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Meanwhile, Israel’s Ministry of Health recommends that pregnant and nursing women get inoculated, in consultation with their doctors.
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The Abraham Accords are good news for houbara bustards, an iconic desert bird and flagship species of dwindling numbers.
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Along with the Islamic Republic, Niger, Libya, the Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, South Sudan and Zimbabwe also had their voting rights revoked by the international body.
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“Let’s already plan for the years ahead,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells the heads of Austria, Australia, Norway, Denmark, Greece and the Czech Republic.
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Professor Gili Regev-Yochay of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit at Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer says it’s reasonable to assume that those who receive two doses will not be carriers or contagious.
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Granit’s Paris eatery, Shabour, opened a year and a half ago and immediately became a hit with both customers and critics.
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(JTA) — Sheldon Silver, the disgraced former speaker of the New York State Assembly, is among the last tranche of people President Donald Trump will grant clemency before he leaves office Wednesday.
An 18-month trial began in 2017 at the Nuclear Research Center Negev in Dimona, Israel, when 294 workers in their 50s with abdominal obesity were randomly divided into three groups: healthy dietary regimen, Mediterranean diet and green Mediterranean diet.
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Israel Defense Ministry official says “Kit 300” was developed by former IDF soldiers who experienced firsthand what it was like to be overly exposed to the enemy.
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(JTA) — Two well-known Polish Holocaust historians are on trial for alleged defamation over their claim that late mayor of a town near Warsaw who saved one Jewish woman was involved in the murder of 22 other Jews.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Orthodox Union expressed confidence in President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for Homeland Security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, and called for an “expeditious” confirmation, an exceptional statement spurred by concerns about rising extremist violence and anti-Semitism.
Alejandro Mayorkas “was very helpful in the implementation” of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said the Jewish organization.
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The agreement came a month after Morocco agreed to normalize ties with Israel, joining the U.S.-brokered Abraham Accords that currently includes the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan.
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(JTA) — In an annual survey of British Jewish adults, two-thirds said Jews have a future in the United Kingdom — the highest level of confidence since 2015.
The outgoing U.S. president set a new standard among Republicans for what it means to be pro-Israel.
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The European Union condemns the move, ordered by Netanyahu on Jan. 11, as “contrary to international law.”
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In a special ceremony in the City of David, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman dedicates a plaque commemorating the “unbreakable bond” between Israel and the U.S.
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The PAC was formed by Republicans and former Republicans to prevent the re-election of Donald Trump and Republicans close Senate re-election races.
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(JTA) — As the videos of George Floyd’s killing galvanized a historic wave of racial justice protests this past summer, the staff of one of the country’s leading organizations promoting Jews of color knew they had to make a big change.
“We will not allow organizations that call Israel an ‘apartheid state’ to lecture to students who are about to enlist in the military,” says Yoav Gallant, applying Knesset legislation enacted in 2018.
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According to the agreement, the MoH will provide epidemiological info to the pharmaceutical giant in exchange for the ongoing delivery of the BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
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The military “is prepared and ready to act as resolutely as necessary against attempts to harm Israeli citizens and sovereignty,” says the IDF.
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This year, the Tel Aviv Samsung Marathon enables runners around the world to take part in the annual event via a specialized app.
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(JTA) — Phil Spector, the massively influential rock composer and producer who murdered a woman and spent his declining years in jail, died at 81.
(JTA) — An executive at the national Jewish fraternity AEPi said he has no problem being affiliated with a campus organization that took part in the pro-Trump rally that led to the insurrection at the Capitol.
(JTA) — The 2017 donor-advised grant San Francisco’s Jewish Community Federation channeled to a right-wing group implicated in President Donald Trump’s attempts to undo the 2020 election was an anomaly and can be remedied through training, said Eric Fingerhut, the CEO of the Jewish Federatio…
“Though Britain remains one of the best countries in the world in which to live as a Jew, almost a fifth still feel unwelcome in this country,” said Gideon Falter, chief executive of Campaign Against Antisemitism.
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(JTA) — A Moroccan institution has with official government backing signed an agreement with the U.S. State Department to combat anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, the second such agreement in the Arab Middle East.
"I must say that over the years I have met many ambassadors from many countries, including from the U.S., our great ally, but I can say that there was never a better ambassador than David Friedman in establishing the deep ties between Israel and the U.S.," said Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
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White supremacy, as demonstrated by the events Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., is a continuing threat both to American Jews and to national security, the head of the Anti-Defamation League said at a Jan. 15 webinar.
