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The Schmooze ‘I’m So Excited!’ Jennifer Lopez And A-Rod Land In Israel For Concert, Kids In Tow
Power-couple Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez touched down at Ben-Gurion Airport on Tuesday. Lopez is in town to perform a one-night-only concert at Tel Aviv’s famed HaYarkon Park on August 1, a stop on her “It’s My Party” tour, which celebrates her recent 50th birthday, the Jerusalem Post reported. The pop diva and baseball legend…
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Fast Forward Pipe Bomb Found At Joseph’s Tomb As 1,200 Jewish Worshippers Arrive
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli soldiers found a pipe bomb hidden at the Jewish holy site of Joseph’s Tomb prior to the visit of 1,200 pilgrims. The bomb was neutralized in a controlled explosion, according to the Israel Defense Forces, which had been carrying out a security check prior to the late Monday night visit. Palestinian…
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Opinion The Real Reason So Many Republicans Love Israel? Their Own White Supremacy.
If you listened earlier this month to Republican responses to Donald Trump’s call for Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley to “go back” to the “places from which they came,” you noticed something odd. Trump’s defenders kept mentioning Israel. “They hate Israel,”replied Lindsey Graham when asked about Trump’s attacks on The Squad….
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Fast Forward Israeli Woman Chases Down Man Who Flashed And Tried To Grab Her
(JTA) — An Israeli woman who lives in Massachusetts chased down and held a man who exposed himself to her while she was jogging. Single mother Aia Polansky, 33, was running in Cambridge when the male jogger dropped his pants to his knees as she ran by. Polansky, a 6-foot-1-inch-tall veteran of the Israel Defense…
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The Schmooze Bon Jovi Returns To Israel, BDS Be Damned
They’re literally livin’ on a prayer — legendary rock band Bon Jovi has touched down in the Holy Land. The 80s icons arrived in Israel on Monday afternoon, the Jerusalem Post reported. The band will perform at Tel Aviv’s Ha Yarkon Park on July 25th as one of the final stops on their “This House…
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Fast Forward Israeli Burger Chain Won’t Open In Dearborn, Michigan Due To BDS Threat
(JTA) — A Michigan restaurateur said he will “step away” from opening a Dearborn branch of a burger chain founded in Israel following boycott threats. Sam Zahr will open two other Burgerim restaurants, in nearby Oak Park and Redford Township. The Lebanese American told the Detroit Free Press that he will not open in Dearborn…
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Opinion We Went To See The Occupation. We Came Back More Connected To Israel.
One could read thousands of books and articles about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and still be stunned by a first glimpse of the separation barrier. Before J Street U’s “Let Our People Know” trip, most of us were familiar with data and statistics about the conflict and the Occupation. Yet, we confess that we were utterly…
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Opinion Netanyahu And Trump Are Xenophobic Tyrants. We Must Resist Them – Together.
For American Jews, the recent resurgence of American nativism recalls the worst moments of the last century. American nativism brought us the Immigration Act of 1924, a racist law that closed America’s borders to Jews and other “undesirables,” and that ultimately barred our forebears from escaping the Nazis and finding refuge in America. Jews then…
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