Both Republican and Democratic candidates have been courting Jewish voters ahead of Tuesday”s New York primary vote, looking for an edge in competitive districts with large Jewish populations. Orthodox Jews, who make up a significant portion of New York”s Jewish population, have become an important bloc in the New York primary for both parties. Ted […]
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By Raphael Poch JERUSALEM — Eran Moshe, a volunteer EMT delivered his own daughter on Wednesday morning, April 19, at his home in Netivot. Being a volunteer ambucycle driver with United Hatzalah, Eran is no stranger to medical emergencies. At approximately 2 am on Wednesday morning Eran’s wife, Bat-El, woke up and told Eran that she
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Recent events have dramatic and often troubling implications for Israel. For example: (1 The soldier charged with manslaughter for killing an already “neutralized” terrorist and the resulting manifestations of ultra-nationalism and indeed racism by his many uncritical supporters. (2) The destruction of a Hamas tunnel on the Israeli side of
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It is difficult to determine what is most offensive: The Jewish candidate for President condemning Israel’s actions, exaggerating by a multiple of five the deaths in Gaza during the military operation in 2014 without anything like an appropriate weighing of chronic attacks on Israel from Gaza; his emissary to Jews
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International, Middle East, USAEditor’s Note: The following excerpt of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech to J Street on April 18 was taken from a transcript provided by the U.S. State Department. By John Kerry WASHINGTON (Press Release) — I think J Street has long embraced the absolute necessity of pursuing justice, the urgency of pursuing peace, and
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Famous people in American history came to life Monday, April 18, at Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School. Whenever a visitor dropped a ticket into a cup, third grade pupils from two classes, who had been standing uncommonly still, transformed themselves from imitation wax figures to animated characters from the nation’s
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By Morton A. Klein NEW YORK — The ZOA is horrified that at the recent April 9-11, 2016 U.S. Universities Debating Association (USUDA) national championship, held at African-American Morehouse College in Atlanta, (Martin Luther King’s Alma mater) top college debaters from all over the country were given the unprecedented Nazi-like anti-Semitic debate topic: “This House
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAGermany rejected on Monday a call by the Israeli government to recognize Israel”s control of the Golan Heights, calling the move a violation of international law and the United Nations Charter. On Sunday the Israeli cabinet held a special meeting on the Golan Heights. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu opened the meeting with a declaration
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International, Middle EastNew York (dpa) – The Israeli and the Palestinian ambassadors to the United Nations engaged in a shouting match during a meeting of the UN Security Council Monday, after the Israeli ambassador accused his Palestinian counterpart of not condemning terrorist attacks. The heated exchange during the monthly briefing of the council on the Israeli-Palestinian
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One day after a massive earthquake in Ecuador which killed 272 people, the Chabad emissary to Guayaquil spoke about the damage. “The quake occurred Saturday night, toward the end of the Ma’ariv prayer,” Rabbi Uriel Tawil began, in an interview with haredi news outlet Hamevaser. “Suddenly, everything was shaking – and we were shocked, we
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InternationalIsraeli Education Minister and Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett has applauded the IDF’s success in locating and destroying a massive terrorist attack tunnel from Gaza into Israel, and warned of Hamas’s continued motivation to launch a major attack. Bennett, who is also a member of the Security Cabinet, said Hamas’s top priority was to
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Middle EastUpdated, Updated, April, 18, 2016, 2:21pm In a message posted on Twitter, Israeli police said the bus explosion in Jerusalem injured 21 people, two of whom were in serious condition, six who were moderately injured and eight lightly injured. Updated, April, 18, 2016, 1.15 PM EST: Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat told local media that the
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JERUSALEM (WJC) — The Israeli Defense Forces uncovered and destroyed a Hamas attack tunnel penetrating southern Israel, the first to be detected since the end of the military campaign in Gaza in the summer of 2014. The tunnel was about 30 to 40 meters underground, lined with concrete slabs and equipped with communication lines, air supply and rails for
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Middle EastUNESCO approves resolution ignoring Jewish ties to Temple Mount (JNS.org) The executive board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted a resolution on Friday that ignores Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and Western Wall in Jerusalem. With 33 votes in favor, six against, and 17 abstentions, the resolution solely refers
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