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Daily Archives: August 16, 2018

How the Media Turn Against Israel & How to Respond

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With a new round of fighting around the corner, at the threshold of the Jewish New Year, the time has come to reconsider ways to welcome the media who will arrive in droves once...
The American Football in Israel men’s national team with the Guatemalan team at the World Championships of American Flag Football in Panama. Credit: Courtesy.

Israeli men just miss making the podium at flag-football world championships in Panama

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The American Football in Israel (AFI) men’s and women’s national teams returned home this week, proudly representing their country halfway around the globe at the 2018 International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Flag Football...
Salah Jarrar (Image: knooznet.com: MEMRI)

Former Jordanian minister proposes alternative to Trump peace plan: ‘The Jews return to countries...

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In an article titled “An Alternative Deal” in the Jordanian government daily Al-Rai, Salah Jarrar, Jordan’s former minister of culture and former vice president of the University of Jordan, came out against the Middle East peace plan...
Employees of the Abu Gosh restaurant prepare a 4-ton bowl of hummus with the goal of attaining the Guinness World Record title in 2010. The previous title owner was Lebanon, whose record was 2 tons of hummus. Photo by Rachael Cerrotti/Flash 90.

Plate size won’t help you lose weight, divulges Israeli study

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If you’re still struggling to fit into a swimsuit, using smaller plate size to eat less and shed some weight is not going to help, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of...
Rabbi Tzvi Muller. Credit: Photo by David Sachs.

The essence of kindness: Wise words from ancient Jewish sages and a Detroit-area rabbi

Twenty years ago, Detroit-area Rabbi Tzvi Muller, at the time a yeshivah student in Israel, had a chance encounter on a Jerusalem street that shook up his Jewish conceptions—and forever altered the course of his life. This...
Hamas members take part in a rally marking the Palestinian terror group’s 29th anniversary in Gaza on Dec.16, 2016. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Reports circulate of possible ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has negotiated with the Hamas terror organization responsible for the recent upsurge in attacks against Israelis along the Gaza border, agreeing to a ceasefire in which Hamas promises...
People swim in the Gulf of Eilat in the Red Sea, May 19, 2018. Photo by Maor Kinsburksy/Flash90.

Magen David Adom reports almost 50 drownings this swim season

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The Magen David Adom emergency ambulance service reported that a staggering 49 people have drowned since the beginning of the swimming season, urging everyone to maintain extreme vigilance and safety around all bodies of...
A group of soon-to-be volunteers in the Israel Defense Forces gather outside of John F. Kennedy Airport in New York and salute their future. Credit: Shahar Azram.

Latest lone soldiers: Group of North Americans fly to Israel, their new home

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Fifty-seven future lone soldiers were among the 239 people from North America who made aliyah to Israel on Tuesday on a special flight chartered by the Nefesh B’Nefesh organization. Many tears were shed, by both family members...

August 12 and After

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In August 1941, just months after the start of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, leaders of the Soviet intelligentsia gathered in Moscow to form the Jewish Antifascist Committee. Among them...
From left, students Brandon Gerardi and Mia Evans along with Pam O’Brien, chief executive officer of Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse, one of the organizations to receive a grant from the No Small Change program. (Jewish Women’s Foundation/Courtesy)

No Small Change program enables teens to invest in their community

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High school students who are eager to change the world have the opportunity to do so by applying for No Small Change, a collaborative project between the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County and...