Danna Harman (Haaretz)
By Danna Harman (Haaretz)
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News Irish Jewish Community Dwindles One St. Patrick’s Day at a Time
Between the national election and the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising, the Irish — a famously loquacious bunch — have much to debate over their pints of Guinness these days. But for 89-year-old Freddy Rosehill and his best friends in Cork, there is just one subject of conversation these days: what…
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Israel News Slain ISIS Hostage Kayla Mueller’s Idealistic Journey Ran Through Israel
For over a year and a half the family of Kayla Jean Mueller, a 26-year-old aid worker from Arizona, kept the fact that she was being held in ISIS captivity in Syria a secret from most everyone. While it was known the terrorist organization was holding a young female American among their hostages, the hope…
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Breaking News Gaza-Bound Flotilla Slated To Set Sail Tuesday
Israel will not allow any ships to breach its blockade of the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his inner cabinet yesterday, during a discussion of the Gaza-bound flotilla expected to set sail Tuesday. Security officials and Foreign Ministry representatives informed the cabinet that Israel has no information indicating that terrorists or anyone affiliated…
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Breaking News Jewish Couple Booted from Cruise, After Responding to Anti-Semitic Jibe
“There are too many Jews on board.” That was the comment that started it all. According to the London tabloids, that was what one well-dressed passenger aboard the exclusive Queen Mary 2 cruise ship allegedly said to another couple on board – leading to a verbal fight and a subsequent eviction from the vessel. Gloria…
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Breaking News Ed Miliband Wins Labor Party Leadership, Beating Out Brother
The Labour party has a new leader and it’s a Miliband, yes – but not the one most had long been expecting. Forty year old Ed Miliband narrowly beat his older brother David, 45, the former foreign secretary long believed to be the future party leader, by the wafer thin margin of 50.65 percent to…
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