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5 Things About Shimon and Sonia Peres’s Undying, Tumultuous Love Story
“I married a dairy farmer,” Sonia Peres once said when asked about her husband, Israel’s honored statesman Shimon Peres. The couple, together for 67 years, shared a tumultuous love story, strained by Peres’ lifelong commitment to public service — and his wife’s equally powerful distaste for the spotlight. But if you go back to the…
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Shimon Peres Won Plaudits and Nobel Prize — but Goal of Peace Eluded Him
Shimon Peres, who died on Wednesday at the age of 93, never realized his vision of a new Middle East built upon a 1993 interim peace deal he helped shape with the Palestinians. But Israel’s elder statesman won world acclaim and a Nobel prize as a symbol of hope in a region long plagued by…
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Who is Mark Cuban — and Why is He Getting Death Threats from Trump Trolls?
Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban says he is receiving death threats after baiting Donald Trump on Twitter ahead of Monday’s presidential debate. “Unfortunately, we’ve been getting death threats,” said Cuban, “and Trumpians have been trying to hack everything we have, so I’ve had to spend too much time on security and protecting my family. So that’s…
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Shimon Peres, Israel’s Liberal Elder Statesman, Dies at 93
Israel lost its most honored senior statesman, the last active member of its founding generation, with the death today of Shimon Peres, the former ceremonial state president and ex-prime minister. Peres, who was 93, was rushed to Tel Hashomer Hospital September 13 after suffering a stroke and died the morning of Wednesday September 28, two…
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A Jewish Exodus from France? Not So Fast
After a wave of terror attacks, and a spike in anti-Semitic hate-crimes, French Jews were said to be fleeing en masse for Israel. But figures released this week by the Jewish People’s Policy Institute indicate the exodus isn’t exactly what it’s cracked up to be. According to the research organization, 5,000 French Jews will make…
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1,000 Professors Condemn Blacklisting of Pro-Palestinian Activists
A thousand university faculty members have signed a petition against a pro-Israel website that publishes dossiers on pro-Palestinian student activists. Canary Mission aims to keep pro-Palestinian activists from getting jobs after college. It has posted lengthy profiles, including photographs and academic majors, on hundreds of undergraduate student activists. The new petition, released September 27, calls…
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Remembering Former Israeli President Shimon Peres, in Photos
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres died today, leaving behind a political career that spanned seven decades. We’re commemorating the politician’s life with a look back at some of his greatest photo ops.
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6 Jewiest Moments at the Presidential Debate Between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
(JTA) — What did we learn about Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and the Jewish vote from the debate on Monday night? Except for an extended tussle about the Iran nuclear deal, not a whole lot. Race was an issue, but Clinton did not make an issue of the support the Republican nominee gets from the…
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Sid Blumenthal, an Unhappy Bibi and 3 Other Jewish Moments From the Presidential Debate
After months of anticipation, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump met Monday night in the first of three presidential debates. Stretching for 90 minutes, the spectacle lived up to the hype, and felt at times more like a boxing match than a civic event. Here’s five Jewish snap-shots from a night to remember: Return of Sid…
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Jewish Neocons Tweet Shade, Schadenfreude at Trump’s Debate Performance
It was a night of huffing and puffing, snorting and smarting, hectoring and interrupting for Donald Trump at the first presidential debate at Hofstra University. The media consensus — even the right-leaning Fox News — held that Hillary Clinton won. Jewish conservatives, many of them Never-Trumpers, signaled their agreement in a series of derisive tweets….
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Turns Out, Don King Likes All Flags — Not Just Israeli Ones
Why is boxing promoter Don King always toting around an Israeli flag? King was spotted earlier this month brandishing an Israeli flag at a Donald Trump event — and at the first presidential debate last night he also had one by his side. Don King on what Trump has to do to give Clinton the…
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