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Un artikulo en La Vara de 1939, avlando del teretemblo en Turkiya de akel...

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El sigiente es un artikulo ke se puvliko en La Vara en desembre de 1939 kuando akontesio un dezastre paresido. Grasias a los esforzos del periodiko La Vara (el jurnal en Ladino de Nueva...

The Lack Of Real Motivation In Modern Mass Killers

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Whenever a mass murder occurs in the United States, one of the very first things that the police start doing, after the perpetrator of the act has been discovered and established, is to try...
The 2015 exhibit “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile and Friends: The Art of Bernard Waber” at Philadelphia’s National Museum of American Jewish History. Credit: Menachem Wecker.

‘Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile,’ new to Netflix, offers no glimpse of character’s ‘Jewish soul’

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Crocodiles are not kosher. But the much-beloved protagonist—initially misunderstood as a villain—of Bernard Waber’s children’s books “The House on East 88th Street” and “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” is arguably Jewish. Waber, who wrote and illustrated the...
Over 200 volunteers brave stormy winter conditions to deliver portable heaters, blankets and prepared meals to 300 elderly and Holocaust survivors living in Jerusalem, as part of the Colel Chabad’s “Get Chessed” youth program, Feb. 7, 2023. Credit: Eli Mandelbaum.

As storm batters Israel, Chabad program brings warmth to Holocaust survivors

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With storm Barbara bringing freezing winds, rain and snow to Israel, over 200 volunteers braved the conditions to deliver portable heaters, blankets and prepared meals to 300 elderly and Holocaust survivors living in Jerusalem. The...
Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer (center) and IFCJ President Yael Eckstein (right) welcome Ukrainian olim at Ben-Gurion Airport, Feb. 8, 2023. Photo by Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/IFCJ.

90 Ukrainian Jewish refugees come home to Israel

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Ninety Ukrainian Jewish refugees arrived in Israel on Wednesday to begin a new chapter of their lives, on a chartered flight made possible by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ). The group joined...
U.S. House Rep Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Oct. 4, 2016. Credit: Lorie Shaull/Wikimedia Commons.

Omar’s Removal is a Frightful Omen for Israel-Bashers

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As the competing votes tracked upward on the Congressional scoreboard last Thursday, my memory summoned up a moment more than two decades ago when I spotted an anti-Israel sketch posted on a bulletin board....
Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government in Tel Aviv, Feb. 4, 2023. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.

The anti-Bibi resistance wants Americans to thwart Israeli democracy

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From the first day of Israel’s existence as an independent state, its political life has been a vicious, zero-sum game, with its major players consistently seeking to delegitimize one another. When you consider that...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a farewell ceremony in Modi's honor at Ben-Gurion Airport, July 4, 2017. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

Netanyahu, Modi vow to deepen Israel-India strategic partnership

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed on Wednesday with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi ways to enhance bilateral relations. The 20-minute phone call focused on the two leaders’ mutual desire to deepen cooperation in high-tech,...
Otzma Yehudit Chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir at the launch of the party's election campaign in Jerusalem, Feb. 15, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

UN data points to rise in illegal building demolitions under Ben-Gvir

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Israeli demolition of illegal Arab construction has risen sharply under Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, according to data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Between Jan. 1 and...
Outgoing Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, Dec. 22, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Lapid extends political backing to planned strike over judicial reforms

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Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid extended political backing on Wednesday to a planned general strike next week over the government’s judicial reform plan. “On Monday, we will head to Jerusalem to defend and fight for...