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A woman holds a sign opposing antisemitism at a rally. Credit: AndriiKoval/Shutterstock.

Antisemitism is alive and well in the United States

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Antisemitism is on the rise throughout the Western world, particularly targeting haredi Jews and particularly in certain Diaspora urban centers, according to The Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University. The finding...
Israelis wave flags at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on the eve of Jerusalem Day, May 9, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Nearly half of the world’s Jews live in Israel

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At the start of 2022, there were a total of 15.3 million Jews in the world, 7 million of whom, roughly 46% of all Jews worldwide, resided in Israel, Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics...
Lithuanians massacre Jews at the Lietūkis garage during the Kaunas pogrom, June 27, 1941. Credit: Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum.

Holocaust,Shoah,Yom Hashoah,World War II,Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Holocaust distortion and trivialization and banalization are on the rise around the globe, even as outright denial is relegated to the fringes of society, the head of Yad Vashem says. The remarks come at a...
A survivor participates in the annual Holocaust Remembrance ceremony at the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv, April 7, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Nearly 150,000 Shoah survivors live in Israel

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The number of Holocaust survivors living in Israel stands at nearly 150,000, according to statistics published on Sunday by the Holocaust Survivors’ Rights Authority ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day. The 147,199 Holocaust survivors residing in the...

The Disappearance Of A Humanizing Education

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There has been a profound change in the way that people in the United States deal with the liberal arts. As it is, the United States has always had an anti-intellectual bias. Basically, intellectuals...
Rina Dee (center) and fellow volunteers in an orchard at Moshav Bar Giora, located between Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh. Credit: HaShomer HaChadash.

Hashomer Hachadash mourns the loss of volunteer Rina Dee

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Weeks before Palestinian terrorists murdered her, 15-year-old Rina Dee was in a field in Moshav Bar Giora with other young volunteers on behalf of the HaShomer HaChadash movement, pruning vineyards to make room for seedlings. The HaShomer...
Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0

CRY RACISM!..And Let Slip the Brand Onto the Republicans

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Nashville’s political version of Bull Connor must have been too busy plotting the expulsions of Justin Jones and Justin Pearson to learn of Republican misfortunes in the preceding two days. Donald Trump was indicted in...

Figuring the Odds of an Israel-Iran Nuclear War: A Complex Task for Logic, Mathematics...

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“For by Wise Counsel, Thou Shalt Make Thy War.” Proverbs, 24,6 As a matter of logic, an Israel-Iran nuclear exchange is presently out of the question. Though energetically pursuing a military nuclear capability, the Shiite Republic...
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Jordanian FM accused of aggravating Temple Mount tensions

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The diplomatic dispute between Jerusalem and Amman over the security situation on the Temple Mount remains hot, with a senior Israeli official accusing the Jordanian foreign minister of fanning the flames. Senior Israeli officials are pointing the...
The Passover prayer service held in Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv, April 11, 2023. Credit: Rosh Yehudi.

Tel Aviv deputy mayor slams public Passover prayers

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Reuven Ladianski, deputy mayor of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, said he intended to “bring to justice” the organizers of an April 11 prayer service held during Passover in the city’s Dizengoff Square. “Dizengoff Square has become a...