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Hard-hit by COVID, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox slow to get shots
Middle East
December 29, 2021
Hard-hit by COVID, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox slow to get shots
BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — Yossi Levy has repeatedly booked and canceled his coronavirus vaccine appointment. The 45-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jew…
German govt urges wearing of Jewish kippa
World
May 28, 2019
German govt urges wearing of Jewish kippa
The German government has called on people to wear the Jewish kippa ahead of an anti-Israel protest as a demonstration…
Rare look at ancient tomb under Jerusalem
Archaeology
January 25, 2019
Rare look at ancient tomb under Jerusalem
Flashlight beams pierce the darkness and reveal an archaeological gem, an ancient tomb, in underground Jerusalem few have had the…
Israeli student charged with killing Palestinian in rock attack
Middle East
January 24, 2019
Israeli student charged with killing Palestinian in rock attack
LOD, Israel (Reuters) – Israeli prosecutors charged a 16-year-old Jewish seminary student with manslaughter on Thursday over a rock-throwing attack…
Israeli Arabs to embrace Netanyahu’s slogan in election
Middle East
January 22, 2019
Israeli Arabs to embrace Netanyahu’s slogan in election
HAIFA (Reuters) – Lawmakers representing Israeli Arabs plan to commandeer Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim in the last election that…
Trump visits Pittsburgh synagogue after shooting, protesters cry foul
World
October 31, 2018
Trump visits Pittsburgh synagogue after shooting, protesters cry foul
Donald Trump visited Tuesday the Pittsburgh synagogue where 11 people were gunned down at the weekend in an anti-Semitic attack,…
Netanyahu says West Bank Bedouin village eviction delay not indefinite
Middle East
October 21, 2018
Netanyahu says West Bank Bedouin village eviction delay not indefinite
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday his decision to delay the demolition of a Bedouin…
Former US journalist arrested on suspicion of threatening Jewish centers
World
March 4, 2017
Former US journalist arrested on suspicion of threatening Jewish centers
A former journalist, named Juan Thompson, has been arrested in relation to threats to Jewish centers across the US. There…
Former Israeli ambassador claims rights to Cairo’s Jewish manuscripts
Egypt
December 31, 2015
Former Israeli ambassador claims rights to Cairo’s Jewish manuscripts
Israel’s sixth ambassador to Cairo has demanded Jewish manuscripts kept in the capital’s most famous synagogue to be transferred to…
Niqab is Jewish habit: Al-Azhar professor
Egypt
December 1, 2015
Niqab is Jewish habit: Al-Azhar professor
Wearing the niqab is a Jewish habit and has nothing to do with piety, said Amna Nosseir, a professor of…