By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The text of the proposed Basic Law about Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people reads well and sounds good in Jewish ears. It addresses the question that Israelis have been asking since the beginning of the state: Is Israel the state of the Jewish people or the […]
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Middle EastSuspects affiliated with banned Northern Branch of Islamic Movement, deemed a terror group, received cash from Turkey and UK By Times of Israel staff Suspected members of the Islamic Movement’s Northern Branch are brought to Jerusalem District Court, on May 11, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90) Seven senior members of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement
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Middle EastSurvey by religious pluralism group finds greatest support among secular, with 13% of religious Zionists backing them up By Times of Israel staff Young girls peak through a curtain next to the bride at an ultra-Orthodox wedding on January 18, 2016. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90) A poll released Wednesday to mark the upcoming Lag B’Omer holiday indicates
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Middle EastProtesting jailing of a woman as a draft dodger, men riot inside Tzrifin for several minutes before police evict them By Times of Israel staff Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators protesting for the release of jailed draft dodgers break into Tzrifin army base, May 10, 2017. (Screen capture: Channel 2) Dozens of religious men broke into an army
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Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday evening attended a conference of Likud activists and expressed his full support for the moving of the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. “Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish people. It is the capital of the State of Israel. All the embassies, and especially the Embassy
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International, Middle East, USAThis week, newsmagazine and non-profit organization ISRAEL21c launched 21see, a new online video network that will uncover Israel’s most unique stories, happening scenes, and unconventional characters – spanning a 10th generation tattoo artist in Jerusalem, a team of expat American football players in Haifa, top Israeli microbrewers and fashion designers in Tel Aviv. Spearheaded by
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — To considerable applause, Russell Robinson, the chief executive officer of the Jewish National Fund, announced Thursday, May 11, that the next national president of JNF will be San Diegan Dr. Sol Lizerbram. Lizerbram, active with his wife Lauren for 35 years in JNF, will begin his two-year term
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Israel will soon reach on June 5th the grim milestone of fifty years of occupation of the West Bank. Many Israelis have become complacent and succumbed to the government’s argument that the continuing occupation is necessary to safeguard Israel’s national security. Others are lamenting the day, as they view
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle EastJewish and Muslim students band together, promote Palestinian-Israeli initiative A flier from the Twitter account of the white nationalist Vanguard America, which was posted on the Center for Jewish Life-Hillel and three other buildings at Princeton University. Princeton University students learn about the solar panel project funded through donations of American Jews and Muslims through
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationIn a detailed letter to the mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, former city councilmen Minna Fenton described the stonethrowing attack she suffered together with her family on the Mt. of Olives, an attack which like many others did not gain media attention even though it occurred in the heart of the capital. In her letter,
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Middle EastJewish Americans are connected to Israel a lot more than some think, strategic adviser Charlie Harary told Arutz Sheva on Tuesday. “People in Israel don”t fully understand how much the American Jewish community loves and adores them,” he said. “I go to Israel. I bring a group of 200 men from all over the world.
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — In a review in a recent issue of The New York Review of Books of Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939 by Volker Ullrich – the book has recently appeared in English – the distinguished Holocaust historian Christopher Browning writes: “There are sufficient areas of similarity in some regards to make the book
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Back to my homeland? I’m no longer sure what is my homeland. I did not flee the US, in contrast to relatives of earlier generations who felt they had to leave Eastern Europe or Germany, but to take a job that looked interesting. Over time, I became more Israeli and
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USATel Aviv (dpa) – Relatives of a Palestinian family killed in a 2015 West Bank arson attack have submitted a 3-million-dollar lawsuit against the Israeli government, which they say bears responsibility for the extremist attack. The suit, filed in the Israeli city of Nazareth on Monday, claims the state is responsible for the deaths of
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