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Former Rep. Michele Bachmann on a rooftop overlooking the Western Wall and Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Credit: Alex Traiman.

In Israel, former Rep. Michele Bachmann talks of the nation’s promising future

Throughout her years as a House representative for the state of Minnesota, conservative firebrand Michele Bachmann was never ashamed of mixing faith and politics. Today, she serves as a member of the special faith advisory...
Israel Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai speaks during a ceremony in Nazareth, Nov., 9, 2021. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.

Israel’s top cop condemns call by Joint List chief for Arab Israelis to quit...

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Israel Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai on Tuesday condemned Joint List chief Ayman Odeh’s call the previous day for Arab Israelis to quit the country’s security forces. Speaking during a ceremony for outstanding units in the Israel Police...
Fireworks during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in the Samaria city of Ramallah, Dec. 1, 2018. Credit: Flash90.

After canceling Christmas, PA nixes New Year’s celebrations

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Palestinian localities in Judea and Samaria will not celebrate New Year's next week, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced on Wednesday, days after the P.A.-controlled city of Bethlehem moved to cancel its traditional...
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The isolated American Jews

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Without knowing the results of the U.S. presidential elections, certain conclusions can already be drawn safely. For instance, we can say with certainty that between 70 and 80 percent of American Jews voted for...
British rapper Wiley, Nov. 25, 2011. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram remove British rapper Wiley after anti-Semitic posts

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Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have deactivated the accounts belonging to the British rap star Wiley after he posted anti-Semitic remarks. “There is no place for hate speech on Facebook and Instagram,” a company spokesperson told The Guardian....
Palestinian women cross the Qalandiya checkpoint, outside Ramallah, on April 15, 2022. Photo by Flash90.

Israel issuing new ‘Job Seekers’ entry permit to Palestinians

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Israel has started granting Palestinians in Judea and Samaria a new kind of entry permit, designed to decrease the number of illegal border crossings, Israeli media reported on Monday. The “Job Seekers” permit is being...

‘CNN’: Extra security protected Trump in recent weeks due to Iranian plot

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Security for Republican nominee Donald Trump increased in recent weeks after U.S. intelligence services learned of an Iranian plot to assassinate the former U.S. president, CNN reported on Tuesday. The news channel cited a U.S. national security official,...
An orthodox Jewish man seen in the Jewish quarters of le Marais, Paris, France. August 13, 2017. Photo by Serge Attal/FLASH90

Menaced by extremists and migrants, European Jews increasingly feel abandoned by governments

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If Sacha Ghozlan had any doubts about whether there would be more anti-Semitic attacks in France following the March murder of an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor, he quickly got an answer. Ghozlam, the president of the...

Is Batman jewish?

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This past weekend, many of us lost a piece of our childhood. I am referring to the death of Adam West, whose most famous role was as Batman in the television series that ran from...

Inside Israel’s $75,000 designer Sukkah

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Visitors to Jerusalem during the holiday of Sukkot are often struck by a unique site: overtaking balconies across the city’s Jewish neighborhoods, little metal and wooden huts topped with branches and leaves huddle against one another....