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Daily Archives: February 7, 2019

Emptiness and consciousness: Still unseen limits of American politics

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Nowadays, in the midst of near-perpetual scandal, both Democrats and Republicans are variously criticized for failing to fix a beleaguered country. But America’s core problems are not remediable in politics. By itself, no American...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and his Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán hold a joint press conference at the Parliament building in Budapest on July 18, 2017. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Is Netanyahu making deals with the devil?

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Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been severely criticized for cozying up to sundry dictators, autocrats or governments that downplay or deny their country’s role in the Holocaust. Among those he has either visited or...
Pennsylvania Rep. John Joyce. Courtesy.

Pennsylvania Rep. John Joyce vows to support a ‘strong Israel,’ BDS supporters need to...

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Republican Rep. John Joyce, 61, defeated Democrat Brent Ottaway in Pennsylvania’s newly created 13th Congressional District in the 2018 midterm elections. Previously, he served in the U.S. Navy at Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Virginia during the 1991...
Thousands gather outside of Parliament in London to protest anti-Semitism in the British Labour Party on Sept. 3, 2018. Credit: Labour Against Anti-Semitism via Twitter.

UK Jewish watchdog group reports 16 percent increase in anti-Semitic attacks in 2018

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British Jewry reported 16 percent more anti-Semitic incidents in 2018 than in the previous year, breaking the record for the third year in a row, and tripling since 2013. The Community Security Trust, British Jewry’s...
A copy of Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” for sale by a street vendor in Ramallah in the West Bank, on Aug. 5, 2015. Photo by Micah Bond/Flash90.

US embassy boycotts Cairo Book Fair after discovery of anti-Semitic propaganda

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After discovering that classic anti-Semitic literature would be present at the 2019 Cairo International Book Fair—the most important annual literary event in the Arabic publishing world—the U.S. embassy in Cairo closed its booth, according...
A man holds a “mezuzah” at the site of the new National Memorial Hall at the entrance to the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on April 27, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

‘Mezuzah Week’: A spiritual revolution in Tel Aviv

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A revolutionary campaign under the title “Mezuzah Week in Tel Aviv” has recently been launched by the Central Chabad of Tel Aviv, where residents will be able to check the mezuzahs of their homes free of...
Kosher Crops in Glatt Express in Teaneck, N.J. Credit: Israel Ellen.

Kosher Crops (sans bugs) aims to create the ‘cleanest, freshest’ salad greens yet

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While leafy greens contain essential vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber, they are particularly susceptible to infestation. Unwashed greens commonly house tiny insects such as aphids, thrips, leafminers and cabbage worms. Checking salad greens for...

Arab residents raze historical archaeological garden in Jerusalem

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Arab residents of the village Nabi Samuel, north of Jerusalem, recently razed the archaeological garden at the Tomb of the Prophet Samuel, utilizing heavy machinery apparently to construct a parking lot as a way...

NEWS Gazan journalist: ‘People can donate to Hamas using bitcoin’

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Palestinian Journalist Hussam Al-Dajany, who also lectures at Gaza Open University, said in a Jan. 30 interview on Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas/Gaza) that Hamas is accepting bitcoin donations. He said that bitcoin is an opportunity to...

Ir ot shoyn ayere biletn? Gedenkt: Dem zuntik, Februar 10, Idish Gezang mit Efim...

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