PALERMO, Italy (Press Release) – More than 500 years after the Jews were expelled from Sicily, the nascent Jewish community of Palermo will celebrate its rebirth this week with the formal transfer of ownership of a facility owned by the church and monastery of St. Nicolo Tolentino, which sits atop the ruins of the Great Synagogue
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International, Jewish HistoryAfter suffering from a heavy cold through the festive season, Queen Elizabeth II made her first public appearance of 2017 as she attended the morning church service at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, on Sunday. The queen, 90, missed her regular appearances at the church service on Christmas and New Year’s Day as
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InternationalPalestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary General Saeb Erekat blasted the U.S. Congress for overwhelmingly voting to condemn United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, which condemned Israeli construction in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem. The bipartisan House measure passed last week by a majority of 342-80. It said that Resolution 2334 “undermines the prospect of Israelis
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Middle East, USASouth Africa”s President Jacob Zuma is calling on South Africans not to visit Israel in order to show solidarity with “the people of Palestine”, the Africa News website reported Sunday. Zuma”s comments came at the 105th anniversary celebration of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), during which he reiterated the party”s solidarity with the “oppressed
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International, Middle EastPalestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmud Abbas has written to US President-elect Donald Trump urging him not to move the American embassy to Jerusalem, official PA media reported Monday Monday. The PA news agency Wafa did not say when the letter was sent but said it aimed to explain the “risks” of moving the embassy from
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Middle East, USAIsraeli President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin responded to Sunday’s ramming attack at the welcome ceremony held in his honor by Georgia President Giorgi Margvelashvili. After both countries’ anthems were played the the opening ceremonies had been held, Rivlin said, “I came here, from the eternal and holy city of Jerusalem, the city towards which every Jew
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International, Middle EastSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday he’s still hoping to confirm President-elect Donald Trump’s national security Cabinet picks on Jan. 20, just after the new president is sworn in. After meeting with Mr. Trump in New York, Mr. McConnell emerged to say Republicans will give all the nominees scrutiny, but he’s pushing to have
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USABy Dustin Hornbeck, Ph.D. Student in Educational Leadership and Policy, Miami University. Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos speaks in Grand Rapids, Michigan. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File After President-elect Donald Trump tapped Betsy DeVos to become the head of the United States Department of Education, her name has spurred a great deal of conversation within the K-12
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USASeaWorld San Diego ended its long-running killer whale show on Sunday, following years of protests and falling attendance. SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. announced last year that it was ending its theatrical orca shows and breeding programme. The final performances, which featured whales cavorting with trainers and leaping high out of the Shamu Stadium pool, came only
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The World We Share, USAMore than half a dozen Jewish community centers in the U.S. and schools in London received bomb threats Monday. There were no known connection between the threats as of Monday afternoon. At least one police department in New Jersey was contacted by the FBI, said Tenafly Police Department Chief Robert Chamberlain. The FBI did not
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International, USAAustralian businessman James Packer reportedly paid for meals worth thousands of shekels sent to PM’s private home in Caesarea, split costs of cigars, champagne with Arnon Milchan By Raoul Wootliff and Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, tour Ramat Hanadiv, a nature park in northern Israel, April 25, 2016.
Dakar (dpa) – Lawyers for former Chadian president Hissene Habre filed an appeal on Monday against the life sentence handed to him in May by a special court in the Senegalese capital, Dakar. Habre had been found guilty of coordinating crimes against humanity – including illegal detention, repression and sexual slavery – in a trial
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InternationalFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Esteban Santiago, handcuffed, shackled and wearing a red maximum-security jumpsuit, spoke in a monotone Monday as he answered questions from a federal magistrate during a hearing that lasted about 30 minutes. Santiago, 26, who is accused of killing five people and wounding six others at Fort Lauderdale’s airport, was flanked by
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USAWorld body emphasizes ‘need for those responsible for this reprehensible act of terrorism to be held accountable’ By Times of Israel staff The scene of a truck-ramming attack in which a truck plowed into a group of Israeli soldiers, killing four and injuring 16, in the Armon Hanatsiv neighborhood of Jerusalem. January 08, 2017. (Yonatan
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