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British playwright Tom Stoppard at the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, September 1990. Credit: Gorup de Besanez via Wikimedia Commons.

Tom Stoppard, award-winning British playwright, dies at 88

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Tom Stoppard, the prolific British playwright whose late-in-life discovery of his Jewish roots inspired his 2020 play “Leopoldstadt,” died at his home in Dorset, England, on Nov. 29. He was 88. His many works include...
Faithful Jews and faithful citizens of the world.

Dual loyalty?

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How long have we been the “wandering Jews?” I imagine ever since Abraham, the very first Jew. His travels and travails are recounted in the Bible for all to see and our sages taught...
Josef Mengele in 1956. Credit: Gerald Astor via Wikimedia Commons.

Mengele lived openly in Argentina for years, declassified archives show

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Declassified archival files made public by Argentinian President Javier Milei prove that Josef Mengele, the infamous Nazi concentration camp doctor known as the “Angel of Death,” lived openly in the country after World War...
Lebanese men hold a poster of Pope Leo XIV that reads "Welcome to the Dahiyeh of Sayyed Nasrallah," referring to assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (seen in poster above), and a Hezbollah flag in Beirut's southern suburbs, a packed residential area known as Dahiyeh, which is also a Hezbollah bastion, on Nov. 30, 2025. Photo by Giuseppe Cacace / AFP via Getty Images.

Israel warns Hezbollah racing to rebuild in Lebanon

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The Israel Defense Forces warned on Tuesday that the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon is rapidly rebuilding its military capabilities despite Jerusalem’s ongoing strikes since the ceasefire took hold over a year ago. According to...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets with a delegation of imams and Muslim leaders from across Africa, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Dec. 1, 2025. Credit: Israeli President's Office.

Israeli president hosts African Muslim leaders

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog met in Jerusalem on Monday with a delegation of imams and Muslim leaders from across Africa, in the latest Israeli diplomatic outreach to the continent. “I believe the future of this...
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to the White House in Washington on Nov. 10, 2025. Source: @SyPresidency/X.

Trump strengthens ties with Syria, urges Israel not to interfere

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Less than a week after six Israeli soldiers were wounded in clashes in the village of Beit Jinn in southern Syria, President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that it was...
Bolivia's President Rodrigo Paz Pereira announces new economic measures on Nov. 25, 2025, at the Casa Grande del Pueblo in La Paz. Photo by Aizar Raldes /AFP via Getty Images.

Sa’ar thanks Bolivia for granting visa-free entry to Israeli travelers

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Tuesday thanked Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira for allowing Israelis to travel to the South American country without applying for a visa. Visa-free travel “will allow thousands of Israelis to...

Israel bags 7 medals at World Kickboxing Championships

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Israel returned from the 2025 WAKO World Kickboxing Championships in Abu Dhabi at the end of November with seven medals—one gold, two silver and four bronze—following a standout showing at one of the largest...
Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich of Israel celebrate after defeating Russia's Marat Safin and Igor Kunitsyn in their Davis Cup World Group quarter-final doubles tennis match in Tel Aviv, July 11, 2009. Photo by Uri Lenz/ Flash90.

Israel to host Davis Cup games for first time since Oct. 7

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Israel’s national tennis team will host a Davis Cup playoff in February for the first time since Oct. 7, 2023, Israel’s Tennis Association announced on Sunday. The games, against Lithuania, are scheduled to take place...
National flags welcomed a delegation of U.S. senators who came to Israel in 1975, the year that the U.N. General Assembly vote to adopt Resolution 3379. Credit: Dan Hadani Collection/The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection at the National Library of Israel via Wikimedia Commons.

UN’s obsession with condemning Israel isn’t new

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Far too many pro-Israel organizations and writers marked the 50th anniversary of the U.N. General Assembly vote to adopt Resolution 3379, which stated that Zionism “is a form of racism and racial discrimination,” by...