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Daily Archives: July 3, 2019

Celebration Independence Day Fireworks

U.S. Jews have much to celebrate on July 4th

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Happy 4th of July!  While it’s true that there are no official Jewish holidays in the month of July, there is an extremely important Jewish celebration and that is the commemoration of our nation’s...
The Science History Institute in Philadelphia has acquired an amazing collection of correspondence, books, photographs and scientific notes belonging to Jewish German chemist Georg Bredig. Credit: Science History Institute.

Archive smuggled from Nazi-era Germany acquired by Science History Institute

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The Science History Institute has acquired an amazing collection of correspondence, books, photographs and scientific notes belonging to Jewish German chemist Georg Bredig, announced the Philadelphia museum on Tuesday. The collection spans decades, from the...
“Israel Hayom” editor in chief Boaz Bismuth with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on June 28, 2019. Photo by Yossi Zeliger.

During silent election campaign, Netanyahu doctrine on full display

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Over the past month, headlines in Israel have focused on Israeli politicians and their attempts to change the political landscape in the upcoming second elections slated for Sept. 17, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Beef and corn on the cob on a charcoal barbecue grill. Credit: Brian Chu via Wikimedia Commons.

Backyard barbecue, kosher-style

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Barbecuing is primal, even dangerous. It’s looked on as a guy thing—all that fire, smoke, sharp implements and mountains of meat. But hold on, folks! Women are drawn to that fire and smoke, too. Besides...
Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz visits a monument dedicated to late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv on July 1, 2019. Photo by Roy Alima/Flash90.

Knesset member Amir Peretz wins Labor Party leadership

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Despite the lowest voter turnout in the history of Labor Party primaries, Knesset member Amir Peretz was chosen Tuesday to lead the once-powerful faction as it gears up for elections in September. Just 46 percent...
Copies of Adolf Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" at the Documentation Center in Congress Hall in Nuremberg, Germany. Credit: Adam Jones, Ph.D., via Wikimedia Commons

Walmart, Amazon among retailers selling ‘Mein Kampf’ with neo-Nazi blurb

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Walmart, Amazon and Barnes & Noble are among retailers selling an edition of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf featuring a neo-Nazi blurb and a price tag with numbers that reference white power. “This book has set a path...
Sen. Amy Klobuchar waves to the crowd at the Minnesota DFL election night party after winning re-election in Nov. 6, 2018, in St. Paul. Credit: Lorie Shaull/Flickr.

Democratic candidate Klobuchar won’t ‘move US embassy back to Tel Aviv’

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Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar became the second Democratic candidate for president in 2020 to pledge that, if elected, the U.S. embassy in Israel would remain in Jerusalem, where it was relocated from Tel Aviv in May...

Book Review: ‘Newcomers in an Ancient Land’

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For the most part, this is a pleasant if tentative memoir, which will be informative for people contemplating a first trip from the United States  to Israel, but which otherwise breaks no new ground. ...
Paul Milde, a Republican candidate to be a delegate in Virginia’s 28th district. Credit: Paul Milde/Facebook.

Virginia state legislature candidate removes Facebook concentration-camp ‘joke’

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A Republican candidate for Virginia’s state legislature removed a meme from his personal Facebook page that mocked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) comparison of U.S. migrant detention facilities to concentration camps. Paul Milde, running to be...
The flag of the Balochistan Liberation Army. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

US sanctions Hezbollah operative, updates Iranian terrorist group designation

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The United States sanctioned on Tuesday a top Hezbollah operative, updated a designation of an Iranian terrorist group and designated Pakistan’s Balochistan Liberation Army as a terrorist entity. Husain Ali Hazzima is the chief of...