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June 3, 20140

U.S. warming to Palestinian unity draws Israeli ire

By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The new Palestinian unity government brought together rivals Hamas and Fatah, but it has opened a

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June 2, 20140

Rolling Stones Tel Aviv concert changed to start after Shavuot ends

(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) As a sign of respect for observant Jews, the start time of the Rolling Stones June 4 concert in Tel Aviv has been

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June 2, 20140

Abbas swears in Palestinian unity government

(JNS.org) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a new unity government on Monday following an agreement between Abbas’s Fatah p

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Kotel
June 2, 20140

Should Jews be seeking out more converts?

Tuesday night marks the beginning of Shavuot, a holiday at which the story of Ruth, the Moabite convert and considered one of the greatest heroines of

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Bibi and Kerry
May 30, 20140

Leftist organizations reframing their message post peace talks breakdown

With the reality of another failed round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks sinking in for American leftist Zionist groups, many of these organization

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May 29, 20140

Brussels shooting, right-wing electoral surge spotlight threats for Europe’s Jews

By Alina Dain Sharon, JNS.org   During the same weekend, the fatal shooting at a Jewish museum in Brussels and the surge of right-wing part

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May 28, 20140

Holocaust survivor pension eligibility expands for Poles

The Times of Israel reports that the Polish government has expanded the parameters for Polish survivors of Nazi persecution who are eligible for month

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May 28, 20140

Beyond Yom Yerushalayim: Memorial Day for fallen Ethiopian Jews

While most of us are aware that today is Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day), the Israeli holiday that commemorates the reunification of Jerusalem in

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May 27, 20140

Belgian Jews gather to mourn after museum attack

By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA World News BRUSSELS (JTA) -- Hunched over a small island of memorial candles for the victims of the attack on the Jewish Museu

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May 26, 20140

Brussels Jewish Museum shooting possibly a target killing

As the death toll now reaches four in Saturday's shooting at the Brussels Jewish Museum, some security experts are now saying that evidence from the a

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May 22, 20140

Palestinian Women Will Again Play Decisive Role in Election

By Abdullah H. Erakat, The Media Line ABU DIS - Hala Kanaan recalls her disappointment at being one year too young to cast a ballot in the 2006 Pal

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May 22, 20140

Woman receives rabbinical divorce from husband in coma

A decision made two months ago by the Israeli government's religious court to release a woman from her marriage to a comatose husband was made publi

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May 20, 20140

Why is Greece the most anti-Semitic country in Europe?

By Gavin Rabinowitz, JTA World News ATHENS, Greece (JTA) -- When the Anti-Defamation League published its global anti-Semitism survey last week, Gr

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May 20, 20140

Shimon Peres to receive US Congressional Gold Medal

A voice vote in the US Senate Monday approved legislation that will award Israeli President Shimon Peres with the US Congressional Gold Medal. Peres j

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May 20, 20140

Israeli intelligence experts sent to aid in missing Nigerian schoolgirls search

With the search for the over 200 missing Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last month by Islamist rebel group continuing, Israel has send a group of int

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May 19, 20140

Maccabi Tev Aviv upsets its way to Euroleague basketball crown

ROME (JTA) -- Maccabi Tel Aviv upset favored Real Madrid to win the Euroleague basketball championship. Maccabi defeated the Spanish squad, 98-86,

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May 19, 20140

Israel sends aid to victims of deadly Serbia and Bosnia floods

(JTA) – Israel sent aid to help rescue efforts in flood-ravaged Serbia and Bosnia. Local media reported that Israel sent a first shipment of emerge

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May 19, 20140

Three quarters of Jews in France considering emigrating

With a rise in contemporary anti-semitism in France, a new survey reveals that 75% of Jews harbor a desire to leave the country. JTA reports today tha

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May 19, 20140

Israeli runners excluded from ‘peace run’

JTA reports today that six Israeli runners were excluded from the West Bank portion of a regional long-distance peace run, which ended Monday. Led b

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May 16, 20140

Do We Really Care If Muslim Extremists Kidnap 300 Girls in Nigeria?

Tablet Magazine asks the question, given that it took a month before international media even began to pay attention to the nearly 300 girls kidnapped

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