JERUSALEM – When Jack McCormack signed up for a Birthright trip several months ago, he looked forward to visiting Israel’s holy, historical and cultural sites. More than anything, though, McCormack, 26, was eager to spend time with young Israelis on his first-ever visit to the country. During the trip in mid-July, three Israeli peers — […]
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Azerbaijan opens trade office in Tel Aviv in preparation for future opening of embassy – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement
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(JTA) — Team Israel won’t be repeating its Olympics success in judo from 2016, when two of its judokas won bronze medals in Rio. In Tokyo this summer, there will be no individual medals in a sport in which Israel has won five of the nation’s 10 total Olympic medals. Or “Ori” Sasson, the 2016 […]
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Israel becomes first country to begin giving third COVID vaccine shots – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement
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(JTA) — In 2016, Beatie Deutsch placed sixth in the Jerusalem half marathon. Watching Deutsch, an Israeli born in America, you would have never guessed that she had taken up running only four months earlier. The following year she ran the Tel Aviv Marathon while seven months pregnant with her fifth child (really!). Even while […]
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Israeli forces reportedly kill Palestinian man at funeral for a child also shot dead by soldiers – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement
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(JTA) — When Israel’s current government managed to unseat longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month, it did so by the narrowest of majorities and with the most ideologically diverse coalition in history. Now that the government has turned to governing, it’s unclear what it can accomplish. The coalition, which includes right-wing, centrist and left-wing […]
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Nigeria frees 3 Jewish filmmakers who had been held for weeks in ‘horrendous conditions’ – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement
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Ben & Jerry speak out: We endorse the Ben & Jerry’s West Bank pullout – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement
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Jared Kushner to leave politics to set up investment business with Israel focus, report claims – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement
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