The Rhode Island Jewish community supports an Israel experience as an integral part of a student’s education and growing Jewish identity. Thanks to several area families’ generosity, …
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LARRY KATZ
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2/6/20
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TEL AVIV ( JTA ) – Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has called for a “reverse Birthright” that would take Israelis to see the American Jewish community firsthand.
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BEN SALES
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10/25/18
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(JTA) – Israeli firefighters arrived in Sacramento, California, to assist with battling a wave of wildfires sweeping through the area. It marked the first time that Israelis have been sent to …
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9/3/20
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JTA – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and representatives of Israel’s private sector met with African leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly to discuss Israeli …
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9/29/16
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JERUSALEM (JTA) – An Israeli personal trainer drowned while attempting to save the life of a stranger struggling in the water off an Ashdod beach.
On Aug. 19, Yohai Elkayam was strolling …
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8/23/18
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JERUSALEM (JTA) – Uri Avnery, a longtime peace activist and one of the first Israelis to advocate for the establishment of a Palestinian state, has died.
Avnery was among the first …
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8/23/18
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JTA – Israel reissued tenders for the construction of residential units in eastern Jerusalem.
The Israel Lands Authority recently published tenders for 708 homes in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo.
The tenders were reissued as …
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4/24/14
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If you travel to the Golan Heights, be sure you don’t miss a short visit in Ein Kanaf.
What? It is a natural spring in Moshav Kanaf. The spring serves as a memorial to fallen veterans …
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Or Cohen
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2/6/20
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli lawmaker Tzipi Livni announced that she would exit politics at the end of the current Knesset term, and pulled her HaTnua party out of the upcoming national elections. The party’s recent poll numbers showed that it would not make the electoral threshold to enter the next Knesset.
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Marcy Oster
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2/19/19
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(JTA) – In his first Paralympic Games, 21-year-old Israeli swimmer Mark Malyar has made history: He won gold for Team Israel and set a new world record in the men’s 200-meter individual …
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9/6/21
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