Israeli diaspora minister denies that insults toward US official were directed at Lipstadt
Amichai Chikli made the comments on an Israeli radio show Thursday
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Lacrosse is on the rise in Israel, as its men’s national team enters the world championship ranked 7th
A little over a decade after the launch of the Israel Lacrosse Association, the sport is finding a foothold among native-born Israelis
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Graduation speaker at California college invokes ‘oppressive apartheid state of Israel’
‘I definitely felt singled out,’ said a Jewish student at El Camino College commencement ceremony
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Ryanair says flight attendant ‘mistakenly’ called destination ‘Palestine’ on flight to Tel Aviv
The Irish airline did not apologize after Israeli passengers complained to Channel 14 News
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Diaspora minister tells U.S Jewish gathering: Israel protesters ‘worse than BDS’
Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli, following a string of controversial incidents, used his AJC address to deride the Israeli protest movement as analogous to the Biblical spies who 'spoke badly about the Land of Israel'
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Germany agrees to record $1.4 billion in annual Holocaust reparations as survivors age
The figure reflected a recognition that, even as the number of Holocaust survivors dwindles with each passing year, the needs of the remaining survivors are increasing as they age
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A Missouri school district could ban ‘Maus,’ citing concerns about whether it is ‘explicit sexual material’
Art Spiegelman, the Holocaust memoir’s author, is advocating against the possible ban and the movement it fits into
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A German museum curator is personally returning art looted by the Nazis to the descendants of Holocaust victims
Matthias Weniger expects to finish returning 111 silver objects from the Bavarian National Museum in Munich to Jewish families by the end of the year
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US House passes resolution calling on Russia to free Evan Gershkovich
The resolution, passed Tuesday, was introduced by Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Defense lawyers in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial will not call witnesses or present evidence
The defense is focusing on the next stage of the trial: keeping their client from being sentenced to death
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Australia moves toward banning Nazi symbols in wake of neo-Nazi incidents
Jewish leaders applaud the proposed legislation, but one also cautioned it would 'would only scratch the surface' of a neo-Nazism problem in Australia
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