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Breaking News Teenage Policewoman Slain, 3 Palestinians Shot Dead in Jerusalem Attack
JERUSALEM — One of the two Israeli Border Police officers seriously injured in an attack by three Palestinian assailants in Jerusalem has died, police said. Hadar Cohen, 19, of Or Yehuda in central Israel, died hours after she was critically wounded Wednesday near the Old City, outside the Damascus Gate. She had recently joined the…
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Breaking News Orthodox Umbrella Group Denounces Western Wall Compromise as ‘Profane’
The approval of an egalitarian section of the Western Wall “profanes” the holy site, the haredi Orthodox group Agudath Israel of America said. “Designating an area at the Kotel Maaravi (Western Wall) for feminist and mixed-gender prayer not only profanes the holy site, it creates yet a further lamentable rift between Jews,” Agudah said in…
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Breaking News Palestinian Attackers Stab Ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn Teen
A 17-year-old teen from Brooklyn, who recently moved to Israel to serve in the Israeli Army, was stabbed in the back just outside of the Old City of Jerusalem, Israeli media reported Sunday. The victim was identified Aharon Pomanski, who has only been in Israel for a month and is reportedly studying in a pre-military…
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Breaking News The New York Times’ Peter Baker Named Jerusalem Bureau Chief
New York Times White House correspondent Peter Baker says it’s official: He will be the new bureau chief in Jerusalem. Baker confirmed the news on Twitter: “Worst-kept secret is out: Heading to Jerusalem as bureau chief, excited to share a new adventure with amazing @sbg1 (his wife, Politico Editor Susan Glasser).” The former longtime Washington…
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Breaking News Bride-To-Be’s $10K Diamond Ring Found After Jerusalem Garbage Search
JERUSALEM — A diamond engagement ring accidentally thrown in a garbage dumpster by a bride-to-be was recovered days after haredi Orthodox volunteers sifted through tons of garbage. The ring, worth more than $10,000, was lost Thursday in the haredi Orthodox community of Geula in Jerusalem when it was accidentally emptied into a home garbage receptacle…
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Breaking News Snow Falls in Jerusalem, 19 Inches on Mount Hermon
The stormy weather continued on Monday across Israel, with snow falling in Jerusalem, Gush Etzion and Mount Hermon. On Mount Hermon, some 19 inches of snow have accumulated at the lower station of the ski slope cable car. The site was, however, still closed to visitors. Plows were working to clear the routes in the…
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Breaking News Jerusalem Woman’s Search for Diamond Engagement Ring Comes Up Empty
The Municipality of Jerusalem allowed dozens of haredi Orthodox volunteers to search through one of its garbage trucks, after a young woman accidentally threw her engagement ring in a city trash container. The search was conducted Thursday at several locales, including on a public square in the predominantly haredi Orthodox neighborhood of Geula, west of…
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Breaking News Trump Flip-Flops and Now Says He’d Move U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem
WASHINGTON — In a flip-flop from earlier statements, Donald Trump now says he would move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. “They want it in Jerusalem,” the front-runner among Republican presidential candidates said in an interview posted Tuesday by The Brody File, a Christian Broadcasting Network show. “Well I am for that 100 percent. We are…
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