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Earthquake of magnitude 6.4 strikes Tatar Strait, Russia - EMSC
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 12:05:55 AM
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Biden names Jewish geneticist Eric Lander for new Cabinet-level post
"Tremendously excited to work alongside so many bright minds to advise the President-elect and push the boundaries of what we dare to believe is possible. We need everyone," Lander said.
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 12:18:11 AM
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Facebook blocks new events near key locations before Biden inauguration
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 12:23:19 AM
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Pelosi expected to send Trump impeachment article to Senate next week -CNN
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 12:27:38 AM
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New York's top lawyer vows to not let NRA evade oversight with bankruptcy
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 12:35:30 AM
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Pelosi calls to prosecute any Congress members who aided siege on Capitol
"If in fact it is found that members of Congress were accomplices to this insurrection, if they aided and abetted the crimes, there may have to be actions taken beyond the Congress, in terms of prose
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 12:44:23 AM
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Israel police rescues kidnapped dog of famous Israeli actor
Vishinsky's dog was originally procured from the IDF as a retired service dog, in recognition of the service of his son Lior, who was killed during a military operation.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/16/2021 1:19:47 AM
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US Justice Dept. urges immunity for Trump from rape accuser's lawsuit
Trump also faces other legal threats after leaving office, including criminal and civil probes in New York into his business dealings.
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 1:10:23 AM
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FBI questioning dozens in killing of Capitol police officer - NYT
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 1:14:45 AM
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Brazil airlifts emergency oxygen into pandemic-struck Amazon state
Desperate relatives, protesting outside hospitals in the state capital of Manaus, said patients had been taken off ventilators as oxygen ran out.
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 1:56:26 AM
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Mayim Bialik to guest host ‘Jeopardy!’ as show seeks a new, permanent host
Celebrity hosts will include Katie Couric, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and “60 Minutes” correspondent Bill Whitaker.
By CURT SCHLEIER/JTA \
1/16/2021 2:19:24 AM
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UNRWA 'mistakenly' gave Palestinian kids textbooks calling for jihad
One Arabic grammar booklet features phrases like “Jihad is one of the doors to Paradise.” Another reads that “The Palestinians are lions in fighting the enemies.”
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
1/16/2021 2:31:04 AM
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US Jews on edge from warnings of neo-Nazi violence ahead of inauguration
An FBI memo warned of armed protests at all 50 state capitol buildings starting this weekend to protest Biden becoming president.
By BEN SALES/JTA \
1/16/2021 7:18:49 AM
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Complete Nuremberg Trials recordings online for the first time
This week, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum placed online more than 700 hours of audio recordings from the trials, as well as 37 reels of film introduced as evidence.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
1/16/2021 3:05:09 AM
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‘Zoom bombers’ shout ‘Jews to the ovens’ at Holocaust book launch in Italy
The Anti-Defamation League recorded at least 11 antisemitic Zoom bombings in the United States and Canada in March and April alone alone.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
1/16/2021 3:23:59 AM
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UC Riverside professor says Zionism ‘politically toxified our schools’
“A number of Zionist organizations want to convince us that Arab American Studies is ‘antisemitic.’ This is not only intellectually insulting but is also an inherently racist position,” he wrote.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
1/16/2021 3:40:24 AM
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HHS Secretary Azar resigns, says US doesn't have reserve vaccine stockpile
Trump saved "hundreds of thousands or even millions of American lives" • Governors accuse administration of deception • Pfizer: 2nd doses ready to ship • Biden: vaccine rollout a "dismal failure"
By REUTERS,JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/16/2021 11:57:40 AM
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Brazilian company requests emergency use approval for Russian vaccine
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 4:08:55 AM
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Family recipes helped me discover my hidden Sephardi history
I only found out that my family was actually Jewish as a teenager, that all our colorful, fragrant, crunchy dishes were deeply rooted in Judaic culinary traditions from 16th-century Spain.
By ORGE CASTELLANO/JTA \
1/18/2021 2:57:08 PM
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'Expert' on PA TV claims Israeli rabbis encourage killing children
The claim from Wasef Erekat comes as PA and Fatah officials have long promoted terrorist attacks to Palestinian children.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/16/2021 5:11:48 AM
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Pelosi says Auschwitz shirt spurred review of deadly Capitol raid
The man in the T-shirt has since been arrested.
By RON KAMPEAS/JTA \
1/16/2021 4:44:02 AM
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US Army discharges officer who made Holocaust joke on TikTok
Nathan Freihofer, a second lieutenant, has millions of followers on TikTok, where he posted a joke about the Holocaust last August.
