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News Beto Won’t Stop Making Nazi Analogies. Why Aren’t Jews Mad Like They Were With AOC?
Beto O’Rourke seems to think he’s running for president in 1930s Europe. O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman trying to turn around dwindling poll numbers and back-of-the-pack fundraising reports, this week repeatedly compared President Trump’s rhetoric and policies to those employed by Adolf Hitler, a trope he has used off and on since at least April….
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Israel News After Bibi’s Failure, Gantz Will Try To Form Government. How Will That Work?
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will probably not look back on his 70th birthday, which took place on Monday, with much fondness. True, he did get a congratulatory phone call from Russian president Vladimir Putin, and an official letter from President Trump that included the hand-written addition “You are great!” תודה לך ידידי הנשיא טראמפ…
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Fast Forward Snoop Dogg, Smoker Of 81 Blunts A Day, To Shill For Israeli Cannabis Company
Snoop Dogg, the iconic West Coast rapper who has estimated his own weed intake at 81 blunts a day, will be the brand ambassador for an Israeli medical marijuana technology start-up. Seedo, founded in 2013, makes an indoor grow box for plants that can be meticulously controlled with an app. The box, which resembles a…
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Life My Family Are Holocaust Survivors. I’m Terrified For My Disabled Jewish Son’s Future In The US.
Our nearly 24-year-old son, who is autistic, isn’t allowed to cross a busy street alone. He showers independently, but always asks us if he needs to shower. (“Did I sweat today?” is a common refrain in our household.) To say that Noah is dependent on us would be a radical understatement. Yet we plan on…
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News Here’s The Connection Between Israel’s Biggest Company And The Opioid Epidemic
The chief executive of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries — Israel’s largest company — has been summoned to the U.S. to make a deal in the massive opioid litigation. Teva is one of several pharmaceutical giants defending lawsuits over their involvement in the opioid epidemic, which has taken on global proportions and kills, on average, 130 Americans…
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Fast Forward 80-Year-Old Rabbi: Settlers Attacked Me For Helping Palestinians
Jewish settlers physically assaulted Rabbis for Human Rights activists on Wednesday morning near the Palestinian village of Burin in the northern West Bank, the human rights organization said. The activists said they had arrived at the village to assist Palestinian farmers to harvest their olive trees and that masked assailants attacked them with iron polls,…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Hundreds Of Jewish Teens Riot, Attack Palestinians In Jerusalem
Hundreds of Orthodox Jewish teens rioted on Wednesday overnight in central Jerusalem, attacking Palestinians that drove by them and vandalizing their vehicle. Seven were arrested by police on suspicion of causing property damage. Azmi Dari, who lives in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Isawiyah, told Haaretz that he was attacked at about 5 A.M. by…
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Culture Here Are The Winners Of Israel’s National Yiddish Story Contest
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. In July, Israel’s National Authority for Yiddish Culture launched the first government-sponsored Yiddish-language writing contest ever held in the Jewish state. This week, the authority announced the three winners. Ethel Niborski, age 17, won first prize for her short story “Letters to a Blind Grandfather,” for which…
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