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Yitzhak Rabin’s Grandson Tells 35,000 at Memorial Rally ‘You Owe Us Peace’

Some 35,000 Israelis from all walks of society gathered in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to mark the 18th anniversary of the assassination of the former prime minister. The memorial rally was held Saturday night under the banner of “Remembering the murder, fighting for democracy,” and was organized by a diverse committee of movements and…

By JTA Oct 13, 2013 | 2 min read
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1-1/2 Mile Gaza ‘Terror Tunnel’ Led to Kibbutz Kindergarten

A recently uncovered tunnel between Gaza and an Israeli kibbutz was full of explosives and ended near a kindergarten. The 1.5 mile long tunnel, which was discovered last week and is now being reported after the lifting of a gag order, had more than one exit point in and around Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha and is…

By JTA Oct 13, 2013 | < 1 min read
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Jewish Women’s Genes Traced Mostly to Europe — Not Israel

The maternal ancestry of Ashkenazi Jews comes mainly from Europe, a new study shows. The findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, fly in the face of the commonly accepted notion that European Ashkenazim are descended from Jews who left Israel and the Middle East some 2,000 years ago and moved to the Near East….

By JTA Oct 12, 2013 | < 1 min read
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Jews Twice as Charitable in Wills

American Jews provide for charities in their wills nearly twice as often as people of other faiths, a new study shows. The Jews most likely to make bequests to charities — and not just Jewish ones — practiced some aspect of Jewish tradition, including attending synagogue services or visiting Israel, according to Connected to Give:…

By JTA Oct 12, 2013 | < 1 min read
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Berkeley Jewish Students Union Rejects J Street Campus Group in Israel Feud

The Jewish Student Union at the University of California-Berkeley rejected J Street U for membership for the second time since 2011. According the campus newspaper, the Daily Californian, the rejection at a meeting Wednesday focused on J Street U’s hosting of members of Breaking the Silence, a group of IDF soldiers who chronicle what they…

By JTA Oct 11, 2013 | < 1 min read
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Handwritten 18th-Century Haggadah Found in British Garage

A handwritten 18th century Haggadah found at a home being cleared out in England is expected to fetch more than $200,000. The Haggadah, which dates to 1726 and is written on goat skin, was discovered in a cardboard box in a garage in Bury, a town in Greater Manchester, the BBC reported. A Jewish couple…

By JTA Oct 11, 2013 | < 1 min read
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Nazi Experiments on Jewish Skeletons Bared for First Time in Documentary

A Norwegian broadcaster for the first time aired footage of the room where Nazi scientists displayed the skeletons of Jews as teaching aids for race theories. NRK 1, a public broadcaster, earlier this month aired a documentary about the 86 people whom the scientists selected to be killed and serve as display specimens at the…

By JTA Oct 11, 2013 | < 1 min read
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Jewish Settler Bludgeoned With Ax Near West Bank Home

Israeli police are searching for two Palestinians who are believed to have killed a Israeli army colonel outside his West Bank home. The man, reserve colonel Sariya Ofer, was bludgeoned to death Thursday night by the two men who waited outside his home in Shadmot Mehola, a West Bank settlement, wielding an axe and metal…

By JTA Oct 11, 2013 | 2 min read

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