BY BEN SALES
JTA – Jewish converts in America may have a much harder time being accepted in Israel because of a new set of regulations proposed by Israel’s Chief Rabbinate.
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6/7/18
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JTA – What should an army do when tens of thousands of protesters mass on its border?
When that happened on Gaza’s border with Israel recently, Israeli soldiers opened fire on …
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BEN SALES
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5/26/18
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As a lifelong Rhode Islander who works with seniors, I’m pretty familiar with what the golden years look like around here.
I know, for example, that in Providence, old friends …
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NAOMI FINK COTRONE
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4/19/18
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There are plenty of options for travel to Israel. Local synagogues organize trips. So do nonprofit organizations in the United States and around the world. Travel agencies put together trips, too. …
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JEWISH VOICE STAFF
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4/19/18
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Israel has a right to exist as a state, but stopped short of saying it should be recognized as a Jewish state.
The remarks …
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4/4/18
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JTA – One year after Israel’s establishment, in the dead of night, three students ascended a tower at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and raised the Israeli …
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BEN SALES
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4/4/18
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(Kveller via JTA) – I have three children. Three healthy, wonderful, grown-up children. I have a wonderful husband. And I have a father, a brother and sister-in-law, and other friends and …
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Susan Hornstein
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2/16/18
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JTA – The Israel Police recommended that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on bribery and breach of trust charges in two alleged corruption cases.
The recommendation, made …
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2/15/18
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JTA – American billionaire investor Stephen Schwarzman, an economic consultant to President Donald Trump, has given $10 million to the National Library of Israel in what reportedly is the …
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2/15/18
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JTA – Israel and Iran have been clashing for years. But on Feb. 10, their war of words briefly became an actual fight.
In short succession, Iran sent a drone into Israel, Israel shot it …
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Ben Sales
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2/15/18
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