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Fast Forward New Evidence Points To Suicide Attack In Argentina Jewish Center Bombing
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — A new set of DNA has been identified among the 85 victims of the AMIA Buenos Aires Jewish Center attack, strengthening the hypothesis that the 1994 attack was carried out by a suicide bomber. The discovery was announced on Monday by the AMIA Special Investigation Unit of the General Prosecution, two…
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Fast Forward Iran Uses Star Of David As Target For Missile Test
(JTA) — Iran used the Star of David as a target for a ballistic missile test, Israel told the United Nations. The Israeli diplomatic mission on Wednesday distributed to members of the U.N.Security Council satellite images of the site set up during a test carried out last year. “These images prove beyond any doubt that Iran…
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Community Inside The Lives Of Middle Eastern Refugees
I’m old enough to remember a time way back before the 2016 presidential election, when political leaders of both parties saw refugees as victims. While the United States didn’t always fulfill its rightful role as a safe haven, there was nonetheless a basic bipartisan commitment to help those “huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Now…
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Fast Forward Hasidic Rabbis and Iran Imams Agree On One Thing: Zumba Is Very, Very Bad
Iran generated headlines around the world last week and sparked a vicious backlash after its government did the unthinkable: they made Zumba illegal. But, as Haaretz points out, the Muslim clerics who hope to purge Iran of “Zumba and any harmonious movement or body-shaking instruction” might find sympathy among their sworn enemies: ultra-Orthodox rabbis. Four…
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Community Should Israel Be Cozying Up To Iran?
One of the most prominent arguments for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians is that it would integrate Israel into the regional fabric and create a new alliance between the Jewish state and the remaining Arab states of the region that have no diplomatic relations with it. Already, Israel has shown tacit approval…
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Fast Forward Senate Passes New Iran Sanctions Bill 98-2
(JTA) — The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill that would impose new sanctions on Iran. The measure adding sanctions on Iran due to its ballistic missile program, support for terrorism and human rights breaches passed Thursday in a 98-2 vote. It complies with the Iran nuclear agreement reached in 2015, which put restrictions on…
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Fast Forward Congressional Committee Considers Enhancing Hezbollah Sanctions
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A congressional committee convened on Thursday consider enhancing sanctions targeting Hezbollah, the Lebanese terror group and Iranian ally. House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Ed Royce said the 2015 Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act was a good start, but needed enhancement as Hezbollah still remained a threat to Israel. “Part II of this…
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Community The Crucial Congressional Resolutions On Yemen You Haven’t Heard About
One of the year’s most crucial resolutions is about to go to a vote in the United States Congress, and the American Jewish community is missing it. For all of the conversations and debates in our community about Middle East issues, we rarely hear a word about Yemen. The most impoverished Arab-majority country, Yemen is…
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Yiddish אַ רעפֿעראַט אויף ייִדיש אין מינכן פֿונעם ליטעראַטור־פֿאָרשער נתן כּהן A Yiddish lecture in Munich by literature scholar Nathan Cohen
די „שלום־עליכם לעקציע“ וועט מען קענען הערן אויפֿן אָרט אָדער דורך דער אינטערנעץ.