Published by Reuters By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of a Pennsylvania teenager who sued after a profane social media post got her banished from her high school’s cheerleading squad in a closely watched free speech case, but it declined to outright ban public schools from regulating off-campus […]
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Advocates for the Palestinians exerted their terrorism talents in or near two prominent American cities 3,000 miles apart in recent weeks. First they prevented a privately-owned Israeli ship from unloading its cargo in Oakland, California, across the bay from San Francisco. On Sunday, they succeeded in canceling a food festival in the Kensington section of Philadelphia because the organizers dared to allow an Israeli food truck to participate. [Bruce S. Ticker]
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Bruce Ticker, Business & Finance, Middle East, Travel and Food, USA
Gershon is sitting on the bus with two baskets brim full of purchases from the open- air market at his feet, one basket crowding his legs, the other half in the aisle, a traditional arrangement on Jerusalem’s buses as they aren’t designed for ample purchases. Jerusalemites like to purchase in bulk. They have large families. Besides, at any time someone or many someones may “drop in.” Gershon’s wife, Rachelah, who was not blessed with children, likes people to drop in. She is fond of quoting Gershon who quotes from the Mishna: ‘Let your house be open wide.’ [Larry Lefkowitz]
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Jewish Fiction, Middle East
In sports, which can serve as a microcosm of our society, we saw over the past few days the ugly and the beautiful.
The ugly came following a California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) regional championship basketball game between Coronado High School of the City of Coronado and Orange Glen High School of the City of Escondido. At the end of the hard-fought game, which Coronado narrowly won, some of its players “celebrated” by tossing packages of tortillas at the Orange Glen team, whose players are predominantly Mexican-American. Coronado High School, in contrast, is predominantly White. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, USA
The Jewish Agency for Israel and The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington on Tuesday announced their collaboration to bring former Member of Knesset Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh (Yesh Atid/Blue and White), the first female Druze member of Israel’s Parliament, to Washington, DC as a senior shlicha (Israeli emissary). She will also support Israel engagement efforts on North American college campuses working closely with Hillel International. [Jewish Agency for Israel news release]
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Published by Reuters By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Rami Ayyub GAZA/TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel allowed a limited resumption of commercial exports from the Gaza Strip on Monday in what it called a “conditional” measure, one month after a truce halted 11 days of fighting with the Palestinian enclave’s Hamas rulers. But following a meeting with
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Middle East
Published by DPA A new Berlin museum looking at the fate of Germans expelled from non-German territory after World War II closes “a gap” in the way Germans deal with history, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at its opening on Monday. “This centre has been the subject of long and intensive discussions in Germany, but
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International
While this book was published prior to the election by which Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States, there is much in it that remains of interest — particularly for people like myself who are interested in the relationships between American presidents and the Jewish community. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USA
Throughout his personal and political life, Bennett has faced many challenges, and has spoken of one particular problem that he solved creatively, noting that “I had to improvise. So we MacGyvered it.” The term “MacGyvered” refers to the MacGyver television show whose eponymous lead character routinely jerry-rigged solutions to problems he was confronted with. What was Bennett referring to when he said “we MacGyvered it”? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Middle East, Trivia, Humor & Satire
It ain’t gonna be easy. With a political divide of 60 against 59, it’s bound to be tough. If not impossible to legislate anything of significance. We’ll see if the new government can pass a budget, needing 61 to vote in favor. [Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
Published by DPA Israel’s former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to vacate the official residence and make way for his successor Naftali Bennett in three weeks. Bennett’s office announced on Saturday that both sides had agreed on a handover date, with Netanyahu and his family leaving the residence in Jerusalem on July 10. Until then,
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Middle East
Published by DPA Israel’s prime minister on Sunday criticized Iran’s election of hardline judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi as the country’s next president. “Raisi’s election is, I would say, the last chance for the world powers to wake up before returning to the nuclear agreement, and to understand who they are doing business with. These guys
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Middle East
In the June 20, 2021 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
[Michael Ordman]
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Business & Finance, International, Jewish History, Lifestyles, Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, The World We Share, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA
Published by PopCrush One of the First Dogs has passed away. On Saturday (June 19), President Joe Biden announced that his dog, Champ, died at home. The German shepherd was thirteen years old. “He was our constant, cherished companion during the last 13 years and was adored by the entire Biden family,” the President wrote
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USA