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Fast Forward Swarms of Jellyfish Invade Israeli Beaches
The seasonal swarm of jellyfish which arrived on Israeli beaches over the last weekend, made their way to the north of the country. According to reports by the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute, jellyfish were sighted one kilometer off the beach of Hadera on Sunday. On Saturday, blooms were sighted west of Mikhmoret beach,…
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Fast Forward Yitzhak Shamir Spied on Me
I didn’t know Yitzhak Shamir, but he knew me – or at least tried to. In January 1989, HaIr editor Meir Schnitzer and I appealed against a Chief Military Censor’s decision to the Israeli High Court, and won. The court gave permission to publish an article I wrote on an upcoming change in the leadership…
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News Madoff Victims Wait for Recouped Billions
Three and a half years later, victims of Bernard Madoff?s massive financial fraud are still waiting to get back their money. Billions already recovered are tied up in litigation, and despite recent advances, there?s no resolution in sight. Attorneys came a few steps closer to digging out of the financial chasm Madoff left behind when,…
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Israel News Yitzhak Shamir, ‘True Zealot’ for Israel
Of all the Israelis that have led Israel since its inception in 1948, Yitzhak Shamir is the only one who was a true zealot. A modest and moderate man with infinite self-control, he was nonetheless a fanatic devotee of his vision of the Jewish people and the Greater Land of Israel. The end, in his…
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Fast Forward Yitzhak Shamir Dies at 96
Yizhak Shamir, the seventh prime minister of Israel, died Saturday at the age of 96. Shamir, who was born in 1915 in Ruzhany, served in Israel’s Shin Bet, and later on as Speaker of the Knesset as part of the Likud and Israel’s Foreign Minister before succeeding Menachem Begin as Prime Minister in 1983. In…
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Fast Forward Bernie Madoff’s Brother Goes to Jail
Peter Madoff, the younger brother of jailed Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff, has been taken into custody by the FBI. Peter Madoff, 66, surrendered himself Friday morning at his lawyer’s office in midtown Manhattan ahead of an expected guilty plea to criminal charges related to the Ponzi scheme, according to the Wall Street Journal. He…
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News Holocaust Beauty Pageant Held for Survivors
A beauty pageant for Holocaust survivors was held in Haifa, Israel, and featured female survivors walking down a red carpet and sharing details of their travails during World War II. Fourteen women, aged 74 to 97, participated according to news reports. Romanian native Hava Hershkovitz, 79, was crowned the winner. Organizers called the event a…
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News Washington?s Letter Is Star of Show
Imagine a country where Jews are prevented from serving as lawyers, where men must swear on the New Testament to enter public office and where people are denied the vote because of their faith. Welcome to America during the late 1700s, when a republic was forged in the heat of revolutionary ideas such as liberty…
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