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Daily Archives: November 1, 2018

PLO threat to withdraw recognition of Israel is fake news:The PLO never recognized Israel...

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Concerning the JPOST Oct 29 headline story ” that PLO announces will no longer recognize the State of Israel” https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/PLO-announces-the-cessation-of-recognition-of-the-State-of-Israel-570661 Most people do not realize that the PLO never ratified the Oslo Accord when the PLO...
Vice President Mike Pence speaks July 7 2017 at the Christians United for Israel conference in Washington DC. (CUFI)

Mike Pence’s Messianic problem

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It was the sort of unforced error that was the last thing the Trump administration needed in a week during which its liberal critics have been trying to place blame for the massacre at...
Jair Bolsonaro, president-elect of Brazil. Source: Agencia Brasil.

President-elect of Brazil promises: Israel can count on our vote

Until a few weeks ago,, now the president-elect of Brazil, was a little-known legislator. No one thought he would go on to become the leader of the country. But on Wednesday, a week after...
U.S. President Donald Trump huddles in prayer outside the Tree of Life Synagogue with Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers and first lady Melania Trump, as the president’s daughter, Ivanka, and her husband and senior adviser to the president Jared Kushner look on. Credit: David Aaronson/Twitter.

Grappling with the roots of anti-Semitism after Pittsburgh

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As Jews around the world grieve for those who were slaughtered in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, the reaction of many in both Jewish and non-Jewish circles has demonstrated a refusal to acknowledge the true...
Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog (center) attends an Oct. 29 memorial service in Jerusalem for the 11 Jewish worshippers killed in a shooting attack the day before at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue. He is flying to Pittsburgh to spend Nov. 2-4, 2018, with the families and community in mourning. Photo by Aharon Krohn/Flash90.

Herzog flying to Pittsburgh to mourn, Jewish Agency sends trauma counselors

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Isaac Herzog, the Jewish Agency for Israel’s new chairman, will visit Pittsburgh this weekend, from Nov. 2-4, to mourn the 11 Jewish victims of the Oct. 27 shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue *Or...
Matt Williams, director of the OU Center for Communal Research. Credit: Courtesy.

Orthodox Union launches data collection and analysis center

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The Orthodox Union created a new internal and external research arm, the OU Center for Communal Research, which will put forward an effort to collect and analyze data from the Jewish community. The founding...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, upon their departure for Bulgaria. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Netanyahu heads to Bulgaria to forge partnerships with Eastern European leaders

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left for Bulgaria on Thursday to attend the Varna Summit, aimed at strengthening the relationship between the two countries, as well as between the Jewish state and several other...
Beth Jacob Congrégation in Irvine, Calif., was vandalized on Oct. 30, 2018. Credit: Screenshot.

Anti-Semitic vandalism cases follow Pittsburgh shooting

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Days after 11 people were shot and killed at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue on Saturday, two vandalism incidents have further rocked the American Jewish community. On Tuesday, Ben Jacob Congregation in Irvine, Calif.,...

Iranian leader inspects military foot drills depicting collapse of White House

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei inspected military foot drills performed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). During the drills, the soldiers sang: “Allah Akbar! Khomeini is our leader! … America, America, death to your...
A mug shot of Robert Bowers, the suspect behind the shooting of 11 Jewish worshippers at Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Credit: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Robert Bowers, suspect in synagogue shooting, charged with 44-count indictment

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Robert Bowers, the suspect behind the killingof 11 Jewish worshippers on Saturday morning at the Tree of Life*Or’L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh, was charged on Wednesday in a 44-count indictment that accuses the 46-year-old of federal...