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Daily Archives: December 10, 2019

Port Authority Police officers arrive at the scene following reports of gunfire on Dec. 10, 2019, in Jersey City, N.J. Credit: AP Photo/Seth Wenig/Courtesy of the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey.

Shooting in kosher market in New Jersey leaves multiple dead, wounded

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At least six people were killed on Tuesday afternoon inside the JC Kosher Supermarket in Jersey City, N.J. Three civilians, one officer and two suspects were reported killed. An eyewitness confirmed that two of the...
Incoming Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog with outgoing chairman Natan Sharansky at the board of governors conference of the Jewish Agency at the Orient Hotel in Jerusalem on June 24, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Natan Sharansky is awarded 2020 Genesis Prize

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Natan Sharansky, the former Russian Prisoner of Zion who would later become head of Israel’s Jewish Agency, was named on Tuesday as the winner of the 2020 Genesis Prize in recognition of his “extraordinary...
The stuff "mensch" toys bring a Hanukkah message Courtesy of themenschonabench.com.

A ‘Top 10’ of Hanukkah gifts for kids

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The eight days of Hanukkah (this year the first candle is lit on Sunday night, Dec. 22 and the last one on Sunday, Dec. 29) are the highlight of the year for nearly every...
Piero Terracina in Italy during a talk about the Holocaust, March 5, 2010. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Italian Jewish survivor of Auschwitz dies at age 91

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A man considered the last remaining survivor of Roman Jews who were deported from Italy’s capital to Nazi death camps during World War II died on Sunday at the age of 91. Piero Terracina was...
Co-founder and CEO of the Israeli-American Council Shoham Nicolet addresses the opening plenary at its national summit in Southeast Florida, Dec. 5, 2019. Photo by Noam Galai.

The IAC is transforming the status of Israeli Americans

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More than 4,000 Israelis living in the United States attended the sixth annual Israeli-American Council National Summit over the weekend at the Diplomat Resort in Hollywood, Fla. In his address to the group near...
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the Israeli-American Council Summit in Southeast Florida on Dec. 7, 2019. Source: Screenshot.

Is it anti-Semitic to urge Jews to support Israel and oppose a wealth tax?

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How could a speech that centered on advocating support for Israel and opposition to anti-Semitism, and in particular, the BDS movement, be considered anti-Semitic incitement? It can if the person who delivered was President Donald...
U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Credit: Gary Knight/Flickr.

Corbyn-led British Labour Party named No. 1 anti-Semitic threat worldwide

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The Simon Wiesenthal Center released its annual list of the top 10 global anti-Semitic incidents, along with anti-Semitic people, and the No. 1 spot was given to the Jeremy Corbyn-led British Labour Party. “No one...
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley address the UN Watch NGO in New York on Dec. 5, 2019. Credit: Courtesy.

Nikki Haley targets Venezuela, even Canada, while criticizing the UN for corruption, hypocrisy

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In a scathing speech last week about corruption in the United Nations, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley accused Canada of making a “deal with the devil” and called again for the removal...
Likud Knesset member Gideon Sa'ar visits the area of the West Bank known as E1 near the town of Ma'ale Adumim, on Dec. 10, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Netanyahu has no chance to form a government, says rival Gideon Sa’ar

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Likud Knesset member Gideon Sa’ar attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, saying the Likud leader would not be able to form a government even with a third round of elections. A tentative date of March...
Israel Allies Foundation President Josh Reinstein (left), Knesset member Gideon Sa’ar (center) and IAF chairman of the board Dr. Dave Weston hold a pro-Israel resolution signed by parliamentarians worldwide at their annual conference in Jerusalem, Dec. 10, 2019. Photo by Josh Hasten.

Sa’ar: The world’s lack of ‘moral clarity’ on terrorism, Israel is ‘dangerous’

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Likud Knesset member Gideon Sa’ar said on Tuesday that the world is currently being endangered by a “lack of moral clarity.” Speaking to 25 pro-Israel parliamentarians from around the world on the final day of...