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Breaking News Rabbi Aaron Shteinman, 103-Year-Old Lithuanian Ultra-Orthodox Sage, Hospitalized
The 103-year-old Rabbi Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman, considered the leading sage in the non-Hasidic (Lithuanian) Haredi community, was hospitalized in Bnei Brak on Sunday after he had felt unwell for several days. Doctors suspect he has pneumonia. Ma’ayanei Hayeshua Medical Center director Prof. Moti Ravid told Haaretz that Shteinman was conscious and had been admitted as…
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News That Time Fidel Castro Spoke of Jewish Suffering — and Wound Up Embarrassing Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu found himself in a pickle in 2010 when, after he expressed his appreciation for remarks by Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro, who passed away Saturday, he inspired the anger of some in the U.S. and was forced to apologize. Speaking to The Atlantic, Castro told Jeffery Goldberg at the time that…
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Israel News Israeli Writer Ari Shavit Resigns from Haaretz and Channel 10 Over Sexual Misconduct
Senior journalist Ari Shavit resigned from both Haaretz newspaper and Channel 10 TV on Sunday as a second woman came forward to accuse him of sexual harassment. Shavit’s latest accuser is a former J Street staffer who accused him of harassment during an encounter in April 2014. The Forward first published the allegation of the…
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Breaking News UNESCO Sticks by Controversial Jerusalem Resolution Amid Mexico Flip-Flop
UNESCO’s executive board will revisit the recent resolution adopted on Jerusalem at the behest of the Mexican government, which seeks to change its vote. Mexico voted in favor of the resolution last week, but triggered a special clause allowing them to demand a recast vote in order to change its decision. The Mexican government has decided…
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Breaking News Israel Seeks To Ban Arab Rapper From Performing Over ‘Subversive’ Songs
Tensions in Israel’s culture sphere escalated again on Sunday when Minister Miri Regev called on the Haifa Municipality to cancel a performance by an Israeli Arab rapper due to what she described as his subversive ideology. Rapper Tamer Nafar, who has drawn criticism from the culture minister in the past, is scheduled to perform on…
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Breaking News Hillary Clinton Praised Fake ‘Potemkin’ Mideast Peace Process in Leaked 2015 Emails
Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton wrote to her senior advisors, a few days after the Israeli elections, that she believes that a “Potemkin” peace process between Israel and the Palestinians (meaning a peace process that was only for show) was better than no peace process at all, a Clinton campaign email posted on WikiLeaks shows….
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Breaking News Ronald Lauder Quizzed by Police in Benjamin Netanyahu Corruption Probe
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder was questioned by Israeli police last week in connection to the fraud probe into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The police’s anti-fraud unit summoned Lauder while he was in Israel for Shimon Peres’ funeral and questioned him about various aspects of the fraud case. The development was first reported by…
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Breaking News Anti-Defamation League Slams Benjamin Netanyahu for ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Claim
The head of the Anti-Defamation League harshly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that Palestinians supported the “ethnic cleansing” of Jews in the West Bank, saying the term was inappropriate to describe the removal of settlers and that his argument was unreasonable. In an op-ed penned for Foreign Policy, Jonathan Greenblatt said that while there were…
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