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True relevance of the anniversary of the Islamic revolution

Feb 14, 2019 Go comment!

This week, 40 years ago, Iran’s military stood down, guaranteeing the Islamic Revolution’s success.
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Israeli television series take centre stage

Feb 14, 2019 Go comment!

Thousands of television series grace our small screens, but these days the ones people are talking about are made by and about Israelis.
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Lincoln’s fight for equality had direct impact on the Jews

Feb 14, 2019 Go comment!

(JTA) During Black History Month in the United States, we recognise the historical importance of President Abraham Lincoln as the foremost figure in the battle to abolish slavery. But even as Lincoln, whose 210th birthday we mark on 12 February, is widely known for his role fighting for equality, he may still be underappreciated. In fact, as a moral compass and a role model for liberty, his influence extends far beyond the specific events for which he is most well-known.
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Is Julian Edelman the best Jewish football player ever?

Feb 14, 2019 Go comment!

(JTA) After the New England Patriots beat the favoured Kansas City Chiefs to reach their third straight Super Bowl – their amazing ninth in less than 20 years – CBS sports analyst Boomer Esiason made an intriguing statement, namely that Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman belongs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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Biopic reveals Bader Ginsberg before she became ‘notorious RBG’

Feb 07, 2019 Go comment!

(JTA) The young attorney seems unsure of herself. As a law professor, she is unaccustomed to appearing in court, so she hesitates at first, unable to begin her summation. But once she gets going, there is no stopping her.
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Bader Ginsburg documentary nominated for an Oscar

Feb 07, 2019 Go comment!

(JTA) RBG, about the life and impact of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, received an Academy Award nomination for best documentary feature.
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African Jewish communities get mainstream recognition

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

(JTA) At a conference on Jewish life in Africa held in New York at the end of January, Magda Haroun spoke of being only one of a handful of Jews left in Egypt, a country that was once home to a Jewish community of 80 000.
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Why I needed to stand up against anti-Semitism

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

British television presenter Rachel Riley speaks at the Holocaust Education Trust Reception in Westminster on Sunday about standing up to anti-Semitism. This is an edited version of what she said.
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Venezuela – why it matters

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

David Akinin is carefully watching the crisis in his birth country, Venezuela, from his adopted home in Namibia, feeling deep concern for the South American community.
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The powerplay behind the proposed Israeli-Palestinian peace plan

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

American President Donald Trump’s much touted “ultimate deal” to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is on hold. But only until “immediately” after the Israeli elections (slated for April 9), according to United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The announcement is interesting for two reasons.
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Salvaged Soviet-Yiddish songs nominated for a Grammy

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

(JTA) In the despair of the Soviet Union’s fierce World War II battles against the Nazis, a 42-year-old Jewish man from Odessa wrote a song in Yiddish poking fun at Hitler’s failures to seize control of Ukraine’s coal and oil resources.
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Former Starbucks founder seriously thinking of running for president

Jan 31, 2019 Go comment!

(JTA) Former Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz said he is “seriously thinking of running for president”.
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Chadian peacekeepers killed in Mali

Jan 24, 2019 Go comment!

(JTA) An attack in the West African nation of Mali that left 10 Chadian United Nations (UN) peacekeepers dead was in reaction to the recent visit to Chad by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Israel versus Iran via Syria

Jan 24, 2019 Go comment!

Israeli soldiers went onto high alert this week along the country’s northern border with Syria.
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The ‘Forward’s’ woes deal the Jewish world a blow to the kishkes

Jan 24, 2019 Go comment!

(JTA) My dad, who grew up in a time and place where his Judaism only marked him as an outsider, never really got my professional fascination with all things Jewish. That all changed when nearly 20 years ago, I got a job with the Forward, the English-language offspring of the venerable Yiddish daily.
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Jewish man killed in Kenya attack was 9/11 survivor

Jan 17, 2019 Go comment!

Jason Spindler, the Jewish American man who was one of 15 victims of a terrorist attack in Kenya on Tuesday, had previously survived the 11 September terrorist attack in 2001.
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Zimbabwe’s Jewish community keeps its head down in the chaos

Jan 17, 2019 Go comment!

“Mayhem and chaos reign supreme here,” said a Jewish Zimbabwe resident this week. “It is so scary to be cut off without accurate information or contact. People have no access to doctors or any medication, and don’t know when they will. We have no way of knowing what tomorrow will bring. I was tear-gassed on Friday, I am confined to my home now, and am completely in the dark about what will happen next.”
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Talmud-inspired learning craze sweeps South Korea

Jan 17, 2019 Go comment!

(JTA) In 2014, Kim Hye-Kyung found herself staring into an educational abyss.
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Anti-Semitism among Yellow Vest protesters demoralises France’s Jews

Jan 17, 2019 Go comment!

(JTA) Four years ago, a heartbroken Bernard-Henri Levy found some solace in how more than a million Frenchmen marched through this city to protest extremism.
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Teen copes with unimaginable tragedy by helping others

Jan 04, 2019 Go comment!

(JTA) When Genevieve Liu was 13, an unimaginable tragedy changed her life.
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