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A scene from the film"1506: The Lisbon Genocide." Credit: Courtesy.

Oporto Jewish community promotes film on 1506 Lisbon massacre

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Jewish communities don’t ordinarily double as film production companies, but the community of Oporto, Portugal, has shown itself to be anything but ordinary. It has begun promotion for its third film, “1506: The Lisbon...
Basma Hino, who made her restaurant in the Western Galilee village of Julis kosher so all Jewish soldiers could eat her donated meals. Credit: TPS.

Druze restaurant goes kosher to unite with soldiers

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The aroma of spices and the rattling of pans filled the kitchen of the Noor restaurant. The restaurant was made kosher in an act of solidarity with soldiers passing through the Galilee Druze village...
A pro-Palestine rally in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Oct. 13, 2023. Credit: Hladnikm via Wikimedia Commons.

You’re not antisemitic? Sure?

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Amid the current debate over whether a new front will open up in Israel’s war against Hamas and its regional allies, it might be observed that this is already happening. In the aftermath of the...
Israeli troops operating in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Dec. 21, 2023. Credit: IDF.

The Hamas winter is coming …

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The year is coming to an end, but the fighting in Gaza will not. With nearly 20,000 Gazans (a great number of whom are Hamas terrorists) and nearly 500 (154 since the ground invasion)...
JCRC/AJC board member Samantha Woll lighting candles in March 2018. Credit: Courtesy of JCRC/AJC.

Samantha Woll stabbed eight times in face, neck

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36th District Judge Kenneth King rescheduled the next court date for convicted thief Michael Jackson-Bolanos, 28—the man prosecutors allege killed Detroit Jewish community leader Samantha Woll on Oct. 21—so that defense attorneys could receive evidence from prosecutors. Jackson-Bolanos is now...
An illustration of an Iranian ballistic missile. Credit: Allexxandar/Shutterstock.

Iran executes four individuals accused of spying for Mossad

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Iran executed four people on Friday, including a woman, accused of being "saboteurs" with links to Israel's Mossad intelligence service, said the Mizan news agency affiliated with the judiciary. The executions added up to a total of...
A map of a Hamas tunnel network discovered by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip. Credit: IDF.

65 million files: The intel exposing Hamas tunnels

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The Israel Defense Forces' search for terror tunnels is being aided by a trove of intelligence seized by soldiers, namely 65 million digital files and a half-million physical documents, the IDF disclosed on Thursday. Tasked...
Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat arrives for a Cabinet meeting at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, Dec. 24, 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel to boost entrepreneurship with nine innovation centers

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To promote entrepreneurship in Israel’s peripheral areas, the government announced a 100 million shekel ($27.6 million) initiative to establish nine innovation centers across the country promoting high-tech solutions for a range of issues such...
Israeli citizens pack donations of food and other necessities for Israeli soldiers and citizens in the south, in Tel Aviv, Oct. 9, 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israeli population poised to pass 10 million in 2024

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Israel’s population grew by 1.9% in 2023 and is set to pass 10 million in 2024, according to data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. As 2023 draws to a close, Israel’s...
Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli. Photo by Reuven Kapochinsky.

Harvard a synonym for antisemitism, says Diaspora minister

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Harvard University has become synonymous with antisemitism, and to a total moral collapse of core basic academic values that is spreading like wildfire on American campuses, Israel’s minister for Diaspora affairs said Thursday. The remarks...