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Will Israel’s Plan To Dismantle Iconic Broadcasting Agency Deal Blow to Press Freedom?
The British have their treasured BBC. In the United States it’s NPR and PBS. In Germany it’s ARD. At various points, all these public media pillars have been accused of bias from one side or another of the political spectrum. But none has ever faced the prospect of actually being dismantled. That is the reality…
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Uganda Rabbi Wins Opposition Seat in Parliament as Authoritarian Leader Clings to Power
Far from political discussions about Bernie Sanders and the meaning of secular Jewish socialism, Jewish political history has just been made — in Uganda. An African Jew, and chief rabbi, no less, has just won a parliamentary seat, a first for the country. On February 19, Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, the spiritual leader of the century-old…
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Countries Across the Globe Kvell for Bernie on Facebook – But Not Israel
Bernie Sanders’ campaign issued a message of multicultural unity last week, posting graphics on social media that read, “Not me, us,” in 14 different languages. Facebook users generally responded positively to the posts, which in each language feature a silhouette of Sanders — fist raised — comprising smaller silhouettes of various shapes and colors. Israelis,…
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Wave of Violence Turns West Bank Supermarket From ‘Model of Coexistence’ Into Place of Fear
On a recent Sunday afternoon at a Rami Levy supermarket in the West Bank, an Israeli soldier patrolled next to a rack of toothpaste, on a two-for-one sale. Outside, Israeli and Palestinian customers walked through a new black metal detector on their way in; it was installed just an hour before. Rami Levy, the founder…
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Bernie Sanders Reaches Out to Israelis on Facebook — and Gets an Earful
(JTA) — Bernie Sanders’ campaign issued a message of multicultural unity last week, posting graphics on social media that read, “Not me, us,” in 14 different languages. Facebook users generally responded positively to the posts, which in each language feature a silhouette of Sanders — fist raised — comprising smaller silhouettes of various shapes and…
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Report: For West Bank Palestinians, Often The Only Work Is at Settlement, Inc.
QIRA, West Bank, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Mohammad Arbassi, a 56-year-old father of five sons from the West Bank village of Qira, has a diploma in finance and big plans for his children, two of whom are at university. Yet despite his education and personal drive, for the past 12 years he has worked as…
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Holocaust Survivors Struggle To Prove Their Cases as Claims Conference Cracks Down
Seventy-eight-year-old Izrail Gelman received $70,000 in Holocaust restitution payments from the German government over nearly 20 years. Now, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which distributed the money, is demanding it all back. He has until March 10 to make the payment. “He has no way to pay,” said Alexander Gelman, Izrail’s brother….
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Jewish Mormons Celebrate their Dual Identity
SALT LAKE CITY (JTA) – Phyllis Miller’s experience growing up in Southern California wasn’t much different from that of many American Jews. The product of an intermarriage — her mother wasn’t Jewish but later converted — Miller’s family attended synagogue occasionally, kept the kids home from school on the High Holidays and ate matzah on…
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Major Jewish Foundation Turns to the Fold for New CEO
A major Jewish foundation recently named a veteran Jewish professional – instead of a businessman or white-shoe lawyer – its first president and CEO on Feb. 17. Barry Finestone, who started his climb up the ranks as a camp director in the 1990s, will succeed Chip Edelsberg, the Jim Joseph foundation’s first executive director, on…
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Mayor Bernie Sanders and the Chabad Menorah
(JTA) — Jews have lately bemoaned Bernie Sanders’ lack of Jewish pride — but back when he was mayor of Burlington, Vermont, Sanders let Chabad “feel the Bern.” Or at least he fought for Chabad’s right to burn Hanukkah candles on city land. Sanders’ backing for the display of a menorah outside Burlington City Hall…
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Yeshiva U. Cedes Control of Half Its Endowment To Shed Its Einstein Liabilities
Yeshiva University will cede almost half of its $1 billion endowment to the Albert Einstein School of Medicine, as the medical college — which was formerly under its wing — becomes part of a separate, newly formed joint venture with Montefiore Health System. The scope of Y.U.’s transfer of funds to the new venture—a total of $465…
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