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The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, in conjunction with Amidar—Israel’s national public housing company and a branch of the Ministry of Construction and Housing—are distributing winter kits to 10,000 elderly residents in public housing across the country, January 2021. Credit: IFCJ.

10,000 elderly residents in public housing across Israel receive winter kits

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In the midst of winter in Israel, residents are struggling with the financial burden of heating their homes, especially as they spend more time indoors as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and bills...
The flag of California. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Academic review questions benefits of California ethnic-studies curriculum

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Thirty-five academics have found serious methodological flaws and a significant lack of evidence in the research hailed as the rationale for developing California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, which has been accused of containing anti-Semitic material. “We are...
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi delivers a statement to the press on November 12, 2019.Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90

IDF’s Kochavi positions Israel atop regional anti-Iranian bloc

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When assessing the comments made earlier this week by Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, who warned against the return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, it is useful...
Doses of vaccine at a Clalit COVID-19 vaccination center in Jerusalem on Jan. 28, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

In first real-world study, Pfizer vaccine shows high rate of effectiveness in Israel

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Data released by Israel’s Ministry of Health and one of its top health-care provides indicate that the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer is proving to be highly effective in providing immunity from the virus. According to...
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on June 10, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

German foreign minister blasts ‘Tehran’s reckless behavior’

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German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said, “Tehran’s reckless behavior in the past weeks served as a reminder why we must stop the country from ever acquiring a nuclear weapon. The best tool for doing...
Alexander Ilichevsky signs books at a fair in Moscow. Credit: Vadim Brodsky.

For bestselling Russian-Israeli author, physics is a day job

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In the last month of 2020, Russia announced the winners of the Big Book National Literary Prize for the best prose writers in the Russian language. The prize, founded 15 years ago, has been...
The erection of an “Apartheid Wall” on the University of Minnesota campus. Source: University of Minnesota Students for Justice in Palestine via Facebook.

Reform’s dangerous mixed message on defining anti-Semitism

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After a year when it seemed as if a civil war between conservative and liberal groups would tear it apart, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations managed to unite and take a...
Two-year-old Hagai, and his parents Ofra and Eyal, choose plants in a nursery in Eshtaol, Israel, in celebration of Tu B'Shevat on Jan. 19, 2011. Credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Holocaust remembrance and Tu B’Shevat: Resilience meets renewal

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Wednesday marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day. That night, we welcomed the holiday of Tu B’Shevat, also known as the Jewish “birthday” of the trees or the “New Year of the Trees.“ The marriage of these...

Second season revs up for Team Israel Start-up Nation

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When Israeli Guy Niv took his bar mitzvah trip with his father to watch the Tour de France, he never imagined that he would be back 13 years later as a rider. Niv, who...
Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel. Credit: Government of Luxembourg.

Following restitution deal, Luxembourg premier pledges to fight anti-Semitism

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Following an agreement signed on Wednesday by the government of Luxembourg to compensate Holocaust survivors, return looted art and restitute dormant bank accounts, Prime Minister Zavier Bettel told Israel Hayom that the fight against anti-Semitism is not over. “It...