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Reform Jews Kick Off Letter-Writing Campaign on Western Wall Prayer
The Union for Reform Judaism has kicked off a letter writing campaign to the Israeli government to pressure it to implement its plan for an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall Jewish holy site. Timed with the Jewish New Year, the organization is urging supporters to email a pre-written letter to Israeli Prime Minister…
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Was Ancient Stone Toilet Placed in Biblical Shrine To Destroy It?
A stone toilet discovered at an archaeological site in Israel was probably used to defile a shrine, archaeologists said. The shrine and the toilet were discovered by archaeologists at the Israel Antiquities Authority in an ongoing excavation of Tel Lachish National Park. Tel Lachish is believed to be the site of an ancient biblical city,…
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Meet the Last Man Who Knew Shimon Peres as a Child
Uladzimir Volkau, a 93-year-old man in Belarus who is believed to be the last living childhood neighbor of Shimon Peres, said goodbye to Israeli politician in an interview with Euroradio.fm. “Let him rest in peace and have a good memory of him,” he told a reporter with the European news station. Peres, the Israeli prime…
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Israeli Knesset Member Pregnant With Child of Gay Friend
Israeli Knesset member Meirav Ben Ari of the centrist Kulanu party has revealed that she is pregnant with the child of a gay male friend. The single politician shared the news ahead of the Jewish new year with Yedioth Ahronoth, a major Israeli paper, saying she didn’t want to start rumors that her pregnancy was…
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Can This Retired Israeli Professor Unite Liberals Against the Occupation?
Can one retired Israeli professor unite liberal forces in the Jewish diaspora to speak out against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank? Daniel Bar-Tal believes he can, and that he can succeed in doing so in time for the 50th anniversary of the occupation coming up next June. After building partnerships in Europe, Latin America,…
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Soaring 80-Foot-High Gate Graced Biblical Israel’s Second City
A once-soaring 80-foot-high city gate and shrine from the 8th century BCE was discovered in the Tel Lachish archaeological park in south-central Israel, the site of an ancient city that was second to Jerusalem in importance. According to archaeologists, artifacts in the shrine appear to bolster a biblical story about how ancient worship was centralized…
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Shimon Peres Was the Neighbor Who Took Out the Trash in a Tank Top
Most people knew Shimon Peres, who died on September 28, as a president and prime minister with a 60-year career in public service and a dedication to building peace in the Middle East. But to a handful of Israelis, he was just a neighbor. “Shimon Peres is the guy who would bring trash down on…
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Shimon Peres Gets Heartfelt Facebook Goodbye From Filipino Caregiver
Ferdz Capacia, Shimon Peres’s Filipino caregiver, said goodbye to his “VIP boss” in a tender note on Facebook after Israel’s ninth president passed away on the morning of Wednesday, September 28. Capacia wrote that he would miss Peres’s smile, his “big voice” and the way he wished him goodnight in Hebrew before he went to…
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Israelis Stop To Recall Shimon Peres — and His Powerful Legacy
Israelis woke up to the news that Shimon Peres, the 9th president of Israel and last living leader in Israel’s founding generation, died in the early morning. Israelis had been prepared for this moment since Peres suffered a massive stroke two weeks ago. Still, the news of his passing was cause for reflection for many….
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Israeli Press Declares Hillary Clinton the Winner — Right Wing Paper Calls a Draw
Right wing Israel Hayom declared that both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump “claimed victory” in last night’s presidential debate. Left wing Haaretz said that Hillary scored points last night, though her performance fell short of a “knockout.” Across the political spectrum, Israel’s media heavily covered the first U.S. presidential debate, even though only the most…
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How an American Executive Dropped Everything To Become Israel’s Shofar King
In 2008, Robert Weinger was divorced, middle-aged and had ended a 23-year career as an executive in the beverage industry, when he took a trip to Israel with his synagogue that would change his life. His tour group was standing atop Mount Bental, a dormant volcano in the Golan Heights, when a fellow tourist asked…
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