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Daily Archives: January 13, 2025

Particpants at the Shagrirm BaLev International Jewish Matchmaking Conference in Jerusalem, January 2025. Credit: Jamie Gordon photography.

‘Jewish Matchmaking’ star holds clinic in Jerusalem

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Aleeza Ben Shalom, star of the hit Netflix series “Jewish Matchmaking,” teamed up with Shagririm BaLev (“Ambassadors of the Heart”) to teach hundreds of people tips for dating and marriage at an event last week...
The parents of Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Daniella Gilboa and Naama Levy, at a press briefing at the Hostage and Missing Families Forum HQ in Tel Aviv, July 16, 2024. Photo by Amelie Botbol.

A call for bold leadership to save the hostages

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For more than 450 days, 100 innocent people, including seven Americans, have been held captive in the dark tunnels of the Gaza Strip. Their names and faces often fade from the news cycle. Their...
Nawaf Salam , president of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, at a two-day hearing in a case Mexico filed against Ecuador at the ICJ, May 1, 2024. Photo by Remko De Waal/ANP/AFP via Getty Images.

Nawaf Salam becomes prime minister of Lebanon

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Nawaf Salam, president of the International Court of Justice, a U.N. agency in The Hague, was designated on Monday as Lebanon’s next prime minister. Salam, who previously served as the country’s ambassador to the United...
Gideon Sa'ar takes the reins as foreign minister at the ministry in Jerusalem, Nov. 10, 2024. Credit: MFA.

Sa’ar confirms hostage talks progress, thanks US

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Amid reports of an imminent breakthrough in talks on a deal for the release of Israeli hostages from Hamas’s captivity in Gaza, Israeli Foreign Gideon Sa'ar reiterated on Monday his country’s commitment to recovering them, and...
Palestinians take part in anti-Israel protests and preparation for a third intifada in the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 13, 2015. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90.

Yahya Sinwar’s brother said to be rebuilding Hamas’s terror army

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Hamas is reconstituting its terror army in the Gaza Strip, recruiting up to thousands of new Palestinian youngsters into its torn ranks, according to a report published on Monday by The Wall Street Journal. After a relatively...
Israelis protest against the government and for the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, at the Goma Junction in the Galilee on Jan. 11, 2025. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

Qatar offers hostage draft agreement, awaiting Hamas’s approval

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A draft deal for the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza is nearing completion, with the details having been finalized and awaiting the terror group's final approval. Mediator Qatar has handed Israel and...
Synagogue in Bologna, Italy, is defaced with "Justice Free Gaza." Credit: X.

Italian synagogue defaced as protests break out in several cities

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Protesters spray-painted “Justice Free Gaza” in red on a synagogue wall in Bologna, Italy on Saturday night following demonstrations sparked by the death of an Italian-Egyptian man during a police chase on Nov. 23,...

Repairing the World for Animals and Pet Owners

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One Jewish tradition that resonates with me is Tikkun Olam, taking action to repair and improve the world. I believe that many people do that in their own way by volunteering their time to help...

HaShomer HaChadash Youth Lead 150-Strong Volunteer Effort to Revitalize Kiryat Shmona

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Since early this morning, approximately 150 teenagers from the youth movement of the HaShomer HaChadash Organization – the New Movement – have been working tirelessly to clean and restore public spaces in the city...

Jihadi terror as religious sacrifice – pathway to a nuclear war with Iran

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“The death fear of the ego is lessened by the killing, the sacrifice, of the other; through the death of the other, one buys oneself free from the penalty of dying.” - Otto Rank, Will...