Alternative universe
February 5, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
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“We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusions. The great task in life is to find reality.” Read more
Biden and Israel’s unsteady right
December 7, 2020 by Caroline Glick
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In an interview with the New York Times on Tuesday, presumptive President-elect Joe Biden reaffirmed his plan to return the United States to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. Read more
Jewish reporter attacked in Brooklyn during protests against COVID restrictions
October 9, 2020 by Jackson Richman - JNS
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A reporter was attacked in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Wednesday night while covering protests by haredi Jews against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s new coronavirus restrictions, including closing schools and yeshivahs, and his threatening to shutter synagogues and other houses of worship. Read more
Haredi: It’s OK to use the phone on Shabbat
April 5, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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ZAKA Search and Rescue volunteers visited the homes of over 60 confirmed coronavirus cases among haredi communities in Israel during this Shabbat in order to ensure they immediately self-isolate. Read more
Creating options and opportunities for haredi youth to serve in the IDF
September 27, 2019 by Yaakov Lappin - JNS.org
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A recent political deadlock over the issue of drafting haredi (ultra-Orthodox) youths into the Israel Defence Forces was one of the key reasons that led Israelis to the polls last week for the second time in less than six months. Read more
Jewish labels are meaningless to anti-Semites
October 31, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
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Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau didn’t intend to say anything that would wound American Jews in the wake of the mass slaughter at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue…Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more
New Religious Leadership Needed…writes Isi Leibler
November 28, 2013 by Isi Leibler
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There was hardly a murmur when former Chief Rabbi Metzger was arrested for the second time and placed under house arrest on suspicion of money laundering, bribery and obstruction of justice. Read more