Photo Credit: Flash90 A child observes the candles on a fully lit Hanukkah menorah, {Originally posted to the JNS website} Hanukkah’s popularity with American Jews was largely the result of a futile though determined effort to compete with Christmas. While enjoying freedom, prosperity and influence that was unprecedented in the history of the Diaspora, American […]
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Photo Credit: Pixabay / Stux illustrative Do you live in Israel, and if so, are you one of the 15.7 percent of Israelis who were smart enough to get their flu shot this season? So far this season (2019-2020), there have been 10 influenza-related deaths; the most recent came on the first day of Chanukah, […]
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Photo Credit: Pixabay Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi and Kashruth Superviser Yossi Bialo of Beachwood, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland) passed away Monday night (Dec. 23) at the age of 34. Rabbi Bialo was responsible for the kosher supervision at the Menorah Park assisted living facility in Beachwood. He was also a beloved member of the Cleveland Chabad […]
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Photo Credit: Hana Levi Julian (illustrative) A 65-year-old Orthodox Jewish man was punched in the face, kicked and beaten Tuesday in a vicious attack on a New York City street that took place on the second day of Chanukah. The victim was attacked because he was an easily identifiable Jew, according to City Council member […]
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Hundreds of animals will soon be released after a nonprofit organization Rewild has managed to raise €677,000 in 7 days from 23.3K donors on Go Fund Me to buy the Pont-Scorff zoo. The Pont-Scorff Zoo in Brittany, France, will release all its animals and turn it into an animal rehabilitation center. Le zoo de Pont-Scorff peut-il […]
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Prince Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, Katherine Giminaro, Joseph B. Giminaro and Guests ©BFA Who can say No to Venice especially when they invite you to meet the Prince of Venice at the same time? That’s why the Italian restaurant-10 Corso Como, in the South Street Seaport New York City, was packed with beautiful young people […]
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Photo Credit: Eyal Basson, courtesy of Israel Ministry of Health Medical cannabis In what is considered to be a global first, the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) has announced it will establish a state-sponsored incubator for start-ups focused on medical marijuana. The CanNegev center will be located in Yeruham, a town in the Negev desert and […]
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[embedded content] Click here to get a lifesaving EpiPen into the hands of a United Hatzalah volunteer! One recent evening, a babysitter was looking after some children in their home when one of the younger boys, who was severely allergic to milk products, was jealous of his siblings happily munching on pizza. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ […]
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Photo Credit: Marc Israel Sellem / POOL Israel’s Leviathan gas field gas processing rig near the Israeli city of Caesarea. January 31, 2019 Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) on Monday announced that the Leviathan gas field operator Noble Energy did not meet the necessary criteria for operational testing and ordered to postpone the procedure […]
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Photo Credit: Hadas Parush / Flash 90 Inside the Likud troops carrier: Gideon Sa’ar (R) with Miri Regev, Gilad Erdan (standing) and Ofir Akunis, September 18, 2019. Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan has announced that he is supporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Likud primary leadership race this Thursday against his challenger, MK Gideon […]
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