By Ira Sharkansky BERNKASTEL, Germany — My wife Varda’s deep German roots brought us once again to the streets that her family knew, and to look for the graves of those who passed on before there were no graves for Jews killed by other Germans. This trip is to the village of Bernkastel alongside the […]
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Jewish HistoryIsraeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday participated in the Foreign Ministry’s traditional pre-Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) toast in Jerusalem. Speaking to those gathered, Netanyahu said, “We are holding the toast early due to success, since we are going to make an historic visit: It seems that this will be the first time that
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Middle EastA former Sephardi chief rabbi of Israel said Reform Jews are worse than Holocaust deniers during a lecture last week, the haredi Orthodox news website Kikar HaShabbat first reported on Tuesday (link in Hebrew). Shlomo Amar, who is currently the Sephardi chief rabbi of Jerusalem, was discussing a petition by the Reform and Conservative movements
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Middle East, USAA decade ago, when Elmehdi Boudra began attending college in his native Morocco, he didn’t expect to see swastikas scrawled on his door. Like almost every other student at his school, Boudra is Muslim. But growing up, his grandmother cooked him Jewish food and told him stories about Jewish friends—including the woman who nursed her.
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Middle EastThe official announcement of North Korea’s nuclear test earlier this week was made by the distinctive voice of Ri Chun Hee. Make sure you take a listen to our audio to hear it: Ri has been the face and voice of North Korean TV for more than 40 years. But who is she? “She’s in
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InternationalPoor Haitians have been left to face the fury of Hurricane Irma alone as authorities in Cap-Haitien showed little sign Wednesday of preparing for what forecasters say could be a catastrophic event. Irma, a Category Five storm with 185 mile-an-hour (300 kilometers per hour) winds, is on track to swipe Haiti’s northern coast Thursday, but
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InternationalUnited Airlines won’t be punished by the federal government over a passenger’s forced removal from a flight in April that put a spotlight on the growing tensions between airlines and travelers. The Department of Transportation has concluded its investigation into the dragging of passenger Dr. David Dao and found no reason to fine the airline,
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Travel and Food, USADelta’s in trouble again. The airline was accused of “jacking” up the price of one of their flights nearly 600 percent after a traveler tried to book a flight out of Miami in the midst of Hurricane Irma Tuesday. Leigh Dow, a public relations executive, was trying to safely evacuate from the hurricane area and
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Travel and Food, USAAt least six people have been killed in the French part of the Caribbean island St Martin after Hurricane Irma tore through the region, Guadeloupe prefect Eric Maire said Wednesday. “This is not the final toll. Far from it. We sadly risk further discoveries,” Maire told journalists. “The police didn’t start again until the middle
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InternationalNEWARK, N.J. — U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez used the power of his office to advance the “financial interests and personal whims” of a wealthy Florida eye doctor who bribed the senator with access to a lifestyle that read “like a travel brochure for the rich and famous,” a prosecutor said Wednesday in federal court. “This
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USAThey plan to lower the temperature by 3 degrees over the next 20 years. Los Angeles Pixabay Labor Day weekend delivered record-breaking temperatures to California as a heat wave swept the state, fanning the flames of the largest wildfire Los Angeles has seen in decades. The unusually warm weather bears the mark of climate change,
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The World We Share, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump delivered a resounding victory to Democrats Wednesday, agreeing on a plan that would raise the debt ceiling and keep the government funded through Dec. 15. Republicans leaders were stunned, and would not immediately agree on the package. Democrats, who have been virtually powerless since Trump became president and Republicans maintained
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USAThe Washington National Cathedral on Wednesday said it will remove stained glass windows honoring Confederate generals, saying they act as “a barrier to our important work on racial justice and racial reconciliation.” In a statement, Cathedral leaders said they’ve debated for two years whether to remove the windows honoring Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen.
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USAWhat happens when you tick off Chicago? Rahm Emmanuel lays down the hammer and he lays it down hard. Rahm declared Chicago as a “Trump-free zone” after Trump controversially ended protection for “dreamers” or the children of undocumented immigrants. The official policy Barack Obama originally introduced, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), helped prevent
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