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Netherlands returns looted Kandinsky painting to Jewish family
JTA — A Dutch committee charged with assessing and acting on claims about artwork stolen from Jews before and during the Holocaust has determined that a painting by Wassily Kandinsky should be returned to the family of the Jewish woman who likely owned it prior to the Holocaust. The family of Johanna Margarethe Stern-Lippmann, who […]
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Lebanon fails to elect new president as political crisis deepens
Lebanon’s parliament failed to elect a new president after a first round of voting Thursday amid deep divisions over a replacement for Michel Aoun whose term expires next month. A majority of lawmakers cast blank ballots, suggesting the election process is likely to drag on, an outcome Lebanon can ill afford as it wrestles with […]
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Defying West, Russia says it will annex four occupied Ukraine regions Friday
MOSCOW, Russia — Moscow will formally annex four Russia-occupied regions of Ukraine at a Kremlin ceremony on Friday, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Thursday. “Tomorrow in the Georgian Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace at 3 pm. (1200 GMT) a signing ceremony will take place on the incorporation of the new territories into Russia,” spokesman […]
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Palestinians say boy, 7, killed in fall after being chased by IDF soldiers
Attorney general opposes Balad disqualification from Knesset run Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara is recommending that the Central Elections Committee not bar the hardline nationalist Palestinian Balad party from running in upcoming Knesset elections. Baharav-Miara writes in an opinion submitted to the vetting panel that though “Balad is still close to meeting the bar outside of […]
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Jews. In their own words – an act of atonement by the Royal Court
When the name Hershel Fink was given to the character of a morally bankrupt non-Jewish billionaire in a play at the Royal Court last year, there was an outcry from Jews, an admission by the theatre of unconscious bias and a last-second change (to Henry Finn). Putting on Jews. In Their Own Words. is an […]
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Jews. In their own words – a chance to speak up
When the name Hershel Fink was given to the character of a morally bankrupt non-Jewish billionaire in a play at the Royal Court last year, there was an outcry from Jews, an admission by the theatre of unconscious bias and a last-second change (to Henry Finn). Putting on Jews. In Their Own Words. is an […]
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Lebanon’s parliament fails to elect president as political paralysis continues
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament on Thursday failed to elect a new president, with the majority of lawmakers casting blank ballots and some walking out. Under Lebanon’s fragile sectarian power-sharing system, the country’s 128-member parliament votes for a president, who must be a Maronite Christian. That’s a challenging threshold, and in the context of the […]
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Brazilian Jews and Arabs hold hummus championship to celebrate coexistence
Brazilian Jews, Christians and Muslims celebrated their peaceful coexistence in Latin America’s largest nation with a competition centered on one of the Middle East’s signature foods. The Hebraica Jewish club in Sao Paulo organized and hosted an inaugural Abrahamic Hummus Championship last Wednesday, timed to the United Nations’ International Day of Peace. Around 150 people […]
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Daily Briefing Sept 29: How Solomon’s mines razed environment; justice for rebel MK?
Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Political correspondent Tal Schneider and environment reporter Sue Surkes join host Amanda Borschel-Dan. Yesterday we heard the news that the Central Elections Committee had disqualified former lawmaker […]
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Stop them … before they burn the whole region down
World leaders gather, these days, at the 77th session of the UNGA, and the main address for all speakers, from presidents and representatives of states, is international peace and security. Continue Reading News Source: english.palinfo.com