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During a model Passover seder, a young boy breaks a matzah into two pieces during the traditional “yachatz” part of the ceremony. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

What to do when Passover Eve falls on Shabbat?

Passover Eve falling on Shabbat is a rare occurrence, even in the days when months were sanctified by sighting the new moon. Years could pass without it happening. Even today, with our fixed calendar system,...
"The Star of David" Edith Bruck by aleXsandro Palombo. Photo by Ariel Nacamulli.

Defaced Holocaust artwork finds new home in Rome museum

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A Holocaust artwork vandalized in an antisemitic attack in Italy went on display Tuesday at the Museum of the Shoah in Rome. The mural, "The Star of David" Edith Bruck, depicts the Hungarian-born writer and...
French President Emmanuel Macron in Jerusalem, Jan. 22, 2020. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

France to recognize ‘Palestine,’ Macron announces

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France is set to recognize a Palestinian state in the coming months, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday. "We must move towards recognition, and we will do so in the coming months," he declared...
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.

Senate confirms Huckabee as Israel ambassador, Fetterman only Dem backer

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The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to confirm Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, to be U.S. ambassador to Israel by a vote of 53-46. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) was the lone Democrat to...
An Israeli soldier from the Erez Battalion in the Military Police checks IDs and Palestinian vehicles at the checkpoint to the Shuafat Refugee Camp in eastern Jerusalem on Dec. 22, 2015. Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Palestinian infiltrates IDF Judea and Samaria HQ

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Israel Defense Forces detained a Palestinian who attempted to infiltrate the Judea and Samaria Division base near Beit El in southern Samaria on Wednesday, the military confirmed in a statement. "A short while ago, a...

Jewish ambivalence about fighting antisemitism

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Jews have long been champions of freedom of speech in the United States, yet they often have not hesitated to advocate canceling speakers who are antisemitic or virulently anti-Israel. Many Jews feel that those...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk to the press at the White House on April 7. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

Trump hopes Netanyahu is ‘being appreciated, because he’s been a great leader’

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Among all the other headlines on Iran, Gaza, hostages, Houthis, Turkey and tariffs, one of the statements U.S. President Donald Trump made to the media with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on April 7...
Children affiliated with Hamas in Gaza City act out the breaking through of the border with Israel and taking over a military post on Sept. 1, 2019. Photo by Hassan Jedi/Flash90.

Western myths about Palestinians vs. what they say and do

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Well-meaning liberal Americans sympathize with the Arab-Palestinian cause because of the group’s determined, decades-long struggle against Israel’s superior military might. Recently, that favoritism among Democrats for the first time shifted to a majority who...
View of the flooded Solomon's Pools, southwest of Bethlehem in Judea, due to heavy rain, March 1, 2012. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

Solomon’s Pools open to public over Passover in first since Oslo Accords

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Three ancient reservoirs in Israel’s biblical heartland associated with King Solomon will be opened to the public next week during the Passover holiday for the first time since the Oslo Accords three decades ago. Solomon's...