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Daily Archives: January 29, 2020

Book Review: ‘Jews in Medicine’

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Jews in Medicine, Contributions to Health and Healing through the Age by Ronald L. Eisenberg Jerusalem and New York: Urim Publications, 2019, 464 pages, $29.12 This 464-page encyclopedic reference book starts with the Talmud and...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (left) and Atomic Energy Organization of Iran head Ali Akbar Salehi, Oct. 15, 2015. Credit: Hamed Malekpour via Wikimedia Commons.

Iran prepares satellite launch linked to ballistic missiles

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Iran is preparing a site for launching a satellite, Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi said on Monday. “Yes, a site is being prepared for placing the Zafar satellite into orbit,”...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference at the Orient Hotel in Jerusalem on Jan. 1, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Did Netanyahu outmaneuver his political opponents by calling off immunity push?

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Shortly before the release on Tuesday of details on the Mideast peace plan by U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew his request for immunity on the three indictments...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House following the unveiling of the U.S. Middle East peace plan on Jan. 28, 2020. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Trump unveils ‘deal of century,’ recognizing Israeli settlements, path to Palestinian statehood

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U.S. President Donald Trump, standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in front of top administration officials and prominent guests, announced on Tuesday details of the...

Discover the exciting world of Yiddish at YIVO this summer!

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Learn Yiddish at YIVO in New York City this Summer! June 29 – August 7, 2020 Spend six-to-nine weeks immersed in Yiddish and discover 1,000 years of Jewish history. Delve into the riches of the Yiddish language...

January 29, 1905: Barnett Newman, abstract painter and lifelong anarchist, was born

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An abstract painter and lifelong anarchist who specialized in intense color-field paintings, Barnett Newman was born in New York on this date in 1905. His best-known works are large canvases painted in flat yet...

Mahmoud Abbas : Mille fois « non, non, non » à l’Accord du siècle

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Voir les extraits vidéo sur MEMRI TV Le 28 janvier 2020, le président palestinien Mahmoud Abbas a réagi lors d’une conférence de presse au dévoilement des détails du plan de paix de Trump, connu sous...

Abdoul Hakim Awad, membre du Conseil révolutionnaire du Fatah : Qassem Soleimani et l’Iran...

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Abdoul Hakim Awad, membre du Conseil révolutionnaire du Fatah, a déclaré dans une interview diffusée le 9 janvier 2020 sur la chaîne Alkofiya (EAU/Palestine) qu’à cause des relations entre le Hamas et l’Iran, à...