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Daily Archives: August 2, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump greets the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, prior to their bilateral meeting on May 21, 2017, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

An end to illusions about Egypt

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The Egyptian government recently passed a new law against spreading “rumors.” By “rumors,” the regime of Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi means anything that might undermine confidence in or tell the truth about his...
A beehive in flames from an incendiary kite at a honey farm in southern Israel near the Gaza Strip. Credit: Alon Sigron.

Fire kites sting Negev honey farms just before Rosh Hashanah

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When you drive into Israel’s Sha’ar HaNegev Region in the northwestern Negev, the fields are burnt and black. The trees are broken, and the smell of acrid smoke stings the eyes and nose. “It is...
Beverly Barkat grinds material into fragments with a pestle and mortar for her artwork “After the Tribes,” to be exhibited in Rome. Credit: Photo by Tor Ben Mayor.

International artist sees unity in the diversity of Israel’s people

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In her Jerusalem studio, in the top two floors of an unassuming building, Israeli artist Beverly Barkat is putting the final touches to her latest and most ambitious exhibition to date. She is paying...

Pursuit of wealth, fame can devastate families

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Generation Wealth explores the American dream, which it defines as the quest for fame and fortune.  This interesting and somewhat distressing documentary written and directed by Lauren Greenfield explores some of the obsessions of modern...
Mariano Rivera with soldiers of the Michve Alon Israel Defense Forces base in front of the Fitness Center donated by the FIDF Long Island Chapter, July 31, 2018. Credit: FIDF.

Yankees baseball legend Mariano Rivera visits Israeli army base to show solidarity

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Former legendary New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera visited an Israel Defense Forces base in northern Israel on Tuesday to lend solidarity with Israeli soldiers. Rivera, who played 19 seasons with the Yankees and was...
Arab Knesset member Jamal Zahalka. Credit: Wikipedia.

Arab Knesset member sparks fury with map of Israel drawn as Palestinian flag

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Joint Arab List Party Knesset member Jamal Zahalka drew ire on Tuesday for a Facebook post in which he called for the “entire Palestinian nation” to stage a general strike in the coming days...
A Hewlett-Packard tablet computer. As American and Israeli schools shift from textbooks to tablets, entrepreneurs from the “startup nation” are hoping they can bank on the trend. Credit: Janto Dreijer via Wikimedia Commons.

UK’s Mimecast purchases Israeli cybersecurity firm Solebit for $98 million

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Leading British email and data-security company ‎Mimecast announced on Tuesday that it has acquired ‎Israeli security software developer Solebit for some ‎‎$88 million in cash and $10 million in non-cash ‎assets. ‎ This is Mimecast’s first...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with the leader of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 27, 2018. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu offers plan to address Druze concerns over nation-state law

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A team appointment by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a plan to the Druze community as part of an effort to resolve concerns the minority group raised over the recently passed nation-state law. “Prime...

Bayla Sharopika Kon Alegriya….

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Lo ke este diya mos trusho  !!!!   Oyyyyyyyyyyve ! Me akodro de mis tiempos en las kayes kon mi Nelbi (Renaud 5 era) mitad charpeyada (tresera mano i viejizika) ke dospues se izo la reyna de...

Parashat Eikev עֵקֶב

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Moshe taught Bnei-Yisrael how to truly understand each Mitzvah regardless of its “weight” and importance. The laws of our Miztvot are profound and follow a simple rule called “Kalah KeVaChamurah” (“קלה כבחמורה”), meaning each...