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Daily Archives: August 23, 2019

Yeshiva University's Mendel Gottesman Library at 2520 Amsterdam Ave. between West 185th and 186th Streets in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Thirty-eight former students sue Yeshiva University over alleged sex abuse

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With a New York law, the Child Victims Act, taking effect last week that modified the state’s statute of limitations surrounding sexual abuse, 38 former students have sued Yeshiva University, alleging they were sexually abused by...
U.S. President Donald Trump. Credit: Sean Sullivan and Robert Costa via Flickr.

While Jewish groups rebuke Trump’s ‘disloyalty’ remark, others question Democratic silence on Omar, Tlaib

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Jewish and pro-Israel groups largely condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt on Wednesday to clarify his comments from the previous day, which insinuated that Jews who vote for a Democrat either have a “total lack of knowledge or...
Amin Yassin, 22, and Ali al-Aroush, 28, were arrested on suspicion of planning an Islamic State-style terrorist attack in Israel, Israel's Shin Bet security agency announced on Aug. 22, 2019. Credit: Shin Bet.

Two arrested for allegedly planning ISIS-inspired attack in Israel

Two residents of the Arab city of Tamra in the Lower Galilee have been arrested for allegedly planning an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack, Israel’s Shin Bet security agency said on Thursday. Medical student Amin Yassin,...
New York City Department of Education building. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Jewish students in New York eligible for Title I assistance

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Hundreds of more students at Jewish day schools and yeshivahs in New York City may be eligible for Title I educational assistance after a deal reached between the New York City Department of Education and the...
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla). Credit: Flickr.

Sen. Rick Scott prays for Venezuela at Western Wall

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Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) prayed for regime change in Venezuela and thus help for its citizens at the Western Wall in Jerusalem while on a trip this week to Israel. “Today, I visited the Western...
Benny Gantz, head of Blue and White Party (left) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the Likud Party. Credit: Gili Yaari /Flash90 and Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Israeli right and left remain at impasse as Sept. 17 elections approach

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With less than a month to go before Israel’s unprecedented second election this year, it’s becoming clear yet again that neither the right nor left will be able to cobble together enough mandates on...
Israeli soldiers and security forces at the scene of a terror attack near Danny Spring, or Ein Bubin, in the West Bank, on Aug. 23, 2019. A father and his two children were seriously injured when a grenade or improvised explosive device was thrown at them. Photo by Flash90.

Israeli teen killed, family members injured in West Bank bombing

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Israeli security forces have been searching for terrorists behind an explosion on Friday near a natural spring in the West Bank that killed a teenage Israeli girl, and seriously injured her father and brother. Israel...
Lubavitch of Iowa Torah Center and Maccabee’s Kosher Deli in Des Moines, Iowa. Photo by Jackson Richman/JNS.

Despite their small numbers, Iowan Jews play outsize role in state’s prized presidential caucus

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DES MOINES, Iowa—With 165 days until the Iowa Caucus, the scene in the central Midwest has been busy in and outside the state’s annual fair with the candidates making their case over the past couple weeks at the...
Chelsea F.C. Women at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, together with team manager Emma Hayes (far left) and Chelsea F.C. owner Roman Abramovich, Aug. 19, 2019. Credit: Shahar Azran/Chelsea FC.

Chelsea Women edges out Israel 3-1 in record-breaking (and very friendly) match

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In a show of support for future development of the sport in Israel, the women’s Chelsea Football Club team visited HaMoshava Stadium in Petach Tikvah on Aug. 20 for a sold-out pre-season match against...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on March 5, 2018. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Worry over U.S. – Israel relations after Bibi, after Trump

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Is it possible that the U.S. president, considered by many to be more supportive of Israel than any of his predecessors, uses the terminology of anti-Semites? Have his Jewish daughter and her family not...