Iran's use of the technology has “potentially grave military implications” and "no credible civilian use," say France, Germany and the U.K.
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An Israeli official tells a London-based Arabic news outlet that the Saudis have cut off all behind-the-scenes coordination with Israel.
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“Arab leaders that succumbed to Trump's pressure will share his fate,” says Fatah Central Committee Secretary General Jibril Rajoub.
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(JTA) — Hackers shut down an Atlanta synagogue’s live stream of Senator-Elect Raphael Warnock delivering a sermon to honor Martin Luther King, whose church he leads.
(JTA) — Benjamin de Rothschild, a French-Jewish banker who has donated generously to Israel, including $22 million for the country’s effort to beat COVID-19, has died. He was 57.
(JTA) — Sylvain Sylvain, a guitarist best known for anchoring the influential 1970s band the New York Dolls after his Jewish family left Egypt because of rising anti-Semitism, has died at 69.
(JTA) — The rapper Flo Milli uses part of the classic “Fiddler on the Roof” song “If I Were a Rich Man” in her latest single titled “Roaring 20s.”
(JTA) — As Jordan Hersh watched on TV as supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol building Jan. 6, he had a thought unique to most American rabbis: It might be time to head to his second job.
Mariannette Miller-Meeks notes parallels when it comes to entrepreneurship, economic growth, democratic principles such as the freedom of speech, the freedom of religion, respect for private property rights and a similar belief in universal human rights.
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The portion of Virginia Avenue was chosen because of its proximity to the Watergate complex, where the late justice made her home.
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Monday, January 18, 2021
(JTA) — Sheldon Silver, the disgraced former speaker of the New York State Assembly, is among the last tranche of people President Donald Trump will grant clemency before he leaves office Wednesday.
(JTA) — Two well-known Polish Holocaust historians are on trial for alleged defamation over their claim that late mayor of a town near Warsaw who saved one Jewish woman was involved in the mur…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Orthodox Union expressed confidence in President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for Homeland Security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, and called for an “expeditious” confirmation…
(JTA) — In an annual survey of British Jewish adults, two-thirds said Jews have a future in the United Kingdom — the highest level of confidence since 2015.
(JTA) — As the videos of George Floyd’s killing galvanized a historic wave of racial justice protests this past summer, the staff of one of the country’s leading organizations promoting Jews o…
Sunday, January 17, 2021
(JTA) — Phil Spector, the massively influential rock composer and producer who murdered a woman and spent his declining years in jail, died at 81.
(JTA) — An executive at the national Jewish fraternity AEPi said he has no problem being affiliated with a campus organization that took part in the pro-Trump rally that led to the insurrectio…
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Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Meanwhile, Israel’s Ministry of Health recommends that pregnant and nursing women get inoculated, in consultation with their doctors.
The post Israelis over the age of 40 now eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccine appeared first on JNS.org.
The Abraham Accords are good news for houbara bustards, an iconic desert bird and flagship species of dwindling numbers.
The post Israel, UAE give wing to preservation of rare desert bird appeared first on JNS.org.
Along with the Islamic Republic, Niger, Libya, the Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, South Sudan and Zimbabwe also had their voting rights revoked by the international body.
The post Iran stripped of General Assembly voting rights over $16.2 million debt to UN coffers appeared first on JNS.org.
“Let’s already plan for the years ahead,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells the heads of Austria, Australia, Norway, Denmark, Greece and the Czech Republic.
The post Netanyahu urges world leaders to ‘pool’ scientific, economic efforts amid pandemic appeared first on JNS.org.
Professor Gili Regev-Yochay of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit at Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer says it’s reasonable to assume that those who receive two doses will not be carriers or contagious.
The post High level of antibodies after second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Israeli study shows appeared first on JNS.org.
Granit’s Paris eatery, Shabour, opened a year and a half ago and immediately became a hit with both customers and critics.
The post Israeli chef Assaf Granit awarded Michelin star appeared first on JNS.org.
Monday, January 18, 2021
An 18-month trial began in 2017 at the Nuclear Research Center Negev in Dimona, Israel, when 294 workers in their 50s with abdominal obesity were randomly divided into three groups: healthy dietary regimen, Mediterranean diet and green Mediterranean diet.
The post Study: Green Mediterranean diet lessens liver fat, cuts non-alcoholic liver disease by half appeared first on JNS.org.
