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Sitting from left to right: Mayor of Bnei Brak Rabbi Yaakov Asher, U.S. Ambassador James B. Cunningham, Rabbi Aaron D. Davis, Bnei Brak Chief Rabbi Moshe Landau and Rabbi Menachem Mendel Safran, Feb. 23, 2010. Credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv/Flash90.

Chief Rabbi of Bnei Brak, Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau, passes away at 84

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Chief rabbi of the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau, passed away on March 30 at the age of 84. Landau served in his position for 32 years and operated a...

AJC announces drive for Jewish- Muslim friendship

An American Jewish Committee (AJC) delegation has visited the nation’s capital for a series of meetings to deepen engagement with American Muslim communities, institutions and leaders. The two-day visit included substantive encounters and candid dialogue with leadership from Masjid...

Don Diamond leaving priceless legacy passes at 91

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Don Diamond, Tucson’s largest local land developer and philanthropist passed away Monday at the age of 91, leaving behind a priceless legacy in Pima County. Diamond is survived by his eldest daughter Jennifer Diamond, ordained...

Rafi Eitan, founder of Israeli intelligence community, passes away at 92

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Former top Mossad spy Rafi Eitan, who led the team that captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann and was the personal handler of Jonathan Pollard, died on Saturday at the age of 92. Eitan, who...

Sarah Halimi’s anti-Semitic murderer disappears behind a smokescreen

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During the prosecution of Jared Lee Loughner—the shooter sentenced to life imprisonment for the January 2011 murder of six people and the wounding of 13, including his intended target Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, at a...
An old Israeli tank with a flag overlooking the Syrian town of Quneitra in the Golan Heights on Feb. 11, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Jewish and pro-Israel groups applaud Trump recognizing Israeli sovereignty over Golan

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Jewish and pro-Israel groups applauded U.S. President Donald Trump announcing on Thursday that the United States should recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. “After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully recognize...
Israeli-American Council chairman Adam Milstein addressing the IAC conference in Washington, D.C. November 2018. Credit: Perry Bindelglass.

Pro-Israel philanthropist remains committed to ‘speaking out’ against anti-Semitism

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Pro-Israel philanthropist Adam Milstein has said that he remains committed to speaking out against the anti-Semitic rhetoric of Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), as well as the Council on American-Islamic Relations...
One of the winners of Jerusalem College of Technology’s (JCT) sixth annual Physics Olympiad Ayelet Hashahar Barel of Rishon Letzion; Eti Stern, head of JCT’s Tal Campus for women; Yocheved Berstel, girls’ physics high school teacher in Rishon Letzion; and rector of JCT’s Lev Academic Center Professor Kenneth Hochberg. Credit: JCT.

Physics Olympiad in Jerusalem spotlights religious scientists of the future

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The talents of religious scientists of the future were on display last week as more than 100 Israeli yeshivah students participated in Jerusalem College of Technology’s sixth annual Physics Olympiad. Held in cooperation with Israel’s Ministry of Religious Services and Ministry...
Aliyah fair in the San Fernando Valley, Calif., organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh, Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, the Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael (KKL) and the Jewish National Fund-USA. March 2019. Credit: Courtesy.

Anti-Semitism on minds at ‘aliyah’ fair as North Americans prepare for move

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It’s no easy task to pack up one’s earthly possessions and cross the ocean to a new country where a new language is spoken, even if it is a “coming home.” Compounding the matter is...
Einstein's official 1921 portrait after receiving the Nobel Prize in physics. (Wikimedia Commons)

Happy Birthday Albert Einstein!

On March 14, 1879, was born in Germany one of the most important figures of modern physics, Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect and...