International

Teen indicted for attacking Arab man who met with Jewish woman

The Jerusalem District Court submitted an indictment against 18-year-old Yechiel Weisenstern, a resident of Modiin Illit, on charges of aggravated assault for racial motives. According to the indictment, Weisenstern attacked the Arab man while the victim was walking on Agrippas street near the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem last Monday. The Arab was accompanying a

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Middle East

Government approves funds for Houston’s Jewish community

The Israeli government approved a $1 million donation to help repair the Jewish community in Houston that was devastated by Hurricane Harvey. The assistance will be used to rehabilitate the community’s schools, synagogues and community centers, which are not funded or supported by the authorities. The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs is currently examining the fastest

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Middle East, USA

Giant crowd to rally for Catalan independence before contested vote

Hundreds of thousands of Catalans were expected to rally on Monday to demand their region break away from Spain, in a show of strength three weeks ahead of a secession referendum banned by Madrid. Nearly 400,000 people have signed up to join the demonstration in Barcelona, part of an escalating struggle between the wealthy northeastern

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International

Two law enforcement officials die after head-on crash during Irma’s approach

Two law enforcement officials died after their vehicles crashed head-on in a rural county southeast of Tampa, Fla., Sunday morning as Hurricane Irma bore down on the state, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The drivers were Hardee County Sheriff’s Deputy Julie Ann Bridges, 42, of Wauchula, Fla., who was headed home in her marked

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The World We Share, USA

Airline Excludes Family From Flight, Forcing Them To Pay $4000 For Tickets

A Toronto airline excluded a local family from a flight, pushing them to spend an extra $4000 on tickets, only to take the same flight the next day. Air Canada prevented Shanty Thivakaran, her husband Thiva Maheswaran, their two young boys and Maheswaran’s mother from getting on a flight on June 27. The airline manager

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International, Travel and Food

Hemingway House Staff and 54 Cats Defy Irma

Before making its second landfall in Florida near Naples Sunday, Hurricane Irma battered Key West as a Category 4 storm, leaving uprooted trees and waterfront streets underwater. But Hurricane Irma’s wrath and mandatory evacuation orders in Key West were not enough to deter staff at Ernest Hemingway’s Home and Museum —and its 54 six-toed cats

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, The World We Share, USA