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Welcome to Haifa, the Israeli City That Refuses to Hate
At a bus station in downtown Haifa, handwritten signs in Hebrew, Arabic and Russian have been taped to the glass: “Arabs and Jews refuse to be enemies.” It’s perhaps a simplistic slogan for these charged times, but at least some Haifa residents appear to agree with it. Dozens had signed their names on the posters,…
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BDS Battle at Brooklyn College Is Written in Chalk
Just a trace of the chalk slogans is all that remains on the sidewalk outside the entrance to the West Quad section of Brooklyn College. But the slogans, part of a form of protest and expression that has surfaced on the Midwood campus this past month, are yet another indication of the longstanding tensions between…
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So, Who Was Haj Amin al-Husseini Actually?
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Haj Amin al-Husseini, the mufti of Jerusalem prior to the establishment of Israel, for inspiring Hitler to exterminate the Jews of Europe, he meant to show the long history of Palestinian anti-Semitism. Regardless of his intent, Netanyahu was hit with a tsunami of backlash from historians and politicians…
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African Immigrants Decry Killing at Poignant Tel Aviv Memorial
Hundreds of African immigrants grieved on Wednesday night at an Israeli memorial service for an innocent Eritrean man killed when he was mistaken for a terrorist in Beersheba earlier this week. Candles in a shape of a cross lit up a Tel Aviv park as mourners wept over the killing of Haptom Zarhum, who was…
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Are Palestinian UN Workers Glorifying Violence Against Israelis on Social Media?
As violence escalates in Israel and the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, advocates for the Jewish state are opening up a new front in their battle to highlight incitement as a prime cause behind Palestinian attacks. U.N. Watch, a Geneva-based organization devoted to monitoring the performance of the United Nations, has cited the U.N. agency caring for…
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Why U.S. Won’t Give Israel Bunker-Busting Bombs After All
It weighs more than seven average cars, is taller than a two-story building when upright, and can penetrate the ground to 200-feet, making it by far the heaviest piece of conventional weaponry held by a modern-day military. The Massive Ordnance Penetrator, which has never been used in combat, was built to allow American forces the…
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How High Is Your Glass Ceiling? We Want To Know!
We are gearing up for our seventh of Jewish nonprofit organizations. In years past, we have found that though women are represented in overwhelming numbers as essential members of the organizations, they are severely underrepresented in top leadership roles. Even among those in executive roles, women still lag behind their male counterparts in compensation. In…
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Paid Parental Leave Policy Now Sets JTS Apart From Other Seminaries
If rabbinic leaders are supposed to be the spiritual backbone of the Jewish family, the schools that train them have not set much of an example when it comes to supporting working parents. Even though Jewish communal groups put a huge emphasis on family life and Jewish continuity, most of the nation’s rabbinical seminaries still…
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Zimbabwe’s Lembas Push for Circumcision
On a hot spring morning in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare, Modreck Maeresera is packing up for a trip at his quiet suburban home. Maeresera is a leader of Zimbabwe’s Lemba community, which claims Jewish roots. He is preparing for a mission to the United States that he hopes will deepen the community’s Jewish practice…
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Iconic Hasidic-Owned Electronics Store B and H Faces Growing Worker Revolt
Warehouse workers at the massive Hasidic-owned photo and electronics store B&H Photo Video are demanding union representation, while alleging unsafe working conditions and unfair hours at the store’s two Brooklyn warehouses. Organizers filed a petition October 13 with the National Labor Relations Board for roughly 200 workers at B&H warehouses in the Bushwick section of…
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The Jerusalem Street at the Epicenter of the Violence
Like so many places in this divided city, the street where several recent terrorist stabbings have taken place in Jerusalem’s Old City goes by two names. To Jews, it is HaGai Street, and to Palestinians, it’s Al Wad. In English, it’s the Valley. Over its 2,000-year existence, countless people have walked the street’s pale brown…
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