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Bloody Murder of American Business Student Stuns Tel Aviv — and Joe Biden
The bloody murder of an American business student in a tourist area of Jaffa, a seaport city adjacent to Tel Aviv, stunned tourists in Israel’s vacation hub — and shocked a university campus thousands of miles away in Tennessee. Taylor Force, a 29-year-old student at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, was stabbed by a Palestinian as…
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Pew Report: Meet the Masorti, Israel’s ‘Traditional’ Tribe
An Israeli Masorti Jew may be the one who goes to synagogue on Shabbat morning and then takes off his kippah and drives to watch his favorite team’s soccer game in the afternoon; or the teenager who will never forget to kiss the mezuzah mounted on every doorpost, even on the way out to a…
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Feds Slam Michigan Jewish Institute for ‘Illegal’ Pell Grant Fraud Scam
The U.S. Department of Education has accused the Michigan Jewish Institute, a college in the Detroit suburb of West Bloomfield, of illegally obtaining federal Pell Grants for its study abroad program. “The Department will permit this scheme to continue no longer,” the DOE stated in a damning , outlining their investigation. Last week, the DOE…
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Pew Study of Israel Shows a Nation Fractured Into ‘Tribes’ — Big Split With American Jews
Even though Peter Jaffe had never been to Israel, the Maryland lawyer felt a kinship with the people there, imagining a nation state full of “New York Jews.” That changed as soon as he set foot in the Holy Land. “After I was there, I found out that we’re much less similar,” he said. It’s…
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Donald Trump’s Quick-To-Offend Style Wins Israeli Admirers — Despite Questions
As Donald Trump’s campaign surges to front-runner status on shock value in America, his bombast is familiar to a certain type of Israeli. “He’s a no-bullshitter,” said Doron Mizrachi, owner of a South Tel Aviv restaurant that sells bourekas, or Middle Eastern puff pastries. Mizrachi concedes that customers in this left-wing neighborhood sometimes bristle at…
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Is the Dead Sea Dying?
Sometimes you need a new vantage point to understand an older picture. Two months ago a small camera-equipped, motorized glider took off close to a signpost that said “steps down to the Dead Sea 1984.” The location was the Einot Tzukim (Ein Feshkha) nature reserve in the northern Dead Sea area. Near the sign were…
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Troubled Michigan Jewish Institute Abruptly Closes Doors After Government Turns Off Cash Spigot
The federal Department of Education has revoked grant eligibility for a Jewish college that has prospered from millions of dollars in government aid over the years even though almost all its students live in Israel. The Michigan Jewish Institute suspended most operations Wednesday, citing the federal government’s refusal to re-certify it as a school whose…
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Meet the Jews of Cape Breton, Canada’s ‘Anti-Trump Island’
Google searches for“how to move to Canada”surged 350% Tuesday night after Donald Trump won seven primaries—but a Canadian radio host was way ahead of everybody else. Way back in mid-February, stand-up comedian Andrew Evans started a website called “If Donald Trump Wins” to convince Americans to immigrate to Cape Breton Island, part of Nova Scotia…
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Iran Deal Feud Looms Over Chicago Congressional Battle
The aftershocks of the Iran nuclear deal, which tore the American Jewish community in two last summer, still ripple politically amid the tranquil, willow-lined boulevards of Chicago’s upscale northwest suburbs. Two Jewish candidates for Congress with almost identical political profiles — except for their positions on the Iran deal — are running against each other…
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Donald Trump’s Favorite Son-In-Law Is Jewish — Does That Matter?
On stage at Donald Trump’s victory party on primary night in Manchester, New Hampshire, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner was hard to spot. A polished Harvard graduate wearing muted grays, Kushner seemed ready to fade into the background alongside Trump’s sons Don Jr. and Eric in their wide, bright ties — but Trump wouldn’t let him….
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Where Donald Trump Stands on 6 Things Jews Care About
(JTA) — With Donald Trump sweeping to a resounding victory in seven Super Tuesday states Tuesday night, Republicans awoke this morning to the reality that the New York real estate magnate had solidified his status as the front-runner for the party nomination. And while his candidacy has deeply unsettled many in the GOP establishment, not…
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