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Ugandan rabbi calls for Jewish recognition

Jun 07, 2018 2 Comments

A Ugandan rabbi has called on Israel to recognise his community after Israel ruled against allowing its members to move to the Jewish state.
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Israel’s diplomacy with Russia reaps benefits in Syria

Jun 07, 2018 Go comment!

Media reports suggest that Iranian forces, assisted by Hezbollah and Shia militias, are to withdraw from the areas they currently occupy near the Golan Heights in southern Syria.
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Volunteering builds leadership and community spirit, Limmud study shows

Jun 07, 2018 Go comment!

Independent research shows that when done right, adult Jewish education can offer a lot more than knowledge.
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Argentina calls off Jerusalem World Cup warm-up

Jun 07, 2018 Go comment!

Anti-Israel activists had the final say as Argentina pulled out of its World Cup warm-up football match against Israel scheduled to be played in Jerusalem on Saturday night.
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Abramovich joins more than 30 Russian Jewish tycoons in Israel

May 31, 2018 Go comment!

The sudden immigration to Israel of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich makes him the latest in a string of Jewish Russian tycoons who have made a home in the country in recent years.
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David and Goliath reversed in the Middle East

May 31, 2018 Go comment!

The biblical story of David and Goliath is often used to describe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – except that the main characters have, over the years, irrevocably changed sides.
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Pro-Israel activist harasses BDS in Amsterdam

May 31, 2018 Go comment!

It’s a Friday in May. On one of the Dutch capital’s busiest squares, Leidse Square, a middle-aged Jewish man draped in an Israeli flag bellows insults at another man holding a Palestinian flag and posters promoting a boycott of Israel.
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Israeli researchers to curb cancer cell growth

May 24, 2018 Go comment!

A group of researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has developed a new molecule that they say inhibits the growth of cancer cells and also reprogrammes them to be non-cancerous.
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The Jewish connections to the royal wedding

May 24, 2018 1 Comment

As Meghan Markle made her grand entrance at Windsor chapel on Saturday, three young members of her bridal party were Jewish children.
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The argument over Israel’s right to defend its borders

May 24, 2018 Go comment!

Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva voted to establish a Commission of Inquiry in order to examine possible war crimes committed by Israel during recent confrontations on the Gaza border. America and Australia were the only two countries to vote against the resolution. Washington said it was one-sided and failed to hold Hamas responsible, echoing Israel’s position.
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Philip Roth’s literary genius lives on…

May 24, 2018 Go comment!

Jewish-American author Philip Roth passed away on May 22. He was 85. His work both delighted and disgusted. Roth, oft regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century American literature, is remembered for his amusing, subversive and sometimes audacious narratives.
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Jewish facts about the new Han Solo ‘Star Wars’ movie

May 24, 2018 Go comment!

Star Wars fans are eagerly awaiting the franchise’s latest film, Solo: A Star Wars Story. As its title suggests, the flick focuses on Han Solo, the legendary character made famous by Harrison Ford in the series’ first films from the late 1970s.
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Jewish actor flies solo through interstellar Ellis Island in new ‘Star Wars’

May 24, 2018 Go comment!

So it turns out Han Solo may have a lot in common with your grandparents.
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Splitscreen: Gaza border violence and US embassy opening

May 17, 2018 2 Comments

The disconnect between what was happening inside the new American embassy – as it was being inaugurated on Monday afternoon in Jerusalem – and the scenes playing outside its walls, could not have been greater.
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Israel’s military a 51-year growth story

May 17, 2018 Go comment!

As Israel celebrated Yom Yerushalayim last week, it was so evident how the army has developed from rag-tag beginnings 51 years ago to its current form as a world military leader.
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Does Hezbollah equal Lebanon?

May 10, 2018 Go comment!

Not so long ago, I was in the Kazakh capital of Astana for a conference and found myself seated next to the Lebanese ambassador to that country. He told me he’d been there for eight years and counting, uncertain of when, if ever, he’d be sent back home.
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Technology keeps the Holocaust conversation going

May 10, 2018 Go comment!

Imagine a child not yet born who, one day, deep into the future, will still be able to hold a conversation with a Holocaust survivor, asking them specific questions and receiving their direct responses.
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Giro great for Israel, but not all the riders were so happy

May 10, 2018 Go comment!

If the idea of hosting the first three stages of the Giro d’Italia cycle races was to market Israel to the world, it proved a great success.
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Rabbis say Jews shouldn’t borrow from Quicken Loans

May 03, 2018 Go comment!

If you’re an Orthodox Jew with a mortgage from Quicken Loans, you might be in trouble.
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Denmark is split over banning circumcision

May 03, 2018 Go comment!

An impending vote in the Danish Parliament on the non-medical circumcision of boys risks splitting the country’s ruling party, the local media are reporting.
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