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Delayed by Nazis, bar mitzvah to now be celebrated by 89-year-old Holocaust survivor

CHICAGO — Harold Katz didn’t require a crash course in Hebrew before his bar mitzvah next week in Wilmette, Ill. He started preparing 76 years ago, and his skills never got rusty. Katz, 89, who lives in a North Side retirement home, was to have celebrated the occasion in Czechoslovakia back in 1941. But that […]

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Jewish History, USA

Trump stuns NATO leaders and reverts to scolding message of his campaign

BRUSSELS — President Donald Trump likely crushed anxious NATO allies’ hopes for an uplifting message and full-throated endorsement of NATO’s core missions Thursday. Instead, Trump lectured the group for failing to live up to its financial obligations and leaving it to U.S. taxpayers to shoulder the organization’s defense burden. During a ceremony opening the new

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International, USA

Montana GOP candidate cited for assault after reporter says he was slammed to ground

The Republican candidate for Montana’s open congressional seat was cited for misdemeanor assault Wednesday after a political reporter for the Guardian newspaper complained he was grabbed and slammed to the ground. The announcement by the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office followed a bizarre series of events in which reporter Ben Jacobs alleged that the front-runner in

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USA

UK suspends intelligence sharing with US over Manchester media leaks

Manchester police have stopped sharing intelligence on the arena attack with the United States after a series of leaks to the press that police say may have “undermined” the ongoing investigation. Forensic evidence gathered at the scene by British authorities was published by The New York Times, including detailed descriptions and photos of the bomb.

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International, USA

Bernie Sanders’ Delegate Wins In Trump Country

Bernie Sanders may not have won the 2016 presidential election, but his supporters are beginning to fill elected seats across Donald Trump’s America. Christine Pellegrino, a Sanders delegate in last year’s Democratic primaries, defeated her Republican opponent in a New York state district that overwhelmingly voted for President Donald Trump. The new Democratic representative replaced

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USA

Ivanka: A fitting successor to Queen Esther?

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Someone in my synagogue asked me an interesting question about Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner: What kind of Halakhic dispensation was given to them to drive on the Sabbath to the Inauguration of the President? The same question came up recently when the Trump entourage

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USA

Adversaries throw dubious charges against Israel, hoping something perhaps will stick

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –We live well despite the nonsense the comes from those who think of themselves as the worthies of the world, as well as our neighbors, and occasional waves of violence. It’s the Jewish condition, carried over along with the strength of Israel and its capacity to protect us from the worst

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Liberman seems to confirm Trump leaked Israeli intel

In radio interview, defense minister says ‘repairs’ were made after US president divulged info to Russian officials By Judah Ari Gross Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset on March 6, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said Wednesday that Israel made changes to its intelligence-sharing

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Middle East, USA