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Brandeis University Undergraduate Admissions Center. Credit: Leo Felici via Wikimedia Commons.

Brandeis publishes author who claims Israel practices mass rape

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A radical historian who claims Israel practices mass rape of Palestinian Arabs is one of the contributors to a book that has just been published by Brandeis University Press. And this just as anti-Israel extremists are...
An Israeli soldier shares exchanges in an Israeli Air Force helicopter with Tal, 9, and Gal Goldstein, 11, of Kfar Aza (their mother, Chen Goldstein, 48, and sister, Agam Goldstein, 17, were also released), on their return to Israel from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Nov. 26, 2023. Credit: Courtesy of the IDF Spokesperson.

Experts remain divided over hostage deal

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U.S. President Joe Biden and his administration have said often that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked him repeatedly for the White House’s work securing the release of Israeli hostages. Some of the...
Beignet. Credit: Pixabay.

Everything’s better with beignets for Chanukah

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It’s tradition! The Jewish holiday of Chanukah means latkes and sufganiyot—lots of them, crisp, hot, and hopefully, not too oily—to help celebrate the victory of Judah Maccabee and his four brothers over the Syrian-Greeks in...
Palestinian women march in Hebron in support of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Oct. 13, 2023. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

The hypocrisy of the feminists

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Outrage at violence against women is the merest hypocrisy unless it includes outrage at the horrific rampage of sexual crimes committed by Hamas on Oct. 7. The only explanation for not including it is...
Oppenheimer in 1946 with his ever-present cigarette. Image source: Wikipedia

Beyond Current Chaos: The Escalating Risks of Nuclear War

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“I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” -J. Robert Oppenheimer citing to Bahgavad Gita at first atomic test on July 16, 1945 A first thought dawns. Nuclear weapons are unique in the history of warfare....
Javier Milei on stage at the VIVA22 festival in Spain, Oct. 8, 2022. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Argentina’s first ‘Jewish’ president? Milei wins decisive victory

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Argentina's newly elected president, Javier Milei, won a resounding victory on Sunday on promises to save the country's crumbling economy. But Jewish issues, too, are close to his heart. “I am thinking about converting to...
Israel concludes its first successful trial of ground-based laser interception system 4 on April 14, 2022. Credit: Courtesy of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.

Iron Beam laser intercepts Hamas rocket from Gaza

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Israel made history in recent days with the first operational use its "Iron Beam" laser defense system during its war with Hamas, Channel 14 reported on Monday. The laser beam successfully intercepted an incoming rocket fired by terrorists in...
The Widener Library at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 7, 2007. Credit: Joseph Williams via Wikimedia Commons.

Harvard professors denounce university initiative on antisemitism

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Recent efforts by administrators to push back against overt displays of antisemitism at the leading Ivy League institute have inspired pushback of its own. A letter to Claudine Gay, Harvard’s president, co-signed by more than 100 Harvard faculty described...
The damage caused to an army base from mortar shells fired from Lebanon, near the Israeli border with Lebanon, northern Israel, Nov. 20, 2023. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

IAF strikes three armed terror cells at Lebanese border

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Israeli aircraft on Tuesday struck three armed terror cells in Lebanese territory close to the border, as well as a number of Hezbollah targets, the army said. https://twitter.com/idfonline/status/1726881534052061346 Sirens sounded in northern Israel on Tuesday morning due to...
Alan Sakowitz performs magic show for kids in Israel, many of whom have parents fighting in the Israel Defense Forces, Oct. 26-Nov. 7 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

‘Wartime magician’ performs 26 shows in nine days for kids in Israel

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Alan Sakowitz just completed a whirlwind tour in Israel to entertain both displaced children and children of Israeli soldiers. Sakowitz performed in Efrat, Kiryat Gat, Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem and Beitar, doing 26 shows from Oct....