The ‘Neturei Karta’ faction has threatened that its members may leave Israel as a result of US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state. Neturei Karta is a small, extremist haredi faction which opposes the existence of a Jewish state. The faction’s support for the government of Iran […]
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Middle EastRabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman, one of the most respected decisors of Jewish law in the Lithuanian-haredi community, has be admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Bnei Brak’s Mayanei Hayeshua Hospital. According to medical staff, the decision was made because of a slight deterioration in Rabbi Shteinman’s condition. Rabbi Shteinman is conscious and in stable
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Middle EastDov Lipman I am thankful for the opportunity to explain the recent gathering honoring Righteous Gentiles in Poland, and my association with Jonny Daniels of the From The Depths foundation. I usually ignore attacks and name-calling and simply focus on my work for Israel, but since I was challenged in such a public and detailed
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International, Middle EastIsraeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netnayahu on Thursday morning spoke about US President Donald Trump’s recognition of the fact that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital city. Speaking at the Foreign Ministry’s second Conference on Digital Diplomacy, Netanyahu said, “We were all excited last night to hear President Trump’s historical announcement recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. This announcement,
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Middle East, USABy Raoul Wootliff and Sue Surkes Bolstered by US President Donald Trump’s declaration recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the government is reportedly planning to build around 14,000 units in the city, some 6,000 of them in East Jerusalem. As part of the plan, being advanced by Housing and Construction Minister Yoav Galant (Kulanu),
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Middle EastAn Argentine judge on Thursday ordered the arrest of former president Cristina Kirchner for allegedly covering up Iranian involvement in a 1994 bombing at a Buenos Aires Jewish center that left 85 people dead, according to a judicial source. The order also removes the judicial immunity of Kirchner, who served as president from 2007-2015 and
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InternationalWhen President Trump slurred his words during a news conference this week, some Trump watchers speculated that he was having a stroke. I watched the clip and, as a physician who specializes in brain function and disability, I don’t think a stroke was behind the slurred words. But having evaluated the chief executive’s remarkable behavior
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWildfires fueled by strong and unpredictable winds raged across southern California on Thursday, sweeping into the upscale suburbs of Los Angeles, America’s second-largest city. Tens of thousands of people fled their homes amid apocalyptic scenes of entire hillsides engulfed in billowing smoke and towering plumes of flame. Multi-million dollar mansions were destroyed in the Bel-Air
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN MARCOS, California – Arts professor Merryl Goldberg of California State University at San Marcos declares that arts equal opportunity. She explains that the more that arts are incorporated into a child’s life, the better career prospects he or she will have as an adult. A former saxophonist with the Klezmer
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — For many years and especially after we came to live in Jerusalem my rare moments of optimism about the Israeli-Palestinian situation were linked to the hope that the status quo would prevail. I couldn’t see any signs that pointed to an improvement of the situation but considerable evidence to
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Compared to selected other national leaders here and there, Bibi’s done well from public office. He and Sara have gotten used to demanding expensive gifts from individuals wanting his help. With respect to the two most prominent exchanges we know about, they weren’t all that serious. He helped an Israeli
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USASix women are suing movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and the studio he co-founded, seeking to turn their case into a class-action suit representing what they say are hundreds of women whom he has sexually assaulted in his decades in Hollywood. The federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York against him and the Weinstein Co. outlines
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USALOS ANGELES — Jerome Crowe, a former L.A.-based FBI agent who delivered the ransom money in the Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapping and led a SWAT team in the bloody SLA shootout, has died after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. A lifelong law enforcement officer who is credited with assembling the FBI’s first SWAT team
Russia’s lower house of parliament voted Wednesday to bar access to journalists from VOA and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. The decision by the State Duma comes a day after the Russian justice ministry designated nine media outlets funded by the U.S. government as “foreign agents.” Tuesday’s designation forces the U.S. news outlets to adhere to
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