A shipment of 20,000 date palm fronds were trucked Monday from the Gaza Strip to Israel where they were to be sold for use in a traditional Jewish religious ritual during the coming Sukkot holiday, the Defense Ministry said. A closed palm frond, known in Hebrew as a lulav, is gathered along with myrtle stalks,
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastA Swiss lawmaker resigned after comparing the transportation of pigs for farming to the transportation of prisoners to Auschwitz. “The (Nazi) deportees had only a slight chance to survive. As for the pigs, they are condemned to certain death,” Swiss Green Party lawmaker Jonas Fricker said on Thursday during a debate in the National Council,
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International, Jewish ReligionNEW YORK — Samuel (Si) Newhouse Jr., the low-profile billionaire media mogul who ran the parent company of some of the nation’s most prestigious magazines, died Sunday. He was 89. Newhouse’s death was confirmed by his family, who said he died at his New York home. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email
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Obituaries & memorials, USAA video of a Holocaust survivor, in which she forgives the notorious Nazi doctor Josef Mengele for carrying out medical experiments on her and her twin sister at Auschwitz, has gone viral in recent weeks, garnering more than 120 million views. Last month Eva Mozes Kor, 83, made a video entitled, “ The Power to
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The temporary structures, or sukkahs, in which Jews celebrate the holiday of Sukkot typically are thrown up by Jewish families or congregations to partake in celebratory communal meals and to welcome strangers to our community. However, the sukkah just recently built at the Jewish Family Service (JFS) campus
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationLOS ANGELES—Monty Hall, the original host and co-creator of “Let’s Make a Deal,” the long-running game show that debuted in 1963, making kooky audience costumes and carnival-style bartering an institution on daytime television, has died, according to Associated Press. He was 96. Hall, who was also a dedicated philanthropist, died of heart failure Saturday morning
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastWhile speaking on the PBS series, Finding Your Roots, Senator Bernie Sanders showed his more vulnerable side as he talked about a relative who died defying the Nazis in World War II. In the clip, the Jewish senator is visibly moved as he discusses the relative with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates. Related: Bernie Sanders
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Jewish History, USAUS Vice President Mike Pence blessed the Jewish people in honor of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). “On this holiest of Jewish days, may our Jewish friends be granted a Yom Kippur of atonement, forgiveness and inscription in the Book of Life,” Pence tweeted. US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka tweeted, “Wishing everyone an
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Jewish Religion, USAWARSAW, Poland — The Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews was recognized with a top honor from the European Union for a project promoting Jewish cultural heritage. The Europa Nostra Prize, or Our Europe, was presented Wednesday at a ceremony at the Warsaw museum. Twenty-nine laureates from 18 countries were honored. Get The
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International, Jewish HistoryMONTREAL — Canada inaugurated a national Holocaust memorial in Ottawa as its government reportedly readied itself to formally apologize for turning away 900 European Jews from its shores on the eve of the Holocaust. The National Holocaust Monument – a stark, stylized Star of David in form — took a decade to complete at a
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International, Jewish HistoryThe IDF announced on Thursday that it will put in place a closure of the West Bank and Gaza Strip beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, ahead of the holiday of Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, which starts Friday evening. The closure is expected to last until midnight on Saturday, “depending on a
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastTrotsky portrayed as a butcher in the upcoming Russian television series bearing his name. (Courtesy) A hundred years after the Russian revolution, the Russians are claiming that a Jew was behind it — at least according to a new television drama. An eight-episode series entitled “Trotsky” argues it was Jewish revolutionary Leon Trotsky — and
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International, Jewish HistoryThe Bnei Brak municipality has threatened to cancel the Tel Aviv light-rail train project if work on the route takes place on the Yom Kippur holiday as planned. NTA Ltd, which has been contracted to build the Tel-Aviv light rail, first informed the Bnei Brak Municipality that they would be carrying out underground drilling work
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastLOS ANGELES — Hugh Hefner, the incurable playboy who built a publishing and entertainment empire on the idea that Americans should shed their puritanical hang-ups and enjoy sex, has died. He was 91. He died of natural causes at his home, the Playboy Mansion, according to Teri Thomerson, a Playboy spokesperson. Hefner was the founder
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