AFP- Former German president Roman Herzog, best remembered for urging “a jolt” of political and social reform in his country, has died at the age of 82, the presidential office said Tuesday. He died in the early hours of Tuesday in a hospital near his hometown in the southwestern state of Baden-Wurttemberg, a spokeswoman said. […]
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International, Obituaries & memorialsJERUSALEM (Press Release) – The Jewish Religious Equality Coalition (J-REC) is visiting Israel to advocate for religious pluralism. Created and led by AJC, J-REC is a broad-based coalition of American Jews and Israelis dedicated to the realization of full religious equality in the Jewish state, and is mobilizing support for the creation of alternatives to the
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USAPALERMO, Italy (Press Release) – More than 500 years after the Jews were expelled from Sicily, the nascent Jewish community of Palermo will celebrate its rebirth this week with the formal transfer of ownership of a facility owned by the church and monastery of St. Nicolo Tolentino, which sits atop the ruins of the Great Synagogue
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International, Jewish HistoryAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former Iranian president whose support for social freedoms and outreach to the United States made him a powerful ally of moderates despite allegations of corruption and authoritarianism, died Sunday. The cause was a heart attack, state news media reported. Iran declared three days of mourning for one of its most significant
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorialsCivil rights icon Roy Innis, who for over 50 years in public life confounded stereotypes and the conventional wisdom of politics, died Sunday morning in New York City after a long illness. He was 82. “Roy got up every day and followed his conscience on what he thought was right, and if that led him
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Obituaries & memorials, USANat Hentoff Nat Hentoff – beloved civil libertarian, Constitution expert, author, columnist and jazz writer – whose work spanned seven decades – has died. He was 91. Hentoff, a WND weekly columnist since 2008, offered in his writing a compelling but unique mix of Americanism, undying reverence for the Bill of Rights and an uncompromising
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Obituaries & memorials, USALos Angeles (dpa) – Hollywood actresses Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher were buried in a Los Angeles cemetery on Friday in a private service. The ceremony at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills was attended by family and friends including Fisher’s brother Todd and her daughter Billie Lourd, according to US media reports.
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USANew Delhi (dpa) – Indian actor Om Puri who starred in acclaimed Indian and foreign productions, died early Friday aged 66. Puri suffered a heart attack at his residence in Mumbai, his estranged wife, Nandita, told the News18 network. The veteran actor played many memorable roles in arthouse and mainstream films in a career spanning
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International, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBuenos Aires (dpa) – Argentine novelist and short story writer Ricardo Piglia died on Friday at the age of 75, his publisher Anagrama confirmed. Piglia, one of the most important Argentine writers of the past 50 years, had been suffering for several years from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressive neurodegenerative disease. He published his first
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — We read in parashat Va-yigash about Jacob and his sons reuniting with Joseph in Egypt. After revealing his true identity, Joseph brought his family there to escape the famine in Canaan. Joseph settled them in Goshen. The Torah says: “[Jacob] …sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph, to point
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Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Yaakov Marks SAN DIEGO — After decades of unfathomable hardships and a multitude of betrayals, broken dreams, and dashed hopes, Yosef now faces the perpetrators who set into motion this sequence of events. Yosef had maneuvered his brothers into a position that would allow him to attain his ultimate revenge. He was a
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Jewish ReligionSales of a new, special edition of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” are skyrocketing since a German publisher brought it to market last year. “Mein Kampf,” which translates in English to “my struggle,” is an autobiographical depiction of Hitler’s ideology that served as the bedrock for Nazism. It laid out his hatred for the Jewish faith
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish HistoryFormer Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman, who twice served in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu”s cabinet, passed away on Sunday at the age of 77. He is survived by his wife and their six children. Though he never served as an MK, Neeman served as a senior official in Likud governments going back to Menachem Begin”s first
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorialsHilarion Capucci, who spent four years in Israeli prison, participated in Gaza flotillas, called a ‘martyr’ by PA By Times of Israel staff Archbishop Hilarion Capucci (photo credit: CC BY-SA, Piotr Zygulski/Wikimedia Commons) A Syrian Catholic bishop famous for his support of Palestinians, who was once imprisoned by Israel for smuggling weapons to West Bank
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