Israel’s unemployment rate hits all-time low of 4.8% (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The unemployment rates in Israel has hit an all-time low, a new report by the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics said Thursday. The Jewish state’s unemployment rate in May was 4.8 percent, compared to the previous all-time low of 4.9 percent in […]
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)– American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU) announces a substantial gift of approximately $400 million from the estate of Dr. Howard and Lottie Marcus of San Diego, California. Lottie Marcus died this past December at age 99, just two months short of her 100th birthday, while Howard died in 2014
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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationWhile the “leave” camp celebrates, having surprised almost everyone except itself with its historic win in the EU referendum, there is at least one possible repercussion that will be no cause for cheer, if it should come to pass: another vote for an independent Scotland. Even before all the results from the Brexit vote were
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InternationalPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah on Thursday hosted 2016 Genesis Prize laureate violinist Itzhak Perlman at the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem. The Genesis Prize award ceremony was hosted this year by Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren, who toured the city of Jerusalem on Wednesday. The Prime Minister and his wife congratulated Perlman
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsEarly on Friday morning, it was officially confirmed that the U.K. had voted to leave the European Union. It was a shock result, one that the pollsters—though their data was limited—were unable to predict. Amid signs that Leave was going to win, the pound slumped to its lowest level in 35 years . Recriminations spread
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InternationalBritain has voted to leave the European Union in a referendum, according to broadcasters’ projections, defying its prime minister and confounding most analysts’ expectations. The result raises questions over the future of Prime Minister David Cameron, and over the future of Scotland within the United Kingdom. According to three projections published by Sky News, ITV
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InternationalThat was one awkward moment for cable news channel MSNBC and anchor Brian Williams during their coverage of Donald Trump’s speech Wednesday attacking the record of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in New York. At one point, Mr. Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, lit into Mrs. Clinton for claiming to have come under fire during a
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAIn what’s being touted as a turning point in the way the Supreme Court considers the factor of race in the criminal justice system, Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday delivered a scathing dissent in Utah vs. Strieff, a 4th Amendment case about police searches. The court ruled in a 5-3 decision that it was legal
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USAJimmy Fallon does a pretty good Donald Trump impression, but he may have some competition. On NBC’s “The Tonight Show” Wednesday, Fallon reprised his trademark impression of the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, but he was not alone. The comedian brought out Jack Aiello, a 14-year old who recently gave an 8th grade commencement speech as
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. –The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), seeking to recruit pro-Israel Jewish voters, is capitalizing on the developing controversy in the Democratic party over what Democrats should say about Israel. In a press release, RJC Executive director Matt Brooks said: “Israel must always be a bi-partisan issue and sadly we’ve recently seen that historic bond
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Middle East, USAAshkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel Rabbi David Lau on Thursday condemned Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas” speech to the European Parliament, in which he claimed that Israeli rabbis called to poison Palestinian water. “The Israeli Rabbinate and the thousands of rabbis serving the cities of Israel, from all ethnic groups and circles, love peace
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Middle EastKRASNAYA SLOBODA, Azerbaijan — “Not good,” Rabbi Yona Yaakobi says in Hebrew, expressing his distaste while pointing to a grave featuring a statue of a man who died in 1988. Carved in white marble, the nearly life-size statue of the deceased portrays him staring ahead, cane in hand, flanked by two pots of artificial flowers.
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International, Jewish HistoryThe Conservative Party in Canada, which heads the opposition, on Wednesday accused the Liberal government headed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of abandoning the fundamental principles of Canadian foreign policy. In a statement, the Conservatives said that the government has abandoned Israel in order to renew relations with Iran despite its involvement in international terrorism.
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International, Middle EastWASHINGTON — Donald Trump needs gravitas. Hillary Clinton needs passion. But first, as they consider their vice presidential running mates, they need to remember time-tested rules. First, pick someone who can survive having their entire life picked apart. “The number one thing is having somebody thoroughly vetted so you’re prepared for the onslaught that’s coming,”
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