For centuries after the Romans destroyed the Second Temple in 70 CE and then razed Jerusalem in 135 CE, renaming it Aelia Capitolina, Jews were banned from living in the city that had represented the beating heart of their national and…
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1,300-year-old menorah pendant suggests Rome’s ban on Jews from Jerusalem was a failure
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The Kanaani Cat Breed — The Cat of Hanukkah
Hanukkah is a festival of light that enters the home and remains there. It is a light that does not demand proof and does not require explanation. It is kindled candle by candle and quietly becomes part of family life, children’s joy, and the…
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How will US respond to the killing of three of its soldiers in Syria? | Syria’s War
Washington has blamed ISIL (ISIS) for the attack and promised retaliation.
Three US soldiers have been killed in an attack in Syria’s central city of Palmyra.
It is the first known deadly attack on US forces since former Syrian President Bashar…
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With all my heart
I look out at the world and wonder what it’s about as men with hate shout, with people full of doubt I look at world leaders and wonder if they know what to do each day or is it just a show I wonder at…
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When Saying ‘I’m Jewish’ Reminds Me of Our Strength and Why Israel Matters
Within a 10-day period, recent attacks including the December 3rd incident at Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Koreatown, the drive by shooting in Redlands, California on December 12th, the antisemitic terrorist attack at a Jewish Hanukkah…
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Scheduling a Festival on the Heels of War
Historic accounts often frame war in romantic and distant terms, charting points on the arc of history — where clashes give way to ideas and nation-states emerge vanquished or victors. The American novelist Stephen Crane, in his novel The Red…
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Trump signs executive order labeling fentanyl ‘weapon of mass destruction’ | Donald Trump News
Label is the latest instance of Trump using militarised, symbolic language to justify US operations against drug smuggling.
Washington, DC – United States President Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order labelling fentanyl, and…
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Trump says deal to end Ukraine war ‘closer than ever’ after Berlin talks | Russia-Ukraine war News
US President Donald Trump has said that an agreement to end Russia’s war on Ukraine is “closer than ever” after key leaders held talks in Berlin, but several officials said that significant differences remain over territorial issues.
Trump…
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Consider This from NPR : NPR
Mourners gather at the Bondi Pavilion as people pay tribute to the victims of a mass shooting at Bondi Beach yesterday, on…
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Why Australia’s Antisemitism Feels Like a Warning
What a violent attack in Australia exposes about Jewish vulnerability in Canada An antisemitic attack targeting Jewish life in Australia just as the Jewish world was about to celebrate the first light of Hanukkah left a community shaken and once…
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