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Israeli legislators debate American anti-Semitism without American input

Nov 08, 2018 Go comment!

In the wake of the deadly shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue on 27 October, Israeli legislators gathered for a special meeting to discuss anti-Semitism in America.
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To feel safe, Jews need a government that says and does the right thing

Nov 01, 2018 Go comment!

On Saturday morning, a friend was in from Israel, and I took him to one of the many synagogues in my neighbourhood. He was surprised by the police car parked out front, the bollards protecting the main entrance, the congregants with walkie-talkies keeping an eye on the door.
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Sderot: a city of rockets, bomb shelters, and rock music

Nov 01, 2018 Go comment!

Israel may be a country under constant threat, but Sderot – a city on the Gaza border – is under constant attack.
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How the Pittsburgh shooting unfolded

Nov 01, 2018 Go comment!

Here’s how last Saturday’s tragedy happened. (This account has been reconstructed from JTA, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The New York Times, and the Today Show. Some of the times are approximate.)
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Denmark’s Jews caught in a net of conformity

Nov 01, 2018 Go comment!

Observant Danish Jews are concerned about their future in the Nordic country because, aside from an increase in anti-Semitic incidents, the country is proposing and introducing intolerant policies.
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Pittsburgh tries to see the future through the darkness

Nov 01, 2018 Go comment!

The day after the killings, a man who brings Jewish boys into the covenant and escorts the Jewish dead to their final resting place finally got to fulfil the mitzvah of shmira, keeping watch over the bodies.
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Zimbabwe in chaos, but community stands strong

Oct 25, 2018 1 Comment

“Zimbabwe is experiencing fuel and food shortages. There is a critical lack of basic medication, and my family in Harare have experienced days and days without electricity or water. The crisis is growing to 2008 levels, as goods prices increase, and shop shelves remain empty,” says activist Alana Baranov, who monitors democracy and human rights in the country.
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PA and Hamas use systematic torture to crush dissent

Oct 25, 2018 Go comment!

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday accused both the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas of routinely engaging in “systematic” unwarranted arrests and torture of critics, suspected dissidents, and political opponents, and of developing “parallel police states” in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, respectively.
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‘Hero’ mom asks for help after Beersheba home destroyed by Gaza rocket

Oct 18, 2018 Go comment!

The Beersheba family whose home was destroyed by a direct hit from a Gazan rocket early on Wednesday has issued a public plea for help to get back on their feet.
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Rapper Drake has his own brand of Jewishness

Oct 18, 2018 Go comment!

Drake has held the number one spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart for most of this year. The Canadian rapper and singer during his career has set or matched records owned by the likes of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Whitney Houston, and Paul McCartney.
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Five times Nikki Haley delighted the pro-Israel community

Oct 11, 2018 Go comment!

When Nikki Haley said on Tuesday that she would be stepping down as United States ambassador to the United Nations by the end of this year, the Israeli and pro-Israel laments poured out swiftly.
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Former UK Chief Rabbi labels Jeremy Corbyn a ‘dangerous anti-Semite’

Sep 20, 2018 2 Comments

Britain’s former Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, branded Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn a dangerous anti-Semite in an interview published on Tuesday.
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Ben Kingsley kept photo of Elie Wiesel close while portraying Adolf Eichmann

Sep 06, 2018 Go comment!

Ask Ben Kingsley about why he was keen to portray Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann in the new film Operation Finale, and he describes a traumatic childhood incident in which he first learned about the Holocaust.
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West Bank settlements’ house prices go through the roof

Aug 30, 2018 Go comment!

Growing up in a Jerusalem apartment, Aaron Lipkin used to marvel at the two-storey houses that he would see on weekend drives with his parents.
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Ugandan Jews to Israel, part-funded by government that rejects them

Aug 23, 2018 Go comment!

Uganda’s Jewish Abayudaya community reached a significant milestone on Tuesday morning, when its first-ever Taglit-Birthright group touched down at Ben Gurion Airport.
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Israel mourns late UN chief

Aug 23, 2018 Go comment!

Israel joined countries around the world in an outpouring of condolences on Saturday, following the death of former United Nations (UN) Secretary General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan.
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Kingmaker Ronald Lauder turns on former protégé Netanyahu

Aug 16, 2018 Go comment!

It’s gotta hurt when the guy who used to fund your political career writes two op-eds criticising you in The New York Times.
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Activists wave Declaration of Independence in Nation-State debate

Aug 10, 2018 Go comment!

Zionist Union activists waved copies of Israel’s Declaration of Independence in the Knesset plenum on Wednesday, during a special debate on the Nation-State law addressed by Opposition Leader, MK Tzipi Livni.
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Standard & Poor’s gives Israel its highest-ever rating

Aug 10, 2018 Go comment!

Global ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has upgraded its credit rating for Israel, citing the Jewish state’s steady economic growth, and improved debt outlook.
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Jewish community tense as Zimbabwe erupts in violence

Aug 02, 2018 Go comment!

As violent protests broke out in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Wednesday, members of the local Jewish community expressed their concern. “It is very, very worrying. Some of our people live within 3km of the results centre. We are totally disrupted in the city centre,” said Harare Jewish community leader Arnold Joffe. These community members could be reached if needed, but it was risky, he said.
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