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Jerusalem, Israel

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Los Angeles, CA

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Northbrook, IL

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Lakewood, NJ

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Baltimore, MD

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Passaic, NJ

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Baltimore, MD

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Milwaukee, WI 

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Baltimore, MD 
 

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Rabbi Avraham Edelstein

Jerusalem, Israel

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New York, NY

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Baltimore, MD

Mr. Joseph Friedman

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Mr. Harvey Hecker*
Toronto, ONT

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Cincinnati, OH

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Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Dovid Refson
Jerusalem, Israel

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Detroit, MI

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Teaneck, NJ

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outreachOutreach
An Article from 5 Towns Jewish Times

More than 800 Jewish mothers from ten countries around the world celebrated a life-changing journey to Israel this month, at a Jewish Women's Renaissance Project (JWRP) Mega Event on Monday, held in partnership with the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs. Continue Reading

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Almost half of men in the UK do not support a good cause or get involved in social action in a typical month. Continue Reading
An Article from eJewish Philanthropy

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced the most dramatic commitment yet of a Silicon Valley billionaire, 99% of his Facebook shares to charity.
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Probably the scariest sentence in the Bible, and maybe in all of Western literature, comes early in Exodus. Continue Reading

Kissinger2American College Students 'Frighteningly Stupid," Says Producer of Video
An Article from The Algemeiner

American college students are "frighteningly stupid" when it comes to understanding Israel and global terrorism, a documentary filmmaker toldThe Algemeiner on Tuesday. Continue Reading
  
Hillary Clinton's campaign is moving along to satisfy the liberal wing of the Democratic Party by indicating proposed changes to the Democratic Party's platform on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be addressed by the drafting committee ahead of the convention in Philadelphia. Continue Reading 

Namart5The Case for Vice President Newt Gingrich
An Article from The American Spectator

So we have reached that latest stage of the campaign. Let the speculation begin. Gather around your favorites and put your chips down. Mine: Vice President Newt Gingrich. Continue Reading
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An Article from The Times of Israel

On the face of it, 2016 looked to be a banner year for Reform Jewry. On January 31, the government passed a much-celebrated "historic" decision promoting egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall. Continue Reading

israel2Women of the Wall Revealed; Both Parties Are Cracking Up
An Article from Jewish Media Resources

The recitation of the priestly blessings by members of Women of the Wall (WoW) on Rosh Chodesh Iyar, in defiance of the ruling of Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit banning them from doing so, reveals the true character of the group and demonstrates how right opponents have been to strenuously oppose them from the start. Continue Reading
An Article from Virtual Jerusalem
 
The Health Ministry has warned of an outbreak of the West Nile virus in Israel, after four cases were reported in the last two months since March.  Continue Reading
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The US military chiefs fighting ISIS, have recently claimed that the US has re-organized its military resources and is determined to cut down the Islamic state after the lame efforts in the last two years. Continue Reading 
 
Article from Travel Pulse
 
Ben Gurion Airport is one of the world's most secure air travel hubs. No one has been killed or even injured as a result of terrorism at the Tel Aviv airport for the past 44 years. Continue Reading

International3Italy Spurns BDS with Largest Ever Academic Delegation to Israel
An Article from Arutz 7

Defying BDS calls for a boycott of Israel, Italy has committed itself to bring the largest ever delegation of Italian academics to Israel. Continue Reading

International3UK MP Corbyn: Antisemitism? Whatever...
An Article from The Times of Israel

British Labour Party MPs have expressed "shock" over the failure of the party to respond to an invitation by Israel's Labor Party to visit the country, even as the UK party's leader Jeremy Corbyn fends off accusations of anti-Semitism in his party's senior ranks. Continue Reading

International4Switzerland to Host Attempt to Unify Hamas and Fatah
An Article from Ynet News

The Swiss Foreign Ministry will host a Hamas-Fatah reconciliation conference on June 30 in Geneva, according to London's Al-Hayat newspaper. Continue Reading

International6Turkey's Jews are One of the Few Sephardic Communities Left Fighting for Survival
An Article from The Forward

A prominent Turkish-Jewish businessman and politician, Cefi Kamhi is chairman of an Istanbul-based consulting agency and television distribution company. Continue Reading

Intl7Iran Getting Away with Murder
An Article from The Tower

The United States has not sanctioned any Iranians for human rights abuses since last year's nuclear deal with Iran was signed, a senior Obama administration official told the House Foreign Affairs Committee Wednesday.
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Intl8Hezbollah in Worst Financial Shape in Decades, Says Top US Sanctions Official
An Article from JTA

Non-nuclear U.S. sanctions against Iran and its allies have led to Hezbollah being in "its worst financial shape in decades," the top sanctions enforcement official told Congress. Continue Reading
An Article from Arutz 7 
 
The small Jewish community in Edirne, in northwest Turkey, has waited patiently since 1976 for a wedding in its local synagogue - and when it finally occurred yesterday, the response it drew from other Turks was less than celebratory. Continue Reading 
 
as212 Year Old Connecticut Boy Brutally Beaten by Classmate Yelling 'Kill the Jew'
An Article from The Algemeiner

A 12-year-old Jewish boy from New Haven, Connecticut was beaten up by a classmate in what his mother called an antisemitic attack, local TV news station WTNH 8 reported this week. Continue Reading

as4British National Union of Students Investigated Leader for Antisemitism, Did Nothing
An Article from The Jewish Chronicle

The National Union of Students investigated Malia Bouattia over alleged antisemitic comments a year before she was elected the union's president, it has been claimed. Continue Reading

as5German Pastor Who Calls Himself Antisemitic Resigns From Religious Tolerance Group
An Article from The Tower

A Protestant pastor from the northern German city of Bremen who caused an uproar when he publicly declared that he was an anti-Semite has resigned his position as the church's representative on a city council committee for promoting religious dialogue. Continue Reading

as6New Jersey Man Convicted of Terrorism for Synagogue Firebombings
An Article The Times of Israel

New Jersey man was convicted of terrorism for vandalizing and firebombing Jewish temples and a rabbi's home, and is now facing a possible life sentence.
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as7Antisemitism is on the Rise, Spielberg Warns in Harvard Speech
An Article from The Times of Israel

Acclaimed director Steven Spielberg admitted he was "wrong" to think as a child that anti-Semitism "was fading," telling Harvard's graduating class that President Barack Obama was right when he warned that "anti-Semitism is on the rise." Continue Reading
 
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Interest1When My Great Uncle Liberated a Concentration Camp
An Article from The Times of Israel
  
The bartender at the Communist-themed pub in former East Berlin scrunches up his face and readjusts his glasses. Lenin looms on the wall beside him. "This is from Berlin?" I ask him. Continue Reading
 
Every Jewish nonprofit organization is looking for the secret sauce to engaging and empowering millennials. Continue Reading

interest2Senator Schumer to Holocaust Survivors: File Claims Against French Rail Company
An Article from JNS

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on Holocaust survivors and families of victims who were deported from Nazi-occupied France through the Societé Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais (SNCF) rail company to file restitution claims by the U.S. State Department's May 31 deadline. Continue Reading

Interest3Bernie Madoff Ponzi Victims in Line for Another $247M in Restitution
An Article from The Forward

Nearly 7-1/2 years after Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme was unmasked, the court-appointed trustee recouping money for the swindler's victims on Thursday sought court approval to free up another $247 million to help cover their losses. Continue Reading
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