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Following a year of an international diplomatic campaign jointly led by the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Israeli Mission to the United Nations, Odelia Fitoussi was elected on Monday to represent Israel at the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).The CRPD is the leading UN body responsible for formulating a global policy for the 182 signatory states to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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admin | December 5, 2020
Israel's governing coalition is falling apart, setting the stage for the fourth election in two years. Driving the news: Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced tonight that his Blue and White party would vote in favor of dissolving parliament on Wednesday because Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Gantz's political rival turned coalition partner was refusing to pass a budget and reneging on their power-sharing deal
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admin | December 5, 2020
EU stops short of advising against holiday travel over virus As millions of European citizens gear up for the festive season, the European Unions executive commission urges member countries to keep strong anti-coronavirus restrictions in place to avoid a post-holiday surge of cases and deaths but stops short of advising against travel. The European Commission says in non-binding recommendations that easing pandemic-containment measures this month would jeopardize the efforts that have helped slow infections across the EU in recent weeks. According to predictions made by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, lifting all anti-coronavirus restrictions on December 21 would result in a subsequent increase in COVID-19 hospital admissions as early as the first week of January 2021.
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admin | December 5, 2020
At first glance, Epsteinwould seem to be related to the many Yiddish-German stein names that havelittle historical significance other than their pretty sound, such as Goldstein(gold stone), Silberstein (silver stone), Perlstein (pearl stone), et.al. However, while these namesare less than 250 years old, the Epsteins take their family name from the townof Eppstein in central Germany, where they lived as far back as the 16thcentury
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admin | December 5, 2020
Technologies come and go in the film world, but rarely whole cultures. Thats one reason why movies in Yiddish prove so fascinating.
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admin | December 5, 2020
A coronavirus outbreak at the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton has claimed the lives of 15 veterans in a matter of weeks.One of them is 93-year-old WWII veteran Martin Oppenheimer, and he has quite a story. We sat down with his wife, Ellen, to hear about Martins life and legacy.
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admin | December 5, 2020
(JTA) The constant stream of breaking news about American politics and the coronavirus pandemic has hidden a sobering fact: Six prominent Holocaust survivors who had dedicated much of their lives to educating others against hatred have died in Europe over the past month. These are their stories.
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admin | December 5, 2020
Two former Oklahoma state representatives have called on OU President Joseph Harroz to permanently return a stolen painting to a Holocaust survivor. French Holocaust survivor Leone Meyers painting Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep a work from notable impressionist painter Camille Pissarro was stolen by Nazis from the home of her father during WWII.
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admin | December 5, 2020
Mass will be said in Notre-Dame on April 16th, 2024 five years after a mysterious fire all but destroyed the cathedral. France is not just rebuilding
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admin | December 5, 2020
The Telegraph China is conducting "human testing" to create "biologically enhanced soldiers," the head of US intelligence has claimed as he warned that Beijing poses the biggest threat to America's national security. In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence, warned that the US must be prepared for an "open-ended" confrontation with China which he likened to the Cold War.
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