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(JTA) — It was when Mark Zuckerberg said he would allow Holocaust denial on his platform that the Anti-Defamation League realized its partnership with Facebook wasn’t working.
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Ben Sales
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7/2/20
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From the brink of war, the Middle East has moved at dizzying speed to the cusp of peace. Or so we have been led to believe.
The issues at hand are Iran and Syria – and incidentally, there is good reason to feel some relief from that fact, …
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Ben Cohen
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9/30/13
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As reported six months ago in the Jewish Voice (“Visit to Rhode Island an eye-opening experience for leaders of Nigeria’s Gihon Synagogue,” Oct. 11, 2013), this past September, two members of the Igbo Jewish community of Abuja, Elder Ovadia …
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Shai Afsai
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3/27/14
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AMSTERDAM (JTA) – The mayor of Amsterdam pledged $1.27 million for the protection of Jewish institutions.
Eberhard van der Laan informed the City Council Dec. 11 of his decision to allocate the funds next year to 15 Jewish organizations that …
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12/25/15
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JTA – News that Spain is proposing to offer citizenship to the descendants of Jews expelled in the 15th and 16th centuries spread like wildfire in Israel.
Within hours of the Spanish government’s announcement last month, the Israeli website …
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Cnaan Liphshiz
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3/27/14
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(JTA) – The world has had a crash course on Volodymyr Zelensky in recent days, as the Ukrainian president has galvanized his country against an unprovoked attack by neighboring Russia.
The …
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PHILISSA CRAMER
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3/6/22
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JTA – A publisher from Berlin is preparing to launch the first German-language children’s edition of the Torah since 1964.
The first volume of “Tell your Children-The Torah in Five Volumes” is scheduled to be offered for sale next …
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3/27/14
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JTA – A bill celebrating immigration to Israel, or aliyah, was submitted to the Knesset.
Yom HaAliyah, or Aliyah Day, would be marked on the 10th day of the Hebrew month of Nissan, five days before Passover.
The national holiday would …
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3/27/14
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JTA – Employees of the Foreign Ministry in Israel declared a general strike, shutting down the country’s 103 embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions around the world.
The strike, which is open ended, was called on Sunday, March 23 …
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3/27/14
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – Bill Richardson, the former U.N. ambassador known for his efforts to release American captives overseas, called on President Obama to free Jonathan Pollard immediately.
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12/19/13
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