTens of thousands of people from Israel and around the world marched in Jerusalem on Tuesday to mark the Jewish festival of Sukkot. The Jerusalem March, which each year is attended by thousands of pro-Israel supporters, passed through the heart of the capital, leading to road closures and snarling traffic. Get The Times of Israel’s
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Jewish Religion, Middle East
Editor’s Note: The following sermon was delivered during the recent High Holy Days by Rabbi Shalom Lewis of Congregation Etz Chaim of Atlanta, Georgia By Rabbi Shalom Lewis The words I am about to share will be riddled with controversy. Some will squirm in their seats and I will squirm here on the bima but
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USAOfir Dayan at Columbia University, New York, September 2017 (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel) NEW YORK — In September 2007, Iran’s then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a speech at Columbia University in New York. Exactly a decade later, Ofir Dayan, a freshman at the school, asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he’d be willing to do to
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Middle EastThe Belgian government decided to freeze funding to the Palestinian Authority education system after an elementary school built with support from Brussels took the name of a notorious Palestinian terrorist, a spokesperson for the European country told The Times of Israel on Monday. The Beit Awaa Elementary Girls School, located in southern West Bank’s Hebron
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