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The JCC Bomb Hoaxer, Through The Eyes Of His Mother
The mother of the 18-year-old Israeli American suspected of making hundreds of fake bomb threats at American Jewish institutions said she wants him to undergo brain surgery to get rid of the tumor his family claims impelled him to create the hoax, but the boy exhibited unusual behavior long before the tumor was diagnosed. One…
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Meet Shachar Erez, Israel’s First Transgender IDF Officer
Coming out as transgender can be difficult to do even once. Shachar Erez did it twice. First, when he was 16 years old. But then he joined the Israeli military and went back into the closet. He enlisted as a female, worried that his identity could complicate his service. And then, a year and a…
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WATCH: Prayer Notes Removed From Western Wall For Passover
The Western Wall got a makeover this week when a cleaning crew removed thousands of tiny prayer notes from the cracks between the stones ahead of the Passover holiday. The cleaning occurs twice of year, after which the notes are gathered into sacks and buried on the Mount of Olives cemetery, an ancient Jewish burial…
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Israeli Medical Marijuana Know-How On Display At Cannatech
It was a “high-dea” that brought Garyn Angel to Israel, he said. Angel, a Florida businessman, created Magical Butter, a machine that extracts marijuana and other botanicals into butters and oils. His invention, which looks like a large silver kettle, was on display in Tel Aviv in front of a room full of doctors, investors…
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Searching For Common Ground Amid Divisions At AIPAC
WASHINGTON (JTA) – This year’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference drew some 18,000 pro-Israel activists for three days of speeches, workshops and lobbying visits to Capitol Hill. Of the dozens of speeches and countless workshops, side meetings and schmooze opportunities, no message was broadcast louder than the need for bipartisan support for Israel. And…
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Israeli Leading Research Into Pot As Palliative for Autism
One night not long ago, Sharon’s nine-year-old son Yehuda was crying. But Yehuda couldn’t tell her what was wrong because he doesn’t speak — he has autism — and so he grew anxious. Finally, he used an iPad app for autistic children to indicate that he wanted to go to sleep. But in the future,…
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‘Advanced Style’ Blogger Discovers Tel Aviv’s Fashionista Seniors
Ari Seth Cohen, the creator of Advanced Style, the fashion blog highlighting senior style, has trained his camera on Tel Aviv. Cohen was in Israel’s White City for Tel Aviv fashion week March 12-15. In a city known for its colorful fashion, Cohen found some seniors whose style captures sunny Tel Aviv. Here are a…
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Q&A: Reza Aslan’s ‘Believer’ Goes Inside Ultra-Orthodox World
In the last episode of his new CNN series, “Believer,” Reza Aslan goes dancing with the Na Nachs, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish group known for its impromptu techno street parties. Aslan, a scholar of religion and an Iranian-born American Muslim, finds a lot to admire in this marginal Jewish sect that seem to accept him as…
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Will Trump Travel Ban Bar A Sudanese Activist In Israel?
Mutasim Ali, one of the only Africa asylum seekers granted refugee status by Israel, is taking his story of resilience on the road with an upcoming U.S. tour sponsored in part by the New Israel Fund. But there’s just one problem: Ali is from Sudan, one of the six countries on President Trump’s revised travel…
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American Critics Of Israel Anguished By Ban On Boycott Backers
American Jews who love Israel and see boycott as a tool to change the country for the better are anguished over a new Israeli law that could ban them from visiting the country they cherish. Israel’s parliament passed a law February 6 to ban advocates of the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel,…
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EXPLAINED: Why Did Israel Impose An Anti-BDS Travel Ban?
Israeli lawmakers took a cue from the White House Monday night and passed a travel ban. This one will target advocates of boycotts against Israel, Israeli settlements or Israeli institutions. Although pro-Palestinian activists have faced scrutiny and sometimes denial of entry into Israel for years, this law will codify what has until now been an…
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