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Daily Archives: May 16, 2018

How to THINk THIN for Shavuot

SAN DIEGO — Ahh, Shavuot is soon upon us. With its extended synagogue services, special readings including the story of Ruth and the 10 Commandments among others, Tikkun Leil Shavuot –the practice of staying...
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...
Netta Barzilai performs at the 70th anniversary Independence Day ceremony at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 18, 2018. Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90

Netta beats ‘nakba’

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The results of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest and the reactions to it were as disturbing to foreign Israel-haters as they were to some of the nation’s most fervent domestic critics. At a time...
Gaza protestors take part in weekly Friday riots at the border with Israel, May, 4, 2018. (Wikimedia Commons)

Terrorist propaganda vs. the truth

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The images from Gaza making the rounds across the globe are the product of a well-planned campaign by Hamas public-relations wizards. Every wounded person is a useful cog in the well-oiled machine; every person...
A view of Santiago, Chile with the Andes mountains in the background. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Situation in Chile getting colder for its small Jewish community

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Israel has received a significant boost from its allies in Latin America in recent months, with both Guatemala and Paraguay moving their embassies to Jerusalem and with Honduras rumored to follow suit as well....
A view of Binghamton University commencement in 2017. Credit: Facebook.

Binghamton University to host alternative graduation ceremony for Jewish students

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For the first time to date, Binghamton University will host an alternative graduation ceremony to accommodate observant Jewish students and their family members who would otherwise be unable to attend graduation. In the past, commencement...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks at the official opening ceremony of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Ambassador Friedman: Hamas breaching the Gaza border a ‘suicide bomb on a large scale’

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Speaking to a group of evangelical faith leaders that serve as informal advisers to U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said that moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem is part...
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley addresses a U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria, Sept. 27, 2017. Credit: U.N. Photo/Evan Schneider.

At UN, Haley and Danon defend US embassy move, blaming violence at Gaza border...

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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikky Haley forcefully defend Israel’s reaction to the protests along the border with the Gaza Strip on Monday that resulted in as many as 60 Palestinian deaths. “I ask...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses the U.N. General Assembly in September 2009. Credit: U.N. Photo/Marco Castro.

Amid rising tensions, Israel expels Turkish diplomat

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Israel summoned the Turkish Consul General in Jerusalem and expelled him from the country, following Turkey’s expulsion of the Israeli consul general from Ankara. The diplomatic incident continues increasing tensions between Turkey and Israel, which...

Ayshe De Ferah Koy

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Eskrivir memoryas, keridos, es si lo akseptamos o no, kerer deshar raises en este mundo dospues de irmos a muestra egzistensya espiritual… En primero pensamos ke vana ser muestras kreaturas ke seran muestras raises ma...