A group of students from the Maalot hesder yeshiva in Israel’s north distributing menorahs, Hanukkah candles, and chocolate coins to local residents aroused dormant memories of a Jewish woman’s deceased grandfather. The students arrived at the woman’s home as part of a program from their yeshiva and the “Karov Lalev” organization, which aims to overcome
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastArab shepherds with hundreds of sheep, goats, and cows on Friday morning neared the Jewish town of Maskiot in the Jordan Valley, in an attempt to provoke the Jewish residents. In recent months, Arabs have arrived daily at Maskiot, encouraged by extreme leftist activists. David Herzlich, who lives in Maskiot, told Arutz Sheva that the
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Middle EastA city in northwestern Germany has cancelled its official Hanukkah festivities, citing “security concerns.” Volker Wiebels, a spokesperson for the city of Mülheim, told the German newspaper Bild Zeitung that a “secure indoor location could not be found at such short notice.” The cancellation comes as Jewish leaders have urged members of their community not
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InternationalBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — This week, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini “guaranteed” to the Palestinian Arabs, EU support for a divided Jerusalem. She rebuked Prime Minister Netanyahu, “You know where the European Union stands. We believe that the only realistic solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestine is based on
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International, Middle East, Steve KramerSAN DIEGO — San Diego Jewish World will go on a two month hiatus, beginning January 1 and ending February 28, its co-publisher and editor Donald H. Harrison has announced. “When we resume publication March 1, we anticipate it will be with fresh ideas about how to best serve our readers,” said Harrison. “Should we
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USAUS Senator John McCain, who is fighting an aggressive form of brain cancer, was in a military hospital Wednesday to treat “normal side effects” of his therapy, his office said. The 81-year-old former prisoner of war and 2008 Republican presidential nominee was diagnosed in July with a brain tumor known as a glioblastoma, after doctors
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USAAfter Mexican actress Salma Hayek wrote in the New York Times an op-ed about her experience working with the movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, and described Weinstein as her “monster,” he responds through a statement published by a spokesperson. In her op-ed, Hayek wrote that the only thing Weinstein noticed was that she wasn’t sexy in
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAThe state that sets the agenda for presidential races and handed Donald Trump a decisive victory in the 2016 general election — Iowa — now overwhelmingly disapproves of his performance and believes the country is on the wrong track, a new poll showed Wednesday. This followed a trend of other Republican stronghold states, like Alabama
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USAWASHINGTON — Call it not talking about the Wall in the Room. Senior U.S. and Mexican government officials on Thursday pledged to continue working together to fight international drug-trafficking organizations and other cross-border criminal enterprises. They would not, however, be drawn into discussing ways that President Donald Trump’s vows to build a wall along the
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International, USAWASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence will postpone his trip to Israel and Egypt next week by a few days in case he is needed to break a tie vote in the U.S. Senate on the Republican tax cut bill, his office announced. Pence is scheduled to address the Israeli Knesset on the first major
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPresident Trump’s son Eric Trump agrees with his father’s controversial assessment of Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, saying the Democratic senator previously asked for campaign money “every three days.” “I remember Kirsten Gillibrand when she came into his office every three days to ask him for money and asking for major campaign contributions,” Eric Trump, 33,
A sexually transmitted disease is so infectious that even virgins can catch it and spread it to others, according to new research. Scientists say data from dozens of male virgins show that a good chunk of them had already acquired HPV, the STD that has been linked to warts and various cancers and has prompted
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USALEXINGTON, Ky. — The widow of Kentucky state Rep. Dan Johnson, who committed suicide Wednesday night, said she will seek to replace him in the Legislature. “Dan is gone but the story of his life is far from over,” Rebecca Johnson said in a statement released by David Adams, a political operative and family friend.
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USAAn already tense relationship between the United States and Turkey appears to be under more strain after a top Trump administration official accused Turkey of spreading what he called extreme Islamist ideology around the world. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, General H.R. McMaster, said Tuesday that Turkey had joined Qatar as a prime source
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