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Daily Archives: October 5, 2020

Co-founder of MAC Cosmetics Julie Toskan will participate in Tijuana Innovadora TI 2020

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Among the activities of Tijuana Innovadora 2020,  Julie Toskan, co-founder MAC Cosmetics, will give her online conference "Values Based Entrepreneurship" on Saturday October 10 at 9:00 am. The president and founder of Tijuana Innovadora, Jose...
Dr. Harvey J. Alter. Credit: U.S. National Institutes of Health via Wikimedia Commons.

Jewish scientist among three recipients of Nobel Prize for medicine

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A Jewish scientist was one of three professors jointly awarded on Monday the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Harvey J. Alter, along with Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice, received the prestigious prize for...
“Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot. Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons.

‘Wonder Woman’ Gal Gadot third highest-paid actress in 2020

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Israeli actress Gal Gadot made $31.5 million in 2020, earning her third place on Forbes’ list of this year’s highest-paid Hollywood actresses. The bulk of her earnings, the magazine said, came from $20 million for her...
Rabbi Elimelech Biderman prays for forgiveness (Selichot) at the burial site of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Meron in northern Israel ahead of the Jewish New Year, Sept. 12, 2020. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Deeming ‘spiritual death’ a bigger threat than COVID, Chassidic rebbes go rogue

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An amazing video clip was making the rounds of the internet when Yom Kippur ended. It showed police officers arriving at the main synagogue of the Vizhnitz Chassidim in Bnei Brak and breaking up...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at the first presidential debate on Sept. 29, 2020. Source: Screenshot.

Democrats and the politics of projection

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The set-up at the presidential debate last week was so predictable that it hurt to watch. Moderator Chris Wallace made no effort to hide where he was going. He noted that President Donald Trump...
Jonathan Spyer speaking at a Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies lecture in March 2019. Source: Screenshot.

Lift the US ban on journalist Jonathan Spyer

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There is no role in journalism that is more mentally and physically punishing than that of a war correspondent. Reporters and writers who cover wars are, in my experience, a special breed. Insofar as generalizations...
Ajax soccer fans celebrating the club's 30th Dutch national championship in 2011. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Fox Sports Netherlands apologizes for anti-Semitic chants at live soccer game

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With most professional sports matches occurring in empty stadiums due to the coronavirus pandemic, many TV stations are using audience soundtracks while broadcasting games. During a Dutch soccer game on Sunday, a FOX Sports Netherlands live broadcast...
Fatah Central Committee member and Palestinian Football Association head Jibril Rajoub speaks during a press conference on the cancellation of the soccer match between Argentina and Israel, in Ramallah on June 6, 2018. Photo by Flash90.

Top Fatah official threatens to ‘change rules of engagement’ with Israel

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Fatah Central Committee Secretary General Jibril Rajoub said in an interview last week that the Palestinians may choose to “change the rules of engagement” in response to Arab, Israeli and U.S. pressure. “We are not...
Flag of Sudan. Credit: Wikipedia.

Sudanese government divided over possible normalization with Israel

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The Sudanese interim government has been reportedly been “sharply divided” over possible normalization of ties with Israel, according to the Associated Press on Sunday, even amid pressure from the United States to do so. The push by the Trump...
Illustrative photo of the set-up of a rave on Moshav Hodaya. Credit: Israel Police.

In first, Israeli COVID-19 carrier indicted for attending rave, despite diagnosis

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Israel’s Southern District Attorney’s Office submitted an indictment on Monday to the Beersheva Magistrate’s Court against a confirmed coronavirus patient who violated his quarantine to attend a rave—an organized dance party at an outdoor...