Over 200 guests gathered at the Lawrence home of Rony and Elana Oved to support the One Israel Fund at a BBQ and Israeli wine tasting. The Oveds’ opening of their home to encouraging …
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8/8/18
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Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) and the Baruch Padeh Poriya Hospital in Tiberias recently launched a unique collaboration through the IDF’s “Good Neighbor” program to save the …
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7/25/18
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Amid the billowing smoke across the nearby Gaza border, deep in Israel’s Negev, the new community of Shlomit laid a cornerstone for their future community center. The new structure will serve …
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By Megan E. Turner, JNS
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7/25/18
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While American politicians and pundits fumed at President Donald Trump’s performance in Helsinki, Israel emerged a winner.
As reported in The Jewish Star last week, Trump said that he and …
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By Charles Dunst, JTA
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7/25/18
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Not only didn’t the recent troubles along Israel’s borders stop any of the 232 North Americans who planned to make aliyah on Tuesday’s Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight, but …
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By Ed Weintrob
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7/25/18
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Several hundred Five Towners came together on Monday night to mobilize against a plague of drug and alcohol abuse that’s touching a growing number of local families.
“We’re in …
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By Ed Weintrob
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7/18/18
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MALMO, Sweden — When Carinne Sjoberg dissolved the Jewish community of Umeå in northern Sweden, she knew it would send shockwaves far beyond the small congregation she had spent decades …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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7/18/18
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Over the centuries, there has been much anti-Semitism in Iceland. In the context of modern Israel, it is difficult to find examples of Iceland playing a positive role.
One recent development is a …
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Commentary by Manfred Gerstenfeld
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7/18/18
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While drug abuse may not be out of control in the frum community, “it is out there and rising,” an organizer of next Monday night’s Five Towns awareness-raising event told The …
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By The Jewish Star
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7/11/18
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg received the inaugural Genesis Lifetime Achievement Award in Israel on July 4. Here’s a transcript of her remarks:
Isaac Bashevis Singer …
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7/11/18
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