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Dozens of Palestinians injured in police clashes as Jewish extremists chanting ‘Death to Arabs’ march in Jerusalem
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Jerusalem Clashes between Palestinians from east Jerusalem and Israeli police around the Damascus gate entrance to the Old City erupted in a night of unrest that earlier saw Jewish extremists marching through anothe...
AOC meets with NYC Jewish group for first time — ending what some called a snub
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Ocasio-Cortez, now in her second term in Congress, told the head of the Jewish Community Relations Council, Michael Miller, she hadn’t yet met with city or statewide Jewish groups sooner because she has been "focused...
Police shut down ultra-Orthodox Jewish wedding with 150 guests amid London lockdown
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London Police in London shut down an ultra-Orthodox Jewish wedding with approximately 150 guests on Thursday. The organizer faces a £10,000 ($ 13,700) fine for breaking England's coronavirus lockdown, according to p...
Jonathan Pollard, spy who passed US secrets to Israel, arrives in Jewish state to start new life
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Tel Aviv Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard arrived in Israel from the United States on Wednesday, more than three decades after he was jailed for passing secrets to the state. The US Justice Department ended Pollard's ...
Catholic diocese and Orthodox Jewish synagogues ask Supreme Court to block New York’s Covid limits
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While incidences of Covid spike across the country, the Supreme Court is once again considering arguments from houses of worship that say pandemic-related restrictions are violating their religious freedom rights. ...
A German man’s Nazi grandfather took over a Jewish man’s store. He tracked down his descendants to apologize
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Thomas Edelmann was born in Germany more than 25 years after the Allies defeated Hitler. Yet last year, following an unexpected marketing call, the 49-year-old businessman contacted a retired teacher in Israel to a...
Michigan Jewish cemetery desecrated with ‘pro-Trump’ messages
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Numerous headstones at a Jewish cemetery in Grand Rapids, Michigan, were vandalized with "pro-Trump" messages, the Grand Rapids Police Department said Tuesday. The desecration was found at the Ahavas Israel Cemetery...
Members of Orthodox Jewish community protest in Brooklyn after new Covid-19 restrictions
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Members of the Orthodox Jewish community protested and set items on fire in Borough Park, Brooklyn, in New York City late Tuesday, hours after the state announced strict new coronavirus-related restrictions. The are...
In a year filled with pandemic and election madness, the Jewish New Year allows for a time to reflect and renew
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Can this year just stop already? It's a thought ricocheting around the world as we cope with Covid-19, quarantine, wildfires and hurricanes. Now it can. Rosh Hashanah, which marks the Jewish New Year, begins Frida...
Trump turns Rosh Hashanah call with Jewish leaders into campaign pitch
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President Donald Trump participated in a call about the high holidays with Jewish leaders on Wednesday, but it veered into a campaign pitch where the President pleaded for more support from Jewish voters in the elec...
More than 1,000 Jewish pilgrims blocked from entering Ukraine over coronavirus fears
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More than 1,000 Orthodox Jews are waiting on the Belarus-Ukraine border, after their attempts to enter the country for a religious pilgrimage were rebuffed due to coronavirus concerns. Ukrainian government video f...