Given the torrent of news developments in Israel since its brief war with Hamas in May — a new prime minister and government, an unexpected resurgence of COVID-19 — the 11-day conflict might be easily forgotten. But two months on, many Israelis are suffering lingering trauma — both from the more than 4,000 rockets and […]
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(JTA) — In May, as the latest violent Israel-Gaza conflict heated up, Ty Kelly did something he could never do in any other professional baseball dugout: He turned to some teammates to learn more about the situation. Kelly, a 32-year-old currently playing for the Tacoma Rainiers in the Seattle Mariners’ minor league system, was in […]
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Snakes at a kiddush: An Israeli museum is celebrating its baby pythons with a traditional ceremony – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement
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(JTA) — The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are finally happening, a full year after they were planned. And yes, they’re still being called the 2020 Olympics, even though they’re happening in 2021. The Jewish athletes competing this year — and there are many — are the products of inspiring journeys. There’s the fencer looking for redemption, Israel’s […]
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Major Orthodox rabbis in Israel say everyone 12 and up should be vaccinated – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement
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SURFSIDE, Fla. (JTA) — Nachman Shai’s first visit to the United States as Israel’s new minister for Diaspora affairs was not under normal circumstances. “In hard times, in times of disaster, we have to stand shoulder to shoulder with Americans,” he said in an interview on Sunday in The Shul, the Chabad-Lubavitch synagogue located about […]
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New Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to Antony Blinken: Let’s keep disagreements private – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement
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Israel reintroduces mandatory face masks amid a rise in COVID-19 cases – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement
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WASHINGTON (JTA) — A letter from 73 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, including a number in leadership positions, urges President Joe Biden to make a number of moves to reverse what they call the Trump administration’s “abandonment of longstanding, bipartisan United States policy” on Israeli-Palestinian relations. Among other things, the letter sent Wednesday […]
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Quentin Tarantino opens up about learning Hebrew, his life in Tel Aviv and being an ‘abba’ – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement
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