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Daily Archives: July 29, 2020

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The Jewish world commemorates Tisha B’av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar

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The Jewish world will commemorate Tisha Beav, the saddest day on the Hebrew calendar due to the misfortunes and calamities that have occurred throughout its millennial history. The Mishnah, in the treaty Taanit (fasting) chapter...
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Israeli actress Shira Haas gets Emmy nod for ‘Unorthodox’ role

Israeli actress Shira Haas was nominated on Tuesday for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her performance in Netflix’s “Unorthodox.” The 25-year-old Haas won acclaim for her role as...
New immigrants from Brazil arrive at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion International Airport in May. Credit: The Jewish Agency for Israel.

COVID-19 continued spread drives Brazilian Jews to immigrate to Israel

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Thousands of Brazilian Jews interested in immigrating to Israel attended an online fair this week, organized by the Jewish Agency for Israel. Since March, 140 Brazilian Jews have arrived in Israel. This week’s online aliyah fair for Brazilian...
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Turkey and the future of the Eastern Mediterranean

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“Instability in the Eastern Mediterranean” is a commonplace phrase, and with good reason. In parallel with the civil wars in Syria and Libya, the power play between the United States and Russia, the Israeli-Palestinian...
View of the Jordan valley on June 17, 2020. Photo by Yaniv Nadav/Flash90

More than 1,200 retired senior IDF officials urge US Congress to back Israeli sovereignty

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More than 1,200 retired senior commanders and officers of the Israel Defense Forces have signed a letter that was sent to all members of Congress on Tuesday endorsing U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Peace for...
Syrian President Bashar Assad. Credit: Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom/ABr via Wikimedia Commons.

US sanctions Syrian leader’s oldest son, other individuals and entities

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The United States imposed sanctions on Wednesday on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s oldest son, Hafez Assad, named after his grandfather. He was sanctioned along with three other individuals and 10 entities. The sanctions were imposed under the Caesar...
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Credit: YouTube.

Tlaib says she’s not endorsing Biden, or maybe anyone, for president

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) said on Monday that she would not endorse the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. In fact, it’s not clear that she will be endorsing...
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UN names first-ever anti-Semitism monitor

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U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has named Miguel Morantinos, the High Representative for the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), as the first-ever U.N. Focal Point to monitor anti-Semitism. In his new position, Morantinos—a former Spanish Foreign...
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What If Trump’s Electoral Defeat Coincides with a Nuclear Crisis?

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“The masses have followed the magicians again and again…Socrates and Plato were the first to take up the struggle against them in clear awareness of what was at stake.” – Karl Jaspers, Reason and Anti-Reason...
British rapper Wiley, Nov. 25, 2011. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram remove British rapper Wiley after anti-Semitic posts

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Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have deactivated the accounts belonging to the British rap star Wiley after he posted anti-Semitic remarks. “There is no place for hate speech on Facebook and Instagram,” a company spokesperson told The Guardian....