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The “Arbeit Macht Frei” gate at Auschwitz with the bitter irony of the German words: “Work Will Set You Free.” Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Minnesota high-schoolers apologize for TikTok video mocking Auschwitz

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Two high school students in Minnesota apologized for posting a clip on the popular video-sharing app that pokes fun at Jews who were sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. In the TikTok video titled “Me...
New York Blood Center. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Agudath Israel partners with New York blood bank to boost blood-plasma donations

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One of New York’s largest blood banks is partnering with the national Orthodox Jewish umbrella group Agudath Israel of America and a network of dedicated volunteers to bring potentially lifesaving blood plasma to patients...
Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem during UEFA U21 final match between Spain and Italy on June 18, 2013. Credit: Dindia via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel thwarts terror attack at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem

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Israel thwarted several terror attacks in Jerusalem, including at the country’s largest soccer stadium, the Shin Bet security services announced on Wednesday. The Shin Bet arrested three Hamas members last month who planned to carry...
Participants at the “No Hate. No Fear.” rally in New York City on Jan. 5, 2020. Photo by Rivka Segal.

Major anti-Semitic incidents rise some 18 percent in 2019, according to new report

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The number of major anti-Semitic incidents worldwide rose by 18 percent in 2019 over the previous year, according to a newly released report from Tel Aviv University, the Kantor Center for the Study of...
This picture, released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on July 27, 2017, claims to show the Simorgh satellite-carrying rocket at Imam Khomeini National Space Center, Iran. Credit: Iranian Defense Ministry.

IRGC claims to have put first Iranian military satellite in orbit

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced on Wednesday that it had put its first military satellite, called “Noor,” into orbit in a surprise launch. According to the official IRGC website, the satellite successfully reached an...
This satellite image purportedly shows a new Iranian military compound under construction in Syria. Source: ImageSat International.

‘Israeli airstrike in Syria killed nine fighters, some linked with Hezbollah’

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Nine fighters, including six foreigners loyal to the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, were killed on Monday in an Israeli airstrike near Palmyra in Syria’s Homs Governorate, the U.K.-based monitor group Syrian Observatory for Human...
The site of a crane collapse in Rishon Letzion on April 22, 2020. Credit: United Hatzalah.

Relief in Rishon Letzion as fears of mass casualties in crane collapse prove baseless

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Emergency services in Rishon Letzion scrambled on Wednesday morning following reports that multiple people had been trapped beneath the wreckage of a collapsed construction crane, however, paramedics and EMTs from Magen David Adom and...
Pedestrians in Israel wear face masks, which are mandated by the Health Ministry as a preventative measure against the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, April 22, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israeli COVID-19 death toll rises to 187 as infection rate falls

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An additional three Israelis succumbed to COVID-19 overnight on Tuesday, bringing the national death toll from the coronavirus pandemic to 187, Israel’s Health Ministry reported on Wednesday. The ministry also reported a spike in the...
Yesh Atid leader MK Yair Lapid speaks during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on April 19, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Lapid: Blue and White perpetrated ‘greatest deception in Israeli history’

Yesh Atid Party head Yair Lapid on Tuesday blasted his former political partner Blue and White leader Benny Gantz for agreeing to a power-sharing agreement with incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing Gantz...

Verter fun der Vokh: צײַטפֿאַרברענג – Spending time at home

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Spending time at home צײַטפֿאַרברענג make an art project: מאַכן אַ קו֜נסטפּראָיע֜קט browse social media/the internet: בלע֜טערן די סאָציאַ֜לע מע֜דיע/די אי֜נטערנעץ clean the house: אוי֜פֿראַמען ‹צו֜ראַמען/צו֜ראָמען/צו֜ וימען› דאָס הויז For the complete list, click here to go to the archive...