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Protesters in Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 20, 2019. Photo: Shahen Araboghlian via Wikimedia Commons.

Report: US withholding $105 million in security assistance for Lebanon

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The United States is withholding $105 million in security assistance for Lebanon, reported Reuters on Thursday, citing two U.S. officials. This development comes as Israel has reportedly asked the United States and other countries to condition assistance to...
Israel's President Reuven Rivlin at the “Haaretz” conference in Jerusalem on Oct. 30, 2019. Credit: Mark Neiman/GPO.

Theme of Diaspora-attended conference in Jerusalem: Making Judaism work for all

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Judaism, said organizers of a conference this week in Jerusalem pertaining to religious issues long discussed by Jews worldwide, “is often seen in Israel as an exclusive religious teaching that manages to exclude large...
The Islamic State flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

ISIS names new leader following al-Baghdadi’s death

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The Islamic State has named Abu Ibrahim Hashimi al-Quraishi as its next leader, succeeding Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who detonated a suicide vest and killed himself after being detected in a U.S. special forces’ operation...
French architecture in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, north of the Arc de Triomphe. Credit: Flickr.

Long-awaited $17 million Jewish community center opens in Paris

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French President Emmanuel Macron and leaders of the country’s Jewish community celebrated the inauguration a $17 million Jewish community center in Paris on Tuesday. The European Center for Judaism was opened “amid painful times of terrorism and...
Spanish River High School principal William Latson, July 2019. Credit: Screenshot of WPTV News segment.

Florida high school principal fired after not recognizing Holocaust as fact

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The principal of a high school in the heavily Jewish-populated Florida city of Boca Raton has been fired by the school board in Palm Beach County after he declined to recognize that the Holocaust occurred. The board...

November 1st,1880: Yiddish Writer Sholem Asch was born

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Sholem Asch, the most internationally known and widely translated writer of Yiddish novels, plays, and stories, was born in Poland on this date in 1880. His 1907 drama, God of Vengeance, which focused on religious...

Une ligue de football féminine voit le jour au Soudan après l’investiture d’un gouvernement...

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Voir les extraits vidéo sur MEMRI TV Le 1er octobre 2019, la chaîne Al-Arabiya (Dubaï/Arabie saoudite) a diffusé un reportage sur une ligue féminine de football récemment formée au Soudan, suite à l’élection d’un nouveau...