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In addition to prayer and internal reflection, as well as personal goals for the New Year, what will rabbis focus on this year during High Holiday services and sermons? Credit: Pixabay.

Where will America’s rabbis lead us this year?

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What was American Jewry’s greatest failing in 5778? If your answer is that our communal life hasn’t been sufficiently partisan or focused enough on the latest political controversies in Washington or Jerusalem, then perhaps...
Click photo to download. Caption: Roseanne Barr speaks at the March 28 "Stop the Boycott" conference in Jerusalem, which was hosted by Yedioth Ahronoth/Ynet. Credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Embattled comedienne Roseanne Barr is moving to Israel

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Roseanne Barr is moving to Israel, the American-Jewish comedienne and actress announced Sunday on Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s podcast. “I have an opportunity to go to Israel for a few months and study with my favorite...

Jordan rejects confederation with Palestinians, says only solution to conflict is Palestinian state

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King Abdullah II of Jordan has apparently rejected the U.S.-backed idea of creating a confederacy including areas of the West Bank containing large populations of Palestinians on Sunday, with government spokespersons insisting that Jordan...
A Palestinian woman stands in front of UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City holding her refugee ration card during a protest demanding that the United Nations agency resume aid, April 8, 2013. Photo by Wissam Nassar/Flash90.

Netanyahu slams UNRWA for ‘perpetuating refugees;’ praises US decision to slash funding

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the United States for its decision to slash payments to the controversial UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) organization. On Friday, the administration...
A young mother looks on at her baby boy after a brit mila has been performed on him in a synagogue in Jerusalem on August 30, 2013. Photo by Nati Shohat/FLASH90

Israeli study shows maternal depression impacts physiology of young children

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A new Israeli-led study found that children of mothers suffering from depression may be at greater risk for psychological disorders and altered immune responses. “If you grow up with a clinically depressed mother, your body’s...
President Reuven Rivlin visits students at the Religious school "Noam Eliyahu" in the southern Isralei city of Netivot, on the first day of school on September 2, 2018. More than 2 million students attend school today across Israel. Photo by Mark Neyman/GPO

2.3 Million Israeli students start new academic year

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Over 165,000 Israeli students started first grade today, as 2.3 million students began the academic school year in over 5,000 schools.  The upcoming graduating class of high school seniors has 131,000 students.  By comparison,...
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini. Credit: Annika Haas via Flickr.

EU Foreign Ministers review work done to preserve the nuclear deal with Iran

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VIENNA —The Iran nuclear agreement and Middle East stability are on top of the agenda of an informal meeting of European Union Foreign Ministers hosted Thursday by the Austrian EU presidency in Vienna. In remarks...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 27, 2018. Photo: Alaa Badarneh/AP.

PA forbids Palestinians to vote in upcoming Jerusalem municipal elections

The Palestinian Authority wants Palestinians to neither run for election nor to vote when Israel holds Jerusalem municipal elections in October. In fact, the PA’s top religious body has forbidden it in the name...

Le Qatar se mobilise pour aider la Turquie à gérer sa crise avec les...

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Les tensions actuelles entre les Etats-Unis et la Turquie, résultant de litiges politiques et économiques, se sont récemment aggravées, après le refus de la Turquie de libérer le pasteur américain emprisonné Andrew Brunson, accusé...

Sermons du vendredi à Minneapolis du cheikh Shaaban Aboubadria : Les hommes dont les...

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Voir les extraits vidéo sur MEMRI TV Dans un sermon du vendredi prononcé à la mosquée du Centre islamique Masjid Al-Huda de Minneapolis, Minnesota, le 3 août 2018, le cheikh Shaaban Aboubadria a tourné en...