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Tel Aviv’s Drag Festival 2025
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“I think we can continue our lives, we can continue celebrating,” said the show’s host, Kimberly Swan. “But the most important thing right now in our country is to bring our…
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‘ I imagined the girls murdered at Nova,’ Israel’s Eurovision pick, massacre survivor
“When I sang ‘Dancing Queen’ on stage, I imagined the girls murdered at the Nova Music Festival dancing with me. It hurts so much,” Yuval Raphael, Israel’s 2025 Eurovision Song Competition representative, said in an interview with Ynet on…Continue Reading
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Fireworks fired at hotel housing Israeli soccer team in Norway
Protests and fireworks disrupted Maccabi Tel Aviv’s preparation in Norway ahead of their Europa League match against Bodø/Glimt on Thursday. Demonstrators outside the airport held signs with messages such as “Stop Killing Children” and…Continue Reading
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Nova massacre survivor Yuval Raphael to represent Israel at Eurovision 2025
Yuval Raphael, a 24-year-old survivor of the Oct. 7 Nova music festival massacre, was crowned Israel’s Eurovision representative Wednesday night after winning the finale of the reality competition The Next Star for Eurovision.
Raphael triumphed…
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Freed hostage Emily Damari thanks Tottenham fans for campaigning for her release
Three days after her release from Hamas captivity, Emily Damari, a 28-year-old dual Israeli-British citizen and avid Tottenham Hotspur fan, met with Max Radford, a Jewish Spurs supporter who campaigned extensively for her freedom. Radford had…
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Israel’s future doctors look overseas
As the war in Gaza drives more young Israelis to seek opportunities abroad, the Czech Republic has emerged as a popular destination for medical studies. Professor Martin Vokurka, dean of the First Faculty of Medicine at Charles University in…
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Lee Yaron’s account of Oct. 7 attacks named Jewish book of the year
Israeli journalist Lee Yaron’s account of the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel and their aftermath was named the book of the year at the 74th National Jewish Book Awards, making her the youngest author ever to win the honor.
The…
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Israeli hockey teams make history with first American match
In a milestone development for Israeli ice sports, the country’s top professional hockey teams are set to make their North American debut, showcasing Israel’s growing presence in the international hockey scene.
The Jerusalem Capitals…
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SmartAID regional officer describes lifesaving efforts in LA
When we picture the wildfires’ blazing path of death, destruction and displacement through greater Los Angeles, kidney dialysis patients probably aren’t the first victims we think of.
But aid workers on the ground, like Seth Lasry,…
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Where was God in the Holocaust? A NY poet and activist asks the question in a book of ‘psalms’
Of the 150 psalms in the book known in Hebrew as “Tehillim,” the 23rd may be the best known: “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.”
The late rabbi Adin Steinsaltz explained that the verse compares the speaker to…
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