admin | July 8, 2017
OUR FREE DAILY NEWS BLAST Ofer Israeli The triad of powers in the Middle East Barry Leff The Western Wall and the occupation Yaakov Katz Modi, Britney and the unabating BDS threat: Is Israel still diplomatically isolated? Caroline B
richards | July 8, 2017
(JTA) The Egyptian government reportedly has approved a $22 million plan to restore a 160-year-old synagogue in Alexandria. The Ministry of Antiquities Project Sector on Wednesdsay approvedthe fundsfor restoring and developing the Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, according to the head of the Islamic and Coptic Monuments Department, al-Saeed Helmy Ezzat, The Egypt Independent reported from a translation of the Arabic-language daily Al-Masry Al-Youm. The synagogue was forced to close several months ago after part of its ceiling fell down, The Independent reported.
richards | July 8, 2017
JTA Liberal American Jews are feeling thwarted in their years-long campaign for the right to pray as they wish at the Western Wall. Long frustrated that the plaza in front of the wall is run as an Orthodox synagogue, they were doubly incensed when Israels political establishment scrapped an agreement that would have boosted access to their own space nearby
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