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Troubling Trends

Michael Kuttner — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:12:12 +0000

“Put not your trust in princes.” The author of Psalm 146 must have known a thing or two about the potential deceitfulness of those who profess to be allies and friends. It is a stark warning against placing too much hope or reliance on human leaders. At certain times, it was a reminder that alliances […]

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SmartAID’s AI mapping brings hope to Ukraine’s landmine struggle

J-Wire Newsdesk — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 06:02:51 +0000

Israel’s SmartAID – Sun Flower” team is efficiently mapping large areas spanning hundreds of hectares contaminated with landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) by deploying drones equipped with advanced AI image recognition software. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the country has faced a devastating landmine and explosive remnants of war crisis. The […]

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Israeli firm pulls water from air in Ukraine after dam collapse

TPS-IL — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 07:24:01 +0000

The Israeli company Watergen has deployed its water-from-air generators to the Ukrainian city of Kherson following last month’s dam collapse in nearby Nova Kakhovka. Each generator can provide 900 litres of drinkable water per day, according to the firm. The dam disaster took place in a region controlled by Russia in southern Ukraine. It led […]

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From Australia’s Jewish Past: Celebrating National Council of Jewish Women NSW Division’s 100th anniversary

Features Desk — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 05:17:25 +0000

Whilst NCJWA NSW is not the only organisation in our community to have reached its 100th anniversary – it certainly is a milestone to celebrate and provides the year ahead with lots of activity. March across NCJWA has always been Council Month and the first Shabbat has always been celebrated at a synagogue service. It […]

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One year into the war, the displacement, physically and emotionally, of Ukrainian Jews

Mike Wagenheim - JNS — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 06:19:12 +0000

The term “displaced persons” doesn’t always adequately capture how much of a geographical impact wars have. Diana Bukman, who is now half a world away from a colleague in Ukraine and reconnected in Israel with her ex-husband, knows that all too well. Moving to Israel was what made her first marriage fall apart. Her then-husband […]

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A new page in the Russo-Iranian partnership

Ilan Berman — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 05:21:44 +0000

In July 2022, against the backdrop of the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin embarked on a notable foreign trip. Amid mounting international censure and growing hostility from the outside world, Putin travelled to Tehran to meet with Iranian officials and formally usher in a new phase in the long-running strategic partnership between the two […]

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15,000 Ukrainian Jews have immigrated to Israel since war began

Pesach Benson — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 05:34:42 +0000

Ahead of the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Israeli officials reported that in the last year, 15,000 Ukrainian Jews have immigrated to Israel. The numbers were based on figures provided by the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption and by the Jewish Agency, a quasi-governmental agency that facilitates Jewish immigration. According to their figures, […]

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West seeks Russia ‘Final Solution’: Lavrov

J-Wire — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 07:18:22 +0000

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States has assembled a coalition of European countries to solve “the Russian question” in the same way that Adolf Hitler had sought a “final solution” to eradicate Europe’s Jews. Lavrov, who caused an international furore last year with remarks about Hitler, said Washington was using the same […]

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2022: The year FUD took off

Ben Cohen — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 05:47:08 +0000

There were many occasions during 2022 when events in the news almost tricked us into thinking that we were living in an earlier time. The clearest example of what I mean is Russia’s brutal and illegal invasion of Ukraine, launched at the end of February. In ideological terms, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime is fighting […]

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Chanukah youth activity for new arrivals from Ukraine and Russia

J-Wire Newsdesk — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 05:42:55 +0000

The National Library of Israel hosted 50 young persons who recently arrived from Ukraine and Russia for a “Winter Art Lab”. This in-person program for aged 12-20-year-olds ran from December 20-22, 2022, at the Library in Jerusalem and culminated with a closing event at the Library in Jerusalem. Throughout the three days, the young people […]

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