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A road in the West Bank. Credit: Daniel Ventura/Wikimedia Commons.

PA deletes Jewish history, renames signs in key sites in Judea and Samaria

The Palestinian Authority is violating its agreements with Israel by trying to redefine historic sites and nature reserves in Judea and Samaria, Israel Hayom has learned. The Oslo II Accord, as well as subsequent agreements, grant the...
A delegation of the heads of the Rabbinical Congress for Peace met with Germany’s ambassador to Israel, Susanne Wasum-Rainer, about the Israeli- Palestinian conflict and the Jewish historical claim to the land of Israel, on Feb. 17, 2019.

Rabbis share Torah view on historical claim to land with German ambassador

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A delegation of the heads of the Rabbinical Congress for Peace—led by Rabbi Joseph Gerlitzky, rabbi of Chabad-Lubavitch in central Tel Aviv; Rabbi Avraham Schreiber, rabbi of the settlement of Shavei Shomron; and Rabbi...
Food is scarce throughout Venezuela, with citizens experiencing widespread malnutrition and lack of access to health care. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Like rest of Venezuela, Jews wait and watch in midst of power struggle, economic...

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The economic and political unrest currently taking place in Venezuela has left the country’s Jewish community in a “wait and see mode,” as residents hope for an end to the current political crisis that...
Hurva Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Credit: Wikipedia Commons.

$55 million to be invested in Jewish Quarter of Old City of Jerusalem

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The Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem has several projects underway at a total cost of 200 million shekels ($55 million). The initiative seeks to...
Jake Czuper, aka “Rabbi Jake,” entertains fans at Anshei Lubavitch of Fair Lawn, N.J. Credit: Anshei Lubavitch of Fair Lawn, N.J.

Atlanta musician ‘Rabbi Jake’ takes the country by storm

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Atlanta might be well-known for Coca-Cola and Hartsfield-Jackson International, the busiest airport in the world, but for music lovers both large and small, the city’s true claim to fame may very well be hometown-born...
Young women arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport after a Nefesh B’Nefesh group aliyah flight, October 2018. Credit: Jonny Finkel Photography.

Nefesh B’Nefesh to host six ‘aliyah’ events across North America in March

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Nefesh B’Nefesh will host multiple aliyahevents across North America next month enabling prospective new immigrants to Israel (olim) to be as prepared as possible. The March events are co-hosted by Nefesh B’Nefesh, Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah...
A 1940 transit visa issued by consul Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese “Oskar Schindler,” in Lithuania. The holder was Czech and used his Czechoslovakian passport, issued to him in 1938. He managed to escape to Poland in 1939 and travel from there to Lithuania. In 1940, he received the visa for travel via Siberia and Japan to Surinam. Source: Wikipedia.

Son of Japanese Holocaust hero discovers father’s memorial destroyed by Beit Shemesh apartments

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The Jewish National Fund was left scrambling to apologize to the son of a former Japanese diplomat who saved the lives of approximately 6,000 Jews during the Holocaust, after a memorial grove of trees...
The new Chabad House mikvah being built in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Chabad House, Seoul.

Chabad of South Korea completing construction of first-ever mikvah

Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in Seoul, South Korea, are completing the first-ever mikvah built in the country. Jewish women seeking ritual-bath services have thus far had to travel quite a distance—to China or Japan—to use a mikvah for Taharat Hamishpachah, or family...
Screenshot of artist's rendering of the 100-room Kosher House hotel planned in Hollywood, Fla.

Kosher hotel proposed across from Southeast Florida casino

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A kosher hotel has been proposed across the street from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. Called the “Kosher House,” it would have a kosher restaurant and a synagogue space, in...
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Words from a mother about a loss to the Jewish people

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I would be happy to write this morning about the new weekly Torah portion, Parshat Tetzave. But it seems to me that the better thing to do is to simply share the words of the...