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Daily Archives: October 16, 2020

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, March 2016. Credit: U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv/Wikimedia Commons.

Two different Jewish tribes choose different candidates

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Among the least surprising poll numbers to be published recently were the results of the Pew Research Center survey that reports a sizable 70 percent of American Jews say they are voting for former Vice President...
Twitter graphic. Credit: Pixabay.

Twitter, Google decline to be in State Department event countering anti-Semitism

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Twitter and Google declined to participate in next week’s U.S. State Department event, featuring U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on countering anti-Semitism on the Internet and social media—the first event of its kind...
Rutgers University professor Jasbir Puar. Credit: Rutgers University.

Controversial professor’s views on Israel prompt concern before convention appearance

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A Jewish group is speaking out about the upcoming appearance of a Rutgers University professor who has been criticized for her anti-Semitic and anti-Israel writings, and who is set to serve as a keynote...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

With Iranian arms embargo set to expire, will Tehran be able to purchase weapons...

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Despite ongoing fears of Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and aggression in the Middle East, the U.N. arms embargo on Tehran is scheduled to expire on Oct. 18, which would allow the Islamic Republic...
Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom Jonathan Sacks at a National Poverty Hearing in 2006 at Westminster, London. Now emeritus chief rabbi, he left the position in 2013 after holding it for more than 20 years. Source: cooperniall/Flickr.

Former Chief Rabbi Sacks of United Kingdom is diagnosed with cancer

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Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom from 1991 to 2013, has been diagnosed with cancer, announced a spokesperson on Thursday. “Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks has been recently diagnosed with cancer and...
Chabad Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik. Photo by John Eisele/CSU.

Chassidic rabbi, award-winning professor becomes Colorado’s first Jewish military chaplain

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Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik, who runs the Chabad Jewish Center of Northern Colorado and Chabad Jewish Student Center @ CSU with his wife, Devorah Leah, and teaches at Colorado State University, is a recipient of the Best Teacher and Outstanding Faculty...

The Independent Jewish Voices, Canada (IJV), Israel and the Palestinians

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Introduction This paper assesses the relative merits and overall worth of First, the telephone survey of a sample of 1009 persons (“respondents”) sponsored by the Independent Jewish Voices, Canada (IJV) together with two other organisations i.e....

“Vu di velt hot nor an ek” (Through an Endless Stretch of Land), by...

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"Vu di velt hot nor an ek" (Through an Endless Stretch of Land), by Kadya Molodowsky. Children's poems in Yiddish and English. Yaira Singer has collected, translated, and illustrated her favorite children's poems by legendary...
Metzad in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc. Credit: Gush Etzion Regional Council.

Israel approves plan for more than 3,000 settlement homes

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Israel approved plans for more than 3,000 settlement homes in Judea and Samaria on Thursday, a day after approving 2,000 additional homes, the AP reported. The number of settlement homes approved in 2020 is more than 12,150,...

SaveTheMusic presents: “Hob ikh mir a mantl” (I had an Overcoat)

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The picturebook Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback uses a creative approach to capture the reader’s attention. By observing the book the reader can anticipate that Joseph has an old overcoat. This...