By BEN SALES/JTA \
1/16/2021 5:02:19 AM
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US carries out 13th and final execution under Trump administration
Higgs is the 13th person executed by the US government in an extraordinary spree begun last summer by Trump. Prior to Trump, the federal government had executed only three people since 1963.
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 10:07:27 AM
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Aftershock rocks Indonesia quake zone as search continues
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 6:33:00 AM
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Poor mental health in youth can cause poor physical health later - study
Subjects admitted for mental health reasons had a higher chance of future admission for physical health reasons, unrelated to previous physical health-related visits.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/16/2021 6:56:08 AM
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WhatsApp to delay launch of update after privacy backlash
WhatsApp already shares certain categories of personal data, including the user's phone number and IP address, with Facebook.
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 7:16:11 AM
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India's Modi kicks off vaccination campaign, among world's largest
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 8:47:24 AM
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Coronavirus: Antibodies may not stop transmission of virus, study finds
"We will have to keep wearing masks for the younger population and those who are not vaccinated."
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
1/16/2021 4:05:02 PM
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Speedy COVID vaccine rollout brings global investors to Israeli stocks
Investors are betting that Israel's impressive vaccination efforts will make the country a front-runner in economic recovery following the coronavirus pandemic.
By EVE YOUNG \
1/16/2021 3:46:49 PM
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Pfizer delays Jan. vaccine delivery to Bahrain - health ministry
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 10:01:10 AM
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Bedouin youth repair a cemetery that was vandalized in a TikTok video
"They showed us that there is another way - we can work together, to strengthen the neighborhood, to work hand in hand for a better Negev for us all."
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/16/2021 11:08:50 AM
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Orthodox Jew in Capitol riots called 'left-wing' despite lack of evidence
The FBI has found no evidence of Antifa involvement in the mob, but the idea has taken root in many right-wing circles.
By SHIRA HANAU/JTA \
1/16/2021 11:21:25 AM
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Debbie Friedman's music, 10 years after her passing, may be what we need
After this difficult week all of us are craving some warmth and healing.
By MADDY ALBERT/JTA \
1/16/2021 11:31:51 AM
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In Flo Milli’s new single, samples of Zero Mostel’s ‘If I Were a Rich Man’
The 20-year-old rising star, whose real name is Tamia Monique Carter and is not Jewish, uses the chorus of the Zero Mostel recording of the song.
By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA \
1/16/2021 11:34:26 AM
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Why are people fighting the IHRA definition of antisemitism?
Here’s what the IHRA definition says, why its supporters see it as a key for fighting Jew-hatred and why its critics are fighting it.
By BEN SALES/JTA \
1/16/2021 11:47:15 AM
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47 players quarantined after COVID-19 cases on Australian Open flights
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 11:58:36 AM
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In this Holocaust film, a Jewish inmate makes up a language to survive
"Persian Lessons" is based on a short story by the screenwriter Wolfgang Kohlhaase, who specializes in tragicomedies.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
1/16/2021 12:08:37 PM
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Meet a rabbi who’s been stationed at the US Capitol since the riots
Rabbi Jordan Hersh is the only rabbi in the Maryland Army National Guard’s military clergy ranks.
By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA \
1/17/2021 5:00:55 AM
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Iran fires long-range missiles into Indian Ocean in military drill- media
The drill, which comes in the waning days of high tensions with US President Donald Trump's administration, was conducted in the country's central desert region.
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 12:39:47 PM
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Uganda opposition candidate blocked by military from leaving compound
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 12:41:59 PM
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Laschet succeeds Merkel as German CDU party leader
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 1:04:41 PM
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Former US envoy argues ‘Afghan’ model to attrition Iran in Syria
James Jeffrey was widely critiqued for supporting policies aligned with Turkey during his years at the helm of US Middle East policy.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
1/17/2021 7:10:46 PM
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Saudi to reopen Qatar embassy in coming days - Saudi minister
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 1:05:42 PM
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US support for Israeli airstrikes in Syria has been important recently
James Jeffrey sees Israel’s campaign against Iran as part of a multi-pillar US strategy in the region that worked between 2018 and 2020.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
1/18/2021 12:18:53 AM
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Can Trump pardon himself? Would the courts reject the move?
There are questions about whether a president's broad executive clemency powers under the US Constitution would permit such action.
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 1:14:17 PM
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Arab leaders call for boycott of 'deceitful' meeting with Netanyahu
"For 13 years Bibi has done nothing, this meeting is part of his election campaign and I won't take part in that."
By EVE YOUNG,TOBIAS SIEGAL \
1/17/2021 9:03:04 AM
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Massive Iran missile drill is message to US, Gulf and Israel - analysis
Footage from Iran shows the missiles and precision strikes.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
1/16/2021 4:17:11 PM
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Indonesian Semeru volcano erupts, spews ash 5kms into sky
The country's disaster mitigation agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the possibility of evacuation.
