Author: Jmedia Manager
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Israel’s new foreign minister Yair Lapid opens relations with US
Israel’s foreign minister on Sunday voiced concern over US diplomacy with Iran but promised a less confrontational approach, in the new government’s first high-level talks with the Jewish state’s closest ally. Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, a centrist who masterminded a coalition that this month unseated veteran right-wing leader Benjamin Netanyahu, flew to Rome to meet…
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West Bank and East Jerusalem: Four out of five children feel ‘abandoned by the world’ after their home is demolished
Four out of five children in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, whose homes have been demolished by Israeli authorities say they feel abandoned by the world, a new report by Save the Children revealed today. The findings emerge as Palestinian residents of the East Jerusalem neighbourhoods of Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan face eviction from…
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US troops in Syria attacked by rockets after Iran-backed militias vow revenge
Washington: American forces in Syria have been attacked by multiple rockets, a day after the United States conducted air strikes on installations used by Iran-backed militias in the area. Colonel Wayne Marotto, a spokesman for the coalition fighting Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, said on Twitter that the attack occurred at 7.44pm on Monday, Syria…
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Protesters clash with Palestinian security forces
Palestinian protesters clashed with Palestinian security forces in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday, the third day of demonstrations sparked by an activist’s death in custody. Nizar Banat, a 43-year-old from Hebron known for social media videos denouncing alleged corruption within the Palestinian Authority, died on Thursday shortly after security forces stormed his…
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The Greek Jews of Australia, a friendship with Hellenic roots that carried on in the Antipodes
When I drove over to 91-year-old Elayne Hoffman’s Caulfield house in June 2021, she had heard that I was seeking to interview Jewish Australians with Greek heritage. Alert, hospitable and very thoughtful, Hoffmann was generous with her time and was happy to tell me about her family history. “My parents were both born in Salonika…
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As a third-generation survivor, this was hardest topic to explain to my child
Though I prided myself on my progressive, ask-me-anything parenting, I secretly dreaded discussing three things: sex, death, and the Holocaust. My daughter was a questioner. At age three, Zelda leaned out of her stroller to ask why God could see people, but people couldn’t see God? Was she Zelda before she was born? Why don’t…
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‘Our hearts are bleeding’: prayers for Australian-linked couple in Miami building collapse
The Australian Jewish community is sending prayers for the safe recovery of an Australian-linked couple who have been missing since a Miami building collapsed, which has so far officially claimed four lives. Family of Tzvi and Itty Ainsworth have taken to social media to asking for the community’s “urgent prayers”. “The building they were living…
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Tech giants help Israel muzzle Palestinians
Israel’s caretaker prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sought to shut down all use of the popular video-sharing app TikTok in Israel last month. The attempt to censor TikTok, details of which emerged at the end of May, is one of a number of reported attempts by Israel to control social media content during last month’s military…
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The Orthodox Jewish doctor who wants to boost your ‘sex points’
When a woman presents to a doctor with a sexual problem, one of three things is likely to happen: she will be told it’s in her head, she’ll be offered a medical solution, or her concerns will be dismissed entirely. In Sex Points: Reclaim Your Sex Life with the Revolutionary Multi-Point System, Dr Bat Sheva…
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Scientists find a new early human. Meet Nesher Ramla Homo
Washington: Scientists say they have discovered a new kind of early human after studying pieces of fossilised bone dug up at a site used by a cement plant in central Israel. The fragments of a skull and a lower jaw with teeth were 120,000 to 140,000 years old and could force a rethink of parts of…