A survey conducted last month by the Smith Institute revealed that a large majority of voters for the Jewish Home party reject any compromise which would allow a prayer plaza for the Reform Movement at the Western Wall. Seventy percent of respondents who said that they voted for the Jewish Home party in the last […]
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Middle EastHead of Northern Command disciplines senior officer whose encrypted phone, classified paperwork were stolen By Judah Ari Gross Illustrative: computer security ( cyber security image via Shutterstock) The head of the IDF Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, suspended a colonel for one week beginning Thursday after classified documents and an encrypted cellphone were stolen
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Middle EastNot long after President Donald Trump was sworn in, we happened to run into the Rev. Jesse Jackson on the street. He gave a thumbs-up to Trump’s inauguration speech but said the new commander in chief has much work to do in order to unify a nation riven by a divisive campaign. “The speech was
President Trump’s chief of staff accused the media of attempting to “delegitimize” President Trump on his first days in office and vowed to “fight back” against slanted coverage. “I’m saying there is an obsession by the media to delegitimize this president, and we are not going to sit around and let it happen,” Reince Priebus
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USAHarking back to the Nixon administration, a defensive senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway hit the Sunday talk show circuit, complaining the press has not given President Donald Trump and his team a fair shake and suggesting reporters stop pointing out when administration statements clash with facts. Conway, standing on the White House lawn, berated
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USATel Aviv (dpa) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will speak with US President Donald Trump later Sunday to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Netanyahu also repeated his earlier promise to discuss Iran and the threat that the “bad nuclear agreement” supported by Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama poses to Israel’s existence. The Israeli leader
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Middle East, USABy Mahmoud Al Abed – Jan 22,2017 – Last updated at Jan 22,2017 AMMAN — “It was only a minute or two after my brother left the building when it collapsed. He was the last to leave,” said Nasser Al Hajj, a retired municipal official and a resident of the first of three buildings that
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Middle EastSpirituality and tikkun olam are strong themes among Jews simultaneously protesting and celebrating Shabbat in Washington By Dina Kraft WASHINGTON — Wrapped in a tallit, Rabbi Riqi Kosovske looked out onto a sea of pink-hatted marchers and hoisted her “Nasty Woman Rabbi” sign high. “I’ve never felt more challenged as a Jew, a woman, a
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USAGathering in Washington, young Jewish women say that they were moved to activism by the election and the new president’s rhetoric By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil WASHINGTON, DC — Jewish organizations faced challenges organizing for a march scheduled for the Sabbath, but that didn’t prevent the youngest generation of activists from being out in force for
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Jewish Religion, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took to Twitter early Sunday to respond to Saturday’s women’s marches, which drew more than 1 million protesters around the world. “Watched protests yesterday but was under the impression that we just had an election!” Trump tweeted. “Why didn’t these people vote? Celebs hurt cause badly.” Watched protests yesterday but
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway dismissed the Women’s March on Washington on Sunday, saying she “didn’t see the point” of holding a polarizing demonstration while the country is trying to unite behind a new president. “We certainly respect people’s First Amendment rights,” Ms. Conway said on ABC’s “This Week.” “But I frankly didn’t see the
The day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, women and their allies gathered in cities all over the world to protest his words, actions, and the potential consequences of his leadership. Early estimates suggest more than a million people, easily, turned out in the US, with hundreds
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USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — I can’t recall ever having heard a lecture in Hebrew in Israel without the speaker throwing in some Americanisms – usually in the original. Though Israelis learn English at school from an early age, much of what they know as adults seems to come from watching American movies and
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Middle East, USAAfter harsh backlash and much buildup, singer Jackie Evancho — who is a mere 16 years old — was finally given the chance to perform the national anthem at Donald J. Trump’s inauguration as the 45th president of the United States. The Friday performance was a beautiful and graceful rendition. Evancho did not miss a
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