admin | May 19, 2020
The challenges of defeating the novel coronavirus have put our lives into sharp focus by pushing out nonessential issues. Are civil rights an essential issue now? Will the changes that the pandemic brings give us the courage to prioritize shared initiatives
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Comments Off on Commentary: Arab Americans have a long history of building alliances. That must continue during the pandemic. – The San Diego Union-Tribune
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admin | May 19, 2020
An ancient shrine revered by Iranian Jews as the burial place of the biblical Esther and Mordechai was reportedly set on fire overnight, US Jewish groups said Friday.
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Comments Off on Outcry as Tomb of Mordechai and Esther in Iran reportedly set ablaze – The Times of Israel
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admin | May 19, 2020
US successfully launches unmanned reusable drone for secretive space mission The US Air Force successfully launches its high-tech drone X-37B, placing the reusable vehicle into orbit for its sixth secretive mission in space.
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Comments Off on Israel finally gets a gov’t; Netanyahu promises to hand over power Nov. 17, 2021 – The Times of Israel
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admin | May 19, 2020
AMSTERDAM (JTA) Located in what used to be this Dutch citys Jewish neighborhood, its Jewish Cultural Quarter a group of museums and other institutions situated within a few blocks of each other packs centuries of European history into an area half the size of Times Square. It includes the Jewish Historical Museum; a Jewish Children Museum, the first of its kind in Europe; the Portuguese Synagogue, a beautiful 17th-century building that still functions as a house of worship; the Ets Haim library, located underneath the Portuguese Synagogue; the Hollandse Schouwburg theater, which occupying Nazis used to round up Jews during the Holocaust; and other monuments. Theres also a $27 million national Holocaust museum that is being renovated and scheduled to reopen in 2022
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Comments Off on Amsterdam’s Jewish quarter is getting ready to reopen, but some wonder if it will ever be the same – JTA News
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admin | May 19, 2020
(Boston)--The same genes that greatly increase the risk of breast cancer in U.S.
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Comments Off on African-American and white women share genes that increase breast cancer risk – Science Codex
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admin | May 19, 2020
Benjamin Netanyahu-led government was sworn into office in Israel on May 17, 2020 ending almost a year and half of divisive politics that saw three deadlocked elections. The oath-taking ceremony took place in Israels parliament, the Knesset, in accordance with coronavirus social distancing directives. This marks the beginning of Netanyahus fifth term in office, his fourth consecutive term
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Comments Off on Benjamin Netanyahu-led coalition sworn in after three divisive elections, Gantz takes oath as alternate PM – Jagran Josh
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admin | May 19, 2020
TEHRAN In an interview with Mehr News agency, American thinker Alison Weir said that despite the US officials and nation will, the US was forced to assist in establishing Israel due to pressure of the Zionism lobby.
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Comments Off on US forced by Zionism lobby to assist in establishing Israel despite its will – Tehran Times
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admin | May 19, 2020
The Governments Independent Adviser on Antisemitism has urged Labour leader Keir Starmer to outlaw the use of the words Zionist or Zionism as negative terms of abuse.
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Comments Off on Labour urged to ban ‘Zionist’ as term of abuse – 5Pillars
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admin | May 19, 2020
Satellite images show Iran building new weapons storehouse in Syria report Iran is constructing a new underground weapons storage facility in eastern Syria at a military base under its control near the Iraqi border, Fox News reports, citing satellite images from an Israeli private intelligence firm. According to the photographs from ImageSat International, a satellite imagery analysis company, an excavator and bulldozers have been seen operating within the Imam Ali military base in the al-Bukamal region of Syria, which is believed to be run by Iranian forces. This photo released by ImageSat International on May 13, 2020, shows apparent construction on an underground weapons storage facility on a military base suspected of being controlled by Iran in eastern Syrias al-Bukamal region
Category: Zionism |
Comments Off on Centrist MK: Annexation ‘will undermine Zionist vision’ – The Times of Israel
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admin | May 18, 2020
Dr. David Stern of Harvard University will discuss what hes learned about the Talmud a carefully curated collection of thousands of years worth of rabbinic commentaries on Jewish law and the Jewish Bible and its shifting form over time, based on research related to his recently published book, The Jewish Bible: A Material History, part of the University of Washington Presss Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies series. The layout of the Talmudic page, with its text in the center surrounded by a sea of commentaries, is the iconic page format of the Jewish book
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Comments Off on Thur. 5/21, 4 p.m.: Reflecting on the Talmud as a Physical Book – The Jewish Standard
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