A new report released on Thursday by the Alma Center, which researches security challenges to Israel from Lebanon and Syria, exposed what it described as a large-scale inter-regional Hezbollah tunnel system in different parts of Lebanon. The tunnel system is designed to move personnel and weapons around and out of the sight of the Israel Defense Forces. [JNS.org]
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Middle East
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid inaugurated the Israeli liaison office in Rabat, Morocco, on Thursday, formally re-establishing ties between the two nations. According to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lapid was joined by Moroccan Deputy Foreign Minister Mohcine Jazouli for the ribbon-cutting ceremony, which also included affixing a mezuzah at the entrance of the office. [JNS.org]
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International, Middle East, USA
The Jewish watchdog group StandWithUs called on the University of North Carolina to take action regarding a recurring class on Israel to be taught in the fall by an anti-Israel activist. Kylie Broderick, a Ph.D. student, is scheduled to teach a class titled “The Conflict Over Israel/Palestine.” Broderick has a history of making anti-Israel remarks, including a May 2021 tweet that said “Palestinians are being murdered for just being alive & bc [because] they’re inconvenient to Israel & its patron, the US imperialist death cult.” [JNS.org]
StandWithUS Calls Out UNC Class on Israel/Palestine Read More »
Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Despite major corporations investing significant time and funds to address traditional gaps in “diversity, equity and inclusion” policies, many of them—most notably, Google, Unilever and Cigna—have fallen short when it comes to addressing the needs of Jewish employees. [JNS.org]
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Business & Finance, International, Middle East, USA
Published by Al-Araby The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has once again been accused of mounting an Islamophobic advert campaigns against Muslim congresswoman Ilhan Omar and Palestinian-American Rashida Tlaib. Omar’s communications director Jeremy Slevin, took to Twitter and accused the pro-Israel lobbying group of putting the lawmaker’s life at risk with the language it
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USA
Published by BANG Showbiz English Barbra Streisand ridiculed her husband’s hair style on their first date. The 79-year-old Hollywood icon has been married to actor-and-director James Brolin, 81, since 1998 and the pair first met on a blind date two years earlier. The bare-faced and short-haired look was not exactly what Barbra was expecting at
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Jewish Celebrities
In the context of the Middle East, to which they traveled by way of a tortuous, yet exhilarating bike safari through Europe, the Jewish Michael Tobin and his Lebanese-Christian girlfriend Deborah were problematic candidates for a lasting romance. Religion, nationalism, and past romantic attachments seemed to militate against their permanence as a couple However, these two American psychologists were open to new experiences and to each other, and their time on the road meeting people for intensive discussions about life, love, and loss, impacted each of them differently and profoundly. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food
These extracted Grade B (to me) mixed ‘poetic’ and prose passages, from the Book of Isaiah, are attributed to Isaiah II. Though strong on dramatic images, they are scarce in metaphor and other literary devices. They are also heavily ambiguous in messaging. [Irv Jacobs, M.D.]
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Irv Jacobs, MD, Jewish Religion
Published by BANG Showbiz English Zoe Kravitz has lost track of how many tattoos she has. The 32-year-old actress was reported to have as many as 56 inkings across her body, but she can neither confirm nor deny the total number because she no longer knows how many she actually has. Zoe said she sees
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Jewish Celebrities
Published by Kyodo News Japanese and Israeli startups recently agreed to cooperate on an experimental project to generate oxygen on the Moon, a potential technology that could make possible long-term lunar missions independent of Earth in the future. Under the project, Israel’s Helios Project Ltd. will undertake demonstration tests to extract oxygen by melting lunar
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International
Published by BANG Showbiz English Andy Cohen looks for “good stepfather” qualities in anyone he dates. The 53-year-old radio and television host became a father to two-year-old son Benjamin Allen in 2019, and has said being a dad has completely changed the way he views dating, as he now wants to make sure his future
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Jewish Celebrities
Published by The Seattle Times SEATTLE — Every once in a while, a Tweetstorm speaks volumes. And in the wake of the latest Team USA women’s basketball Olympic gold medal over the weekend, there was one that caught my eye, detailing the astonishing list of championships earned by Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart over the
Published by AFP Los Angeles (AFP) – “The Big Bang Theory” actress Mayim Bialik has been named as one of two new hosts of the long-running US television game show “Jeopardy!”, replacing the award-winning presenter Alex Trebek, who died of cancer last year. Bialik will share hosting duties with the show’s executive producer Mike Richards,
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Jewish Celebrities
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Cori Bush, after serving seven months in Congress, now rates comparison to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. What follows is no compliment. When Walter F. George campaigned for his fourth full term in the U.S. Senate, Roosevelt journeyed to Georgia in 1938 to stump for one of George’s rivals in the
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Bruce Ticker, Middle East, USA