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Daily Archives: May 28, 2020

Rabbi Jonathan Kligler of Woodstock Jewish Congregation in Woodstock, N.Y. Credit: Courtesy.

‘Turn It and Turn It, for Everything Is in It’: A Torah commentary for...

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Rabbi Jonathan Kligler wears a number of different hats. First and foremost, he has led the Woodstock Jewish Congregation in Upstate New York since 1988, a fact that melds well with his being a...

Rush to reopen houses of worship may be deadly

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No doubt that millions of Americans have prayed as much or more than they ever prayed since the coronavirus crisis clutched us by the throat. They prayed at home – for survival and a...
Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro meeting with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in November 2016. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Iran and Venezuela: The unshakeable alliance

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In terms of putting on a spectacle, the current crop of leaders in Iran and Venezuela are a pale imitation of the situation a decade ago, when the double act of the late Hugo...
Twitter headquarters in San Francisco. Credit: Troy Holden via Wikimedia Commons.

Who checks Twitter’s Trump fact-checkers?

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Many cheered this week when they saw that Twitter had added a warning label to two of President Donald Trump’s tweets. The tweets concerned the president’s allegation that an election in which most ballots...
Science and technology student in Kfar Silver Youth Village in Israel, assisted by World ORT. Credit: Courtesy.

World ORT marks 140th anniversary, highlighting education in 30-plus nations

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More than 300 people from the United States, Israel, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Russia, South Africa and across Europe joined an online session that marked the 140th anniversary of World ORT, the global education network,...
Canadian flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Two new websites seek to fill news void for Canadian Jewish community

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Two new outlets are seeking to cover the Canadian Jewish community since The Canadian Jewish News folded last month. One is the Canadian Jewish Record, an online publication, consisting of volunteer editors and reporters. It will not seek advertising, reported The Times...
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi. Photo: U.N./Manuel Elias.

‘Israeli annexation bid will have disastrous consequences,’ Jordanian foreign minister warns

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Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told United Nations Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov on Wednesday that the Israeli plan to apply sovereignty to large parts of Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley must...
Palestinian chief negotiator and Secretary General of the PLO Saeb Erekat speaks during a press conference in the West Bank city of Jericho on Feb. 15, 2017. Photo by Flash90.

Ramallah to ‘seek clarification’ on Arab stance regarding Israeli sovereignty

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PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat said on Tuesday that Ramallah will “seek clarifications” regarding reports that many of the moderate Arab states will not challenge Israel’s plan to apply its sovereignty in the Jordan Valley...
Israeli Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel (center), Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Zvi Hauser (right) and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman meet in Jerusalem, May 26, 2020. Credit: Matty Stern, U.S. Embassy in Israel.

Report: Israel plans to reject Chinese bids to set up its 5G network

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Israel is likely to reject Chinese bids for the building of 5G networks in the country, due to U.S. pressure and because of security concerns, Israel’s Channel 12 reported on Tuesday. This comes as U.S. Ambassador to...
Zionist Organization of America national president Mort Klein (left), and HIAS president and CEO Mark Hetfield

HIAS and ZOA trade charges as Conference of Presidents battle escalates

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Long focused on acting as the unified voice to the American Jewish community, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations is facing its biggest test yet amid an escalating dispute among several...