Teaneck, New Jersey, May 5 – On the date of the Hebrew calendar that marks the anniversary of modern Israel’s establishment as a state, Ezra, the hero of the eponymous Biblical narrative, expressed frustration that the Jews of that township ...
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Los Angeles, May 4 – Two of show business’s most venerable personalities announced Saturday that they had adopted the Hebraic religion, sending ripples through the industry as gossip columnists and analysts began speculating how the move would affect the pair, ...
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Jerusalem, May 2 – At the behest of the Knesset Committee on Ceremonies and Symbols, this year’s official Yom Haatzmaut ceremonies will feature fourteen prominent women who have made important contributions to Israeli society and culture, a decision that has ...
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By Jeremy Ben-Ami, Executive Director, J-Street I must say I’m disappointed that the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations voted against allowing J-Street to gain membership. It would have provided an opportunity to force our agenda onto an Israeli ...
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Hertzeliya, Israel, April 30 – When Google opened its first research and development center in Israel in 2006, company executives were focused more on the quality and quantity of available personnel for the development of new initiatives, but the ensuing ...
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Washington, April 29 – After a recording slipped out of US Secretary of State John Kerry that Israel risked becoming an “apartheid state” if negotiations with the Palestinians failed, the secretary issued an apology for his choice of words, which ...
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Tel Aviv, April 28 – The director-general of Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced this morning that the large target painted on the roof of the ministry complex would be painted over, in keeping with a new directive to bring the ...
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Berlin, April 27 – Bruno Schmidt, 30, has spent most of his life as an ardent admirer of Nazism, but after hearing that Chloe Horowitz, 17, of Teaneck, New Jersey, liked a “Never Again” post on her friend Shira Scheinerman’s ...
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Nairobi, Kenya, April 27 – Tired of being invoked by Muslim firebrands as the ancestors of Jews, activists from the simian and porcine communities held a protest, calling on the followers of Muhammad to desist from bringing them into the ...
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Jerusalem, April 26 – The party that functioned for many years as a kingmaker in Israel’s governing coalitions has fallen on hard electoral times, and is considering bringing its charismatic leader back from the dead to help similarly resurrect its ...
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