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Facing a constant barrage of rockets from Hamas terrorists in Gaza, Israel’s economy is proving just as dependable during the current crisis as the much-acclaimed Iron Dome missile defense system, helped in part by capital investments made …
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Dmitriy Shapiro
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8/19/14
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JNS.org – Is the age-old trend of Jews retiring to South Florida on the decline? It depends how you look at the numbers, according to demographer Dr. Ira Sheskin.
“Even though the percentage coming to Florida may be down, the number coming …
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Robert Gluck
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8/19/14
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – President Obama signed into law a measure that makes the desecration of cemeteries around the world a violation of religious freedom.
Obama signed the the Protect Cemeteries Act amending the International Religious Freedom …
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8/19/14
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Committee members (left to right): Neil Benharris, Stuart Feldman, Rick Granoff, Jonathan Salinger, John Catania, Michael Kauffman, Andy Lamchick, Wally Menders. Not pictured: Chair David Bazar, Susan Dressler, Alex Finkelman, Ryan Lax, Brock …
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8/19/14
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JTA – Pope Francis has organized an exhibition soccer match with all-star players to promote peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
The “match for the peace” will take place Sept. 1 at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.
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8/19/14
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TEL AVIV (JTA) – South Korea is interested in buying Iron Dome missile defense batteries from the Israeli weapons manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.
South Korea expressed interest, according to Reuters, after Iron Dome achieved a 90 …
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8/19/14
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JTA – Amal Alamuddin, the British attorney engaged to actor George Clooney, declined her nomination to serve on a U.N. panel investigating Israel for possible war crimes in Gaza.
Alamuddin attributed her decision to “prior professional …
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8/19/14
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JTA – It is now open season for those who would like a chunk of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s change and think they have a big idea up their sleeves.
On Aug. 12, the Genesis Prize Foundation announced the launch of the Genesis Generation …
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Anthony Weiss
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8/19/14
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In the beginning of August we had a few small farewell ceremonies with the long-term groups who were hosted in the Gilboa for over a month. These were mostly groups of families from Kfar Aza who stayed at Nir Haemek (Simcha Peer is the president of …
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8/19/14
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In the beginning of July, I began a Jewish Agency course studying about aliyah, the Diaspora, private and collective Jewish identity and, of course, about American customs.
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8/19/14
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