With only about 40% of US Jews visiting Israel, more and more young adults find their Jewish glue through ‘tikkun olam’ in their own neighborhoods By Cathryn J. Prince NEW YORK — For many American Jewish millennials the notion of tikkun olam — the idea that one must “repair the world” through social justice — […]
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — In the Book of Samuel, the prophet pours olive oil onto the head of the shepherd boy David, declaring him the next King of Israel. (I Sam 16) This anointing ceremony inspired the concept of monarchs ruling by “divine right.” King James loved the idea and commissioned frescos
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Eric George Tauber, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastIsraeli airline pay tribute to pop singer in new ad, two weeks before her July 3 Tel Aviv concert By Times of Israel staff El Al flight attendants perform a music video tribute to Britney Spears in an ad published on June 20, 2017. (Screen capture/Facebook) El Al Airlines is pulling out all the stops
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsJack Mendel I stood on a public street in my flip-flops, taking a video of Hezbollah flags fluttering in the centre of London, as Al Quds march organisers tried to block my view. A police officer came over, and I thought he’d speak to me about stewards trying to censor me. Instead, he told me
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International, Middle EastFormer premier, serving time in prison for corruption, taken to Tel Hashomer Medical Center after suffering chest pains By Stuart Winer Former prime minister Ehud Olmert at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on February 10, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL) Jailed former prime minister Ehud Olmert was rushed to the hospital Tuesday after suffering chest pains. Initial reports
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Middle EastPrime minister announces start of works for Amichai, which will house residents of evacuated illegal Amona outpost By Sue Surkes and Jacob Magid Construction workers begin work on the new settlement, Amichai, meant to resettle the evacuees of Amona, June 20, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that ground had been broken
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Middle EastSydney (dpa) – Australia on Tuesday said it had halted its airstrikes in Syria following a warning from Russia that it would target US coalition aircraft after a US fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane. “As a precautionary measure, Australian Defence Force (ADF) strike operations into Syria have temporarily ceased,” a Defence Department spokesman
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International, Middle East, USABy Alon Ben-Meir Dear President Abbas, Last week I sent an open letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu, criticizing him in the strongest terms for pursuing policies that prolong the occupation of the West Bank rather than searching for ways to end it by resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on a two-state solution. I must
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TEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release) – A peaceful Friday evening was interrupted with the voice of the Shift Officer at MDA’s 101 dispatch center who announced a stabbing attack had taken place at the Nablus Gate in Jerusalem. Seconds earlier, three terrorists attacked a Border Police force patrolling the area. One of the terrorists, who
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education‘We do not interfere in this terrible conflict,’ says Netanyahu; only humanitarian assistance provided By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yaakov Litzman attend the opening of a radiotherapy department, the first of its kind in the north, at the Ziv Medical Center in Safed, Israel, on June 19, 2017.
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Middle EastPM accuses Palestinian leader of lying to the world, ‘poisoning’ minds of Palestinians youth, as Jenin square named after infamous terrorist By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset, May 29, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Amid resurgent US peacemaking efforts and the arrival of two top Washington
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Middle East, USABy David Anderson Reprinted from The Moderate Voice NEW YORK — Spats between Persian Gulf nations are commonplace: they’re similar countries with a shared language, religion, and culture. All walk the tightrope between conservative Islam and modern openness to various degrees. Conflicts are often in the differences of how each pursues modernity verses Islam. The Gulf
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Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump’s straight talk about veneration of violence in Palestinian society has had important consequences. It was the catalyst for Norway and Denmark to disassociate from the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) habit of naming public spaces for terrorists. UNRWA, the Red Crescent (UAE), and the U.N. secretary general have
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USAIsrael is secretly supporting Syrian rebels operating near its occupied Golan Heights territory, providing money, food, fuel and medical supplies, according to fighters who claim to receive the aid. Israel has previously treated wounded Syrian rebels in its hospitals but interviews with rebels conducted by the Wall Street Journal suggest that Israel is directly supporting
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