AUSTIN, Texas — A handful of white cowboy hats dotted the crowd among the hot pink kippas as Shabbat services commenced at Congregation Agudas Achim in Austin, Texas this past Saturday. And there were more congregants than usual. Some were there to celebrate a Bat Mitzvah — hence the hot pink kippas worn by both
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Middle East, USASearch continues for victims of parking lot collapse (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Rescue teams at the scene of the collapsed parking facility in Tel Aviv were pessimistic Wednesday, saying the chances of finding survivors under the rubble after more than 48 hours were diminishing rapidly. Four people were killed and 23 others were wounded Monday
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Middle EastNew clues in the 30-year old case of Ron Arad emerged this week as the IDF censor cleared for publication new details in the search for the Israeli Air Force navigator shot down over Lebanon in 1986. According to a report by Yediot Ahronot, over the past year, Israel has been in contact with Hezbollah,
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Middle EastDemocratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Monday had some trouble speaking at a Labor Day rally in Cleveland. Clinton was set back by a bad coughing fit, which she blamed on her Republican opponent, Donald Trump. “Every time I think about Trump, I get allergic,” she said, before coughing some more. Clinton sipped some water
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Middle East, USASweden’s FM Wallstrom opposes BDS (JNS.org) Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, known for harshly criticizing Israel, opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Swedish opposition leader Anna Kinberg Batra told the Israeli Knesset on Sept. 5. Wallstrom asked Kinberg Batra to pass on the message before she left for Israel to meet with the
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Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – At least two people were killed and more than 20 injured after an under-construction car park collapsed Monday in northern Tel Aviv, according to local emergency services. Rescuers were attempting to extract seven people from the rubble on Monday evening, according to a police spokeswoman. Emergency services reported treating 25 people
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Middle EastHANGZHOU, China – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was silent Monday after reports that Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan used the G20 to pointedly criticize U.S. president Barack Obama over his support for Kurdish troops fighting ISIL in Syria. Trudeau didn’t respond to a question about whether similar concerns had been raised in his “pull aside”
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — An Internet friend sent me a YouTube showing a scene from the TV drama, The Newsroom. It has characters claiming that America is the greatest country on earth. Then the star of the show sets them straight with comparative data that reveal something much different. Among the items he cites
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International, Middle East, USANEW YORK (WJC)–The World Jewish Congress-United States (WJC-US) on Thursday expressed its deep dismay concerning the decision by the Second US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York to dismiss a $655.5 million terrorism judgement against the Palestinian Authority (PA), calling it a strong setback to the efforts to hold the PA liable for attacks
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Middle East, USAHANGZHAO, China — President Barack Obama’s emissaries spent much of Sunday talking with Russian officials here about how to quell the violence in Syria, but the president all but shrugged his shoulders when asked about the prospects of a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Given the previous failures of cessations of hostilities to hold,
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International, Middle East, USABy Joel H Cohen NEW YORK –Despite the very mixed reviews of his recent visit with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico City, Donald Trump has accepted an invitation to go to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and address the Knesset. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has not yet responded
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Middle East, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USADozens of women from the “Women of the Wall” organization, which aims to challenge the religious status quo in Israel and gain a foothold for the Reform and Conservative movements at the Western Wall plaza, arrived this morning at the holy site, on the beginning of the Hebrew month of Elul. The women arrived equipped
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Middle EastAgriculture Minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) spoke with journalists Sunday morning ahead of the government”s weekly meeting, fielding questions regarding the ongoing coalition crisis over infrastructure work done for the public transportation system on Shabbat. Two weeks ago, revelations that the Transportation Ministry was conducting infrastructure work for the Israeli rail system on the Jewish
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –The intricacies of the latest dispute around Israel’s railways may be of little interest to those not directly affected, but the political ramifications are extremely relevant to us all. Ostensibly, in an effort not to disrupt railway traffic during the working week, Israel Katz, Israel’s minister of transport, authorized essential
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