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Daily Archives: May 16, 2022

Julia Haart, star of the Netflix reality television show “My Unorthodox Life.” Credit: American Jewish University.

‘My Unorthodox Life’ star Julia Haart shares her Jewish journey

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“Is feminism your new religion?” “It’s my purpose in life.” Such was an exchange between Julia Haart, star of the hit Netflix reality television show “My Unorthodox Life,” and American Jewish University (AJU) Rabbi Sherre Hirsch...
Anne Frank Credit: Collectie Anne Frank Stichting Amsterdam.

Los Angeles City Council officially declares May 12 ‘Anne Frank Day’

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The Los Angeles City Council has approved a resolution led by Los Angeles City Council members Paul Koretz and Bob Blumenfield declaring May 12 as “Anne Frank Day” in the city of Los Angeles. May...
NBA Hall of Famer, two-time world champion and team USA Olympic gold medalist Ray Allen conducts a training session for kids at the YMCA in Jerusalem, on May 15, 2022. Credit: Gali Tibbon/America’s Voices in Israel.

NBA Hall of Famer Ray Allen experiences the Holy Land

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NBA Hall of Famer Ray Allen wrapped up a whirlwind tour of Israel this week, taking time to speak with members of the press before heading back to the United States. Allen, a two-time world...
Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Source: Screenshot.

Worldwide condemnation of Israel doesn’t help the search for truth

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The tragic death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed last week in a firefight in the Palestinian town of Jenin, has prompted worldwide demonization of Israel that does not help the search...
Ra'am Party leader Mansour Abbas attends the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, on Feb. 22, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s foreign minister

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The responses elicited by the death of Al-Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh were written hundreds of years ago. Blood libels—the practice of using the death of non-Jews as a means to set up the Jewish collective...
In September 2011, a teacher leads one of the first classes of the new academic year at a Gaza-based U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Credit: U.N. Photo/Shareef Sarhan.

EU cuts its UNRWA budget by 40 percent

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The European Union’s 2022-24 UNRWA aid budget will be 40% lower than during the previous three-year period, the E.U. announced last week. The new budget will provide $82 million annually, compared to the previous average annual figure...
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked holds a press conference at Ben Gurion Airport, on March 13, 2022. Photo by Roy Alima/Flash90.

Israeli interior minister says she will veto any attempt to amend the Nation-State Law

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Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked said on Monday that she would veto any attempt by other parties in the coalition to amend the Nation-State Law. “I recommend that my friends in the coalition stop amusing...
Rabbi Meir Kahana. 1985. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90.

US to remove Kahana Chai (Kach) from its Foreign Terror Organizations list

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The United States is preparing to remove the Jewish far-right movement Kahana Chai, Kach, from its Foreign Terrorist Organization list along with four other groups, the Associated Press reported on Monday. All of the groups to be...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz gives a statement to the media at the IDF Central Command headquarters in Jerusalem, on March 30, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israel could be ‘between Gedera and Hadera’ in a few years, warns country’s defense...

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In the closed portion of a Blue and White Party faction meeting last week, Defense Minister Benny Gantz read out a WhatsApp message that had gone viral across the country, containing threats by anonymous,...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2019. Credit: Michael Tubi/Shutterstock.

UK to pass legislation preventing public bodies from engaging in boycotts

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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative government has resolved to pass legislation that will stop public bodies from adopting anti-Israel boycott resolutions. The proposed legislation was outlined in the Queen’s Speech, an annual ceremonial...