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 2:08:56 PM
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France, Britain, Germany rebuke Iran over uranium metal work
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 2:14:09 PM
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Israeli company develops 'breathalyzer' COVID-19 test with 98% accuracy
Scentech Medical's test works like a breathalyzer that detects blood alcohol level, but the company says it can accurately screen for COVID-19.
By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI \
1/16/2021 2:47:18 PM
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Uganda's Museveni declared winner of presidential poll-election commission
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 2:46:14 PM
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Israel edges closer to 4,000 coronavirus deaths
Cabinet to convene only on Wednesday to decide on extending lockdown.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
1/16/2021 10:27:00 PM
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Palestinian factions to meet in Cairo to prepare for general elections
It is not clear whether Abbas would present his candidacy in the upcoming presidential election.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
1/16/2021 5:45:48 PM
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Ethiopia denies its military aircraft crossed border into Sudan
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 4:11:23 PM
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Baron Benjamin de Rothschild dies at 57 after suffering heart attack
In April, he and his wife donated NIS 50 million for purchasing medical equipment for 22 hospitals in Israel.
By TOBIAS SIEGAL \
1/17/2021 11:57:06 AM
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Kinneret levels rising due to increased rainfall in Israel
Due to the high levels of rain the past several years, in addition to this winter's rain, the Kinneret water level is 3.055 meters above the lower red line level.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/16/2021 7:23:03 PM
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Ally of poisoned Kremlin critic Navalny jailed in Moscow for extremism
His detention by the Presnensky District Court comes a day before Navalny's planned return to Russia since being poisoned.
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 5:06:48 PM
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PA: Abbas rival won’t be allowed to run in Palestinian election
Divisions and bickering in Fatah were one of the reasons why the ruling faction lost the parliamentary election to Hamas in 2006.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
1/16/2021 5:51:20 PM
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Nationwide protests against Netanyahu continue for 30th consecutive week
Protesters in Ness Ziona reported suffering verbal and physical assaults by Netanyahu's supporters in the city.
By TOBIAS SIEGAL \
1/16/2021 9:38:37 PM
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Coronavirus: Four more cases of South African variant found in Israel
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
1/16/2021 5:45:01 PM
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47-year-old COVID-19 patient dies after ventilator tube detaches
Sourasky Medical Center to increase coronavirus staffing, reduce patients in other areas of the hospital.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
1/16/2021 10:46:39 PM
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Iran may complain to World Court over alleged US 'illegal actions'
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 6:16:21 PM
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Italy suspends flights from Brazil in response to new coronavirus strain
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 6:32:29 PM
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Biden taking office with high approval rating as Trump leaves with lowest
At the same time, President Donald Trump is leaving office with the lowest ever public ratings.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/16/2021 7:21:36 PM
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Katz announces extending special budget for handicapped people
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/16/2021 6:56:41 PM
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Britain reports third-highest daily COVID-19 death toll
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 7:19:26 PM
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European gov’ts warn Iran’s latest move has ‘grave military implications’
US announces new round of sanctions after Tehran moves to produce uranium metal; Biden appoints new negotiator.
By LAHAV HARKOV,OMRI NAHMIAS \
1/17/2021 4:03:36 AM
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From schoolmarm to romcom nude, the 7 best Emma Thompson movie roles
Her versatility may be attributable to the English repertory theater tradition. There it is common to play a lead in one play while taking a cameo in another.
By CHRIS HEWITT \
1/16/2021 7:47:36 PM
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The growing pains of Netflix breakout ‘Cobra Kai’
By JEN YAMATO \
1/16/2021 8:01:53 PM
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IDF reservist doctor's family demands police probe death as hate crime
Dr. Avi Harlev's body was found with gunshot wounds on Tuesday night in Lahav Forest north of Beersheba.
By TOBIAS SIEGAL,TZVI JOFFRE \
1/17/2021 9:08:56 PM
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Israeli activists launch drive for pro-Biden billboards
The proposed billboard features the American and Israeli flags and a drawing of Biden and Harris with the message: “Democracy wins! Israelis congratulate Biden and Harris.”
By LAHAV HARKOV \
1/16/2021 9:44:10 PM
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A Zionist force of nature educator Mel Reisfield leaves a lasting legacy
Inspirational educator Mel Reisfield leaves a lasting legacy in Israel and the US
By GIL TROY \
1/16/2021 8:35:08 PM
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Grapevine January 17, 2021: Surprise encounters
Movers and shakers in Israeli society
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
1/16/2021 11:38:18 PM
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New US administration’s Iran policy may be construed as self-deception
Today, with the regime fast turning