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The woman using AI to bring aid to civilians in war-torn Lebanon
Last autumn Hania Zataari, a mechanical engineer who works for Lebanon’s Ministry of Industry put her skills to use as war in the country…
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2024: Hottest year on record
Global temperatures in 2024 exceeded 1.5 Celsius above the pre-industrial era for the first time, bringing the world closer to breaching the pledge governments made under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, scientists said on Friday.
The World…
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A synagogue that survived the Palisades fire has become a ‘refuge’ for many who lost their homes
Two blocks away: a school reduced to ruins. Across the street: rubble. Under the door: ashes. And yet at Kehillat Israel, things look much the same as they did at the beginning of the week, before the fires.
That’s what the…
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Jewish hockey player Ozzy Wiesblatt’s unlikely journey to the NHL
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Good morning and happy Friday!
Today’s Jewish Sport Report comes to you from my hotel room in Anaheim, California, where my…
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What will Trump’s Iran policy look like? – Mondoweiss
Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump adopted an aggressive Iran policy in his first term. He withdrew from the Obama administration’s Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), adopted harsh sanctions on the country, and assassinated…
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London Police ask upcoming pro-Palestinian rally to move away from synagogue
A planned pro-Palestinian march in London is rebuffing police orders to move its starting point after complaints that it will disrupt a nearby synagogue’s Shabbat services.
The rally by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign is due…
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The crisis of mental illness, teen suicides among Israel’s youth
Israelis are a resilient people. Despite Oct. 7, sirens, terror attacks, harrowing red alerts with missiles flying overhead, and COVID isolation, which all took tolls on our well-being, somehow we are still going about our lives, fighting,…
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Gaza war death toll could be significantly higher, researchers say
The Palestinian death toll from the war in Gaza could be substantially higher than official figures reported by the Hamas-run health ministry, research published in The Lancet medical journal suggests.
The UK-led study covered the first nine…
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