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Daily Archives: May 21, 2021

Charles Grodin and Art Garfunkel in 2013. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Jewish comedic actor, box-office star of ‘Beethoven’ Charles Grodin dies at 86

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Jewish actor Charles Grodin died of cancer at his home in Wilton, Conn, on Tuesday. He was 86 years old. He was “one of the funniest people I ever met … , ” tweeted Steve...
A Masa Israel Teaching Fellow examines artwork from Israeli students. Credit: Masa Israel Journey.

Masa Israel Teaching Fellows celebrate 10 years of program

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Masa Israel Teaching Fellows (MITF) is celebrating its 10-year milestone with an online ceremony for fellows, alumni, families and organizers on May 23, featuring live video from the Israeli cities where the program currently...

Children’s Literature: Bible Stories Retold

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The stories from Genesis and Exodus are familiar to anyone who has read the Bible or attended Sunday school, but in making the stories more interesting for children, author Shalev, not unlike the midrash writers of old, has invented some...
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on April 20, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Is Netanyahu responsible for this latest conflict?

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As far as the many critics of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are concerned, there’s very little that goes wrong that can’t be attributed to what they consider to be his malevolent influence. Even...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (left) and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi, Oct. 15, 2015. Credit: Hamed Malekpour via Wikimedia Commons.

Rouhani says US will lift sanctions, official contradicts him on Iran state TV

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that the United States is willing to remove sanctions on the country’s oil, banking and shipping industries that the previous U.S. administration imposed. “The talks in Vienna are...
A swastika was scratched onto the front-door glass of Chabad Lubavitch of Utah in Salt Lake City, May 2021. Source: Twitter.

Chabad center in Salt Lake City defaced with swastika

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A swastika was scratched onto the front-door glass last weekend of Chabad Lubavitch of Utah in Salt Lake City. Police are searching for a suspect seen in surveillance footage from the building’s security cameras. The...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 2018. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock.

Former Secretary of State Pompeo blasts Biden team for ‘folly’ of appeasing Iran

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo harshly criticized the Biden administration for its blatant efforts to appease Iran by going out of its way to avoid explicitly stating the Islamic regime’s involvement in...
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan addressing the U.N. General Assembly on May 20, 2021. Source: Screenshot.

In special meeting on conflict, Erdan slams UN for its incessant focus on Israel

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Hours before Israel announced a ceasefire between itself and the Gaza-based terrorist organization Hamas on Thursday, Israeli Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations Gilad Erdan said that member states condemning Israel...

Sanders initiates legislation to block arms sales to Israel

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) proposed legislation on Thursday to block the sale of $735 million in arms to Israel, one day after a similar resolution was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. “At a moment when...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presenting part of a drone shot down during a meeting with Germany's foreign minister in Tel Aviv on May 20, 2021. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu: Iran sent armed drone into Israel

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel intercepted an armed drone earlier this week sent by Iran. It was shot down over northern Israel crossing from Iraq or Syria, he said during...