When Isabella Vinci stepped out of the mikvah on Nov. 11, 2021, she thought she had done everything that would be required to become Jewish. A rabbinic court had approved her conversion after nearly a year of study with Rabbi Andrue Kahn at…
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Which Israeli Company Will Supply the IDF’s Latest and Most Advanced Sniper Rifles?
Another Round in the Israeli Firearms Race
Israeli arms manufacturers such as IWI and ARI Arms are expected to compete for a government contract to provide thousands of 7.62 caliber guns, at up to 6,500 shekels per rifle, to the IDF….
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ICJ orders Israel to allow aid into Gaza and says restrictions breached international obligations | Israel
Israel must allow aid into Gaza, and its restrictions on doing so over the past two years have put it in breach of its obligations, the UN’s top court has found.
The stinging advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice in The Hague…
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Mother of Freed Hostage Nimrod Cohen: ‘My Son Is Exposed to Slander and Incitement Against the Family’
Vicki Cohen at the Cohen family house in Rehovot, Wednesday. Credit: Tomer Appelbaum
Nimrod Cohen, one of 20 hostages released from Hamas captivity last week, lost 33 pounds and feared for his life amid Israeli airstrikes. His father, Yehuda, has…
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Jewish figures call for sanctions on Israel
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'Another corrupt ruling': US slams ICJ ruling favoring UNRWA despite Hamas ties
US condemns an ICJ ruling ordering Israel to allow Gaza aid via UNRWA, calling it corrupt and politicized: “Nothing more than a partisan political tool.”
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How Musicians Boycotting Israel Help Netanyahu More Than Palestinians
It is common knowledge in Israel that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s favorite album is the soundtrack to the film adaptation of Twilight (2008), and that his favorite song off of it is “Decode,” by Paramore. He likes the atmospheric guitars,…
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Haredi anti-draft protests decry dodgers’ arrests, co-opting hostage families’ rhetoric
Haredi anti-draft demonstrators protested nationwide Wednesday against the arrest of three yeshiva students the previous night, as the IDF ramps up its enforcement action against ultra-Orthodox draft evaders.
To publicize the mass…
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Aide to Republican candidate for NJ governor says he isn’t ‘taking money from Jews’
Jack Ciattarelli comes under fire from Democratic rival Mikie Sherrill after he doesn’t condemn remarks made in front of him at campaign dinner with Muslim group
The post Aide to Republican candidate for NJ governor says he isn’t ‘taking money…
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'He promised a better life for his family': Body of Thai hostage flown home from Israel
Sonthaya Oakkharasri came to Israel in 2018 to work in agriculture and was taken hostage while working in an Avocado orchard in the Gaza border communities. Seventy-two foreign citizens were killed and 35 were kidnapped on Oct. 7, 31 of them Thai
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