International

Medieval Basin Finally Identified As Jewish Ritual Bath

Archaeologists are finally uncovering the purpose of a massive cellar in Marseille, France, more than 20 years after its discovery. Following two weeks of intensive analysis, the local research team from the National Institute for Preventative Archeological Studies told a French news channel it’s likely a mikve, a ritual Jewish bath. “Every time I went […]

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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion

Too much anti-Semitism at Nottingham U

Daniel Kosky The Freshers Fair, one of the key events in one’s first week at university. Putting aside all the clubbing and induction lectures, the Freshers Fair gives new university students the chance to see the sports clubs, societies and events available at the university. For many, it is their first real impression of university

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Netanyahu joins call for Rivlin to reconsider pardoning Hebron shooter

By TOI staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed a petition Monday calling on President Reuven Rivlin to reconsider his decision not to pardon an IDF soldier convicted of killing an incapacitated Palestinian attacker. In rejecting Azaria’s pardon request last week, Rivlin said “an additional lightening of your sentence would harm the resilience of the Israel

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Middle East

Linda Sarsour anti-Semitism panel at The New School stokes left’s split on Israel

New York City’s progressive university The New School is under fire for agreeing to host a panel on anti-Semitism featuring Palestinian-American activist and staunch Israel critic Linda Sarsour, the latest example of the left’s growing rift over Israel. The Tuesday forum, called “Antisemitism and the Struggle for Justice,” features Ms. Sarsour and two representatives of

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Berkeley lecturer apologizes for retweet college condemned as anti-Semitic

By Stuart Winer A lecturer at the University of California Berkeley has apologized for sharing images on social media that the college deemed anti-Semitic and beyond acceptable criticism of Israel. The college condemned lecturer Hatem Bazian of the Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies department after he retweeted two images, The Jewish News of California

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Palestinian Arab admits assaulting an Israeli over falafel

[twittervideo:2035426] The Palestinian Authority (PA) envoy to the UK admitted recently that he had in the past hit an Israeli over falafel. The envoy, Manuel Hassassian, said the incident occurred during his student days in Ohio. At the time, he recalled, he assaulted an Israeli student who manned a booth in which falafel and hummus

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Middle East, USA

Conservative Movement attacks Netanyahu

[youtube:2035460] The Conservative Movement in the United States released a video accusing Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of lying about the frozen Western Wall deal. In the video, the Conservative Movement played clips from Prime Minister Netanyahu’s address to the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America earlier this month. During his address,

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Middle East, USA

Calls for Resignation of “Anti-Semitic” Councilman Made in New Jersey Town Divided

JACKSON-Some Orthodox Jewish residents are calling for the resignation of Jackson Township Councilman Robert Nixon after documents released by the township displayed Nixon’s intent to curb Orthodox Jewish population growth here. Jackson Township has become a town divided since an upswing in Orthodox Jewish residents started approximately two years ago. While few in town would

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USA

‘The Jewish people experienced a quiet disaster’

Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett addressed Israel’s increasingly tenuous relationship with world Jewry in his Jewish Homer faction meeting on Monday and vowed to drastically increase funding for a program that aims to strengthen Jewish identity on American college campuses. Bennett’s comments came in the wake of a media storm that erupted after deputy Foreign

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Middle East, USA

Meredith, backed by Koch brothers, to buy Time Inc. for $2.8 billion

Magazine publisher and broadcast company Meredith Corp. said it will acquire Time Inc. in a deal valued at $2.8 billion, a further sign of the steep challenges facing the print magazine industry. The Des Moines-based company said it agreed to pay $18.50 a share for New York-based Time Inc., the publishing company that owns the

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USA