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Geula Cohen. Credit: Government Press Office Israel, National Photo Collection.

Israeli activist and longtime Knesset member Geulah Cohen dies at age 93

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Former Knesset member Geulah Cohen, an iconic pre-state underground fighter, founder of the Tehiya Party, 2003 Israel Prize laureate and the mother of Likud Minister Tzachi Hanegbi, died on Wednesday night. She was 93...
Flag of Nauru. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Republic of Nauru recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

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The Republic of Nauru has formally recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz applauded the move by the Pacific Island nation. I commend @Republic_Nauru’s important decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of...
U.S. President Donald Trump. Credit: Sean Sullivan and Robert Costa via Flickr.

While Jewish groups rebuke Trump’s ‘disloyalty’ remark, others question Democratic silence on Omar, Tlaib

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Jewish and pro-Israel groups largely condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt on Wednesday to clarify his comments from the previous day, which insinuated that Jews who vote for a Democrat either have a “total lack of knowledge or...
Orthodox Union leaders meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to talk about boosting Jewish-identity issues and funding for adults and youth in the United States, July 16, 2019. Photo by Eliyahu Yanai.

In Israel, OU leaders talk of increasing Jewish-identity initiatives in Diaspora

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Orthodox Union leaders from the United States and Canada met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday to talk about the need to increase and expand initiatives focused on Diaspora Jewish education and...
U.S. President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben-Gurion International Airport on May 23, 2017. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Mariano Rivera: From pitching baseball to pitching Israel

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Legendary closer. Thirteen-time All-Star. Five-time World Series champion (earning the WS MVP in 1999). Devout Christian. Israel advocate. On July 21, New York Yankees icon Mariano Rivera, 49, will be inducted into the Baseball Hall...
Arab troops at the port in Haifa surrendering to the Israel Defense Forces and Palyam (naval corps) soldiers, who were waving the Israeli and Navy flags at the port for the very first time. Credit: Kedem Auction House.

Rare photo collection from Israel’s War of Independence up for auction

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A collection of 26 photographs designated to be printed by newspapers during Israel’s War of Independence was revealed this past week, with several of them capturing scenes that transpired on the Arab side of...

From ‘oy’ to joy: A call for positivity in Jewish engagement

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There is a dissonance between the Jewish story and narrative. We are a people who have demonstrated an inverse relationship between numbers and impact for thousands of years, and represent an unparalleled catalyst for...
The exhibition copy of America's recognition of the Jewish state, 1948. Credit: Screenshot via the Raab Collection.

Document showing America’s official recognition of Israel in May 1948 up for sale

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The original exhibition copy of the United States’ recognition of Israel in 1948, signed by U.S. President Harry S. Truman, is up for sale for the first time. The document, valued at $300,000, is the only...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

What to make of a historic pro-Israel presidency

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said something last week timed to the Jewish holiday Purim that made a lot of people snicker. When asked by an interviewer by the Christian Broadcasting Network if U.S....

Italian MEP Martusciello: 70 years after the establishment of the State of Israel, Jews...

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70 years after the establishment of the State of Israel, Jews are still victims of displays of anti-Semitism around the world, an Italian Member of the European Parliament deplored during an interparliamentary meeting with...