Neturei Karta activists in Montreal, Canada, recently published a video documenting the burning of an Israeli flag during the holiday of Purim. The clip shows a number of Neturei Karta members setting fire to the Israeli flag and then singing and dancing with children while the burning flag is shown in the background. The movement […]
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International, Middle EastPrince Harry and Meghan Markle were recently spotted together in London when the couple stepped out for a romantic date night at the Natural History Museum. The “Suits” star traveled to London Thursday to spend the weekend with the royal and is staying with him at his Kensington Palace home. During the museum visit, the
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International, Theatre, Film & BroadcastJews in Europe should “flee” if anti-Semitic political parties come to power in their country, a European Jewish leader said Tuesday. Speaking at the annual conference of the Rabbinical Center of Europe, the group’s director Rabbi Menachem Margolin cautioned of the growing threat posed by a rise of anti-Semitism on the continent. “It is superfluous
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InternationalATLANTA, March 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Azerbaijan was hailed as a ‘beacon of religious tolerance’ following a visit by a group of children from the Atlanta Jewish Academy to the Muslim majority country, which is wedged between Russia and Iran. 17-year-old Devorah Chasen said she felt welcomed and safe in Azerbaijan, stressing the country’s open
The president of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, is denouncing anti-Semitism after a tweet by the school’s student body president calling Israel supporters “scum of the earth” resurfaced online. Now-deleted tweets dating back to 2012 by Undergraduate Student Government (USG) President Mayzer Muhammad were unearthed by anti-Semitism watchdog Canary Mission, prompting
A former Colorado Republican Party chairman who claimed last year that Democrats were responsible for voter fraud has been charged with voter fraud for allegedly forging his ex-wife’s mail-in ballot during the November election, the Denver Post reported Tuesday. The criminal case comes as President Donald Trump and other Republicans have complained about widespread election
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USALONDON — At least one person was killed and as many as 10 injured in what London’s Metropolitan Police are treating as a suspected “terrorist incident” in the heart of the British capital on Wednesday. Early reports were confusing, but witnesses outside Britain’s Parliament reported hearing a commotion, shouting and the sound of gunfire. The
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InternationalA supporter of President Donald Trump—wearing his “Make America Great Again” red ball cap—was allegedly kicked out of a New York City bar for being a fan of the 45th president. Now that man is suing the bar for discrimination, the New York Post reported this week. Greg Piatek, an accountant from Philadelphia, claimed in
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Travel and Food, USASchenectady resident, who claims to be Jewish, charged with reporting a false crime; local rabbi says man never converted By Times of Israel staff Andrew King, who was arrested on March 20, 2017, for falsely claiming his home was graffitied with swastikas, February 10, 2017 (Screen capture: Daily Gazette) A New York man who claimed
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By Yoni Peres KIBBUTZ ALONEI HABASHAN, Golan Heights — Driving on the winding road, up the hills of the Golan Height, one cannot ignore the breath taking scenery – Lush green rugged meadows, lakes, creeks and little water falls, and cowboys on horses leading herds of cows. Not far from the Golan “capitol”- Katzrin, I
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Travel and Food, Yoni PeresBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The received wisdom in Israel today is that Iran is the greatest threat to its security, perhaps to its very existence. Prime Minister Netanyahu is the most vociferous proponent of this view; he speaks of it often, perhaps never more forcefully than when he addressed the United States Congress,
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Middle East, USASix years ago, Ari Beser, a photographer from Baltimore, received a grant to visit the city of Hiroshima for the first time. He wanted to trace the path his grandfather had once taken. Jacob Beser, who died in 1992, flew over Japan as a member of the Army Air Force during World War II. On
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International, USAOver three and a half hours of fast-paced debate on Monday evening, France’s five leading presidential candidates laid down the gauntlet for the first face-to-face showdown of this roller coaster campaign. With the candidates arrayed in a gladiator-style arena setting, France’s first-ever candidates’ debate held before the first round of a presidential election was an
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