Wonder Woman soars past Spider-Man to biggest superhero origin movie ever

At over $404m in US and $800m worldwide, Gal Gadot’s character becomes among the highest Hollywood moneymakers ever By Times of Israel staff Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. (Clay Enos/DC Comics/via JTA) Wonder Woman, the now-iconic Warner Bros. superhero flick starring Israel’s own Gal Gadot, hit a domestic US earnings total of $404.1 million this […]

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Melania Trump thanks Chelsea Clinton for coming to Barron Trump’s defense after his clothing choices were criticized

First lady Melania Trump thanked former first daughter Chelsea Clinton for coming to Barron Trump’s defense after he was criticized for his clothing choices. On Monday, The Daily Caller published an article titled “It’s high time Barron Trump starts dressing like he’s in the White House.” Watch the video The article’s author said that he’s

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USA

Eger: How to survive evil and restore emotional freedom

The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Dr. Edith Eva Eger; Scribner, 289 pages including index; $27. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This book, no doubt, will be remembered as important for going beyond the realm of a  Holocaust memoir and becoming a Holocaust life lesson. For Eger, the retelling of her experiences at

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History

OpEd: Time for U.S. to make peace with the Taliban

By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK –President Trump’s new strategy that would presumably win the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan is doomed to fail, just like Bush’s and Obama’s before him. At best, the reported dispatch of an additional 4,000 American troops as recommended by his security chiefs will prevent the total collapse of Afghanistan

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Alon Ben-Meir, International, USA

Einstein’s letter criticising Chamberlain’s appeasement policy to be auctioned

Nobel Prize winning physicist warned against the ‘naive’ approach towards Germany from the then British PM By Jewish News reporter Albert Einstein 1938 ALS Regarding Hitler. Photo credit: Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://natedsanders.com/Albert_Einstein_1938_ALS_Regarding_Hitler_______Ho-LOT46972.aspx) A letter from Albert Einstein to his best friend in which he criticises Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement of Nazi Germany is to be

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Jewish History, USA

Anti-Semitic graffiti discovered in Toronto suburb

Anti-Semitic and race-related graffiti was found scrawled at three schools in the town of Markham, a suburb of Toronto, over the weekend, reports CP24. Police have launched an investigation. Disturbing messages that equated Jewish symbols with Nazism and made reference to the KKK and “White Power” were found on playground equipment at a public school

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International

UK lawyer: ‘Zionists should all be shot, Jewish refugees bombed’

A partner at a British law office has been fined after calling for the murder of Jewish refugees and “Israeli Zionists”. Forty-year-old Majid Mahmood, director of Liberty Law Solicitors and a partner at the City Law Chambers in Luton was fined 25,000 pounds ($32,100) by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal over several social media comments he

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International, Middle East

‘Old, Fat And Ugly’ Russian Flight Attendant Sues Airline

A Russian flight attendant is suing for discrimination after she claimed she was given less prestigious job opportunities at Russia’s top airline Aeroflot because of her looks, the Associated Press reported Monday. Yevgeniya Magurina joked about the fact she was in the “old, fat and ugly” group, but was serious about not getting to work

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International, Travel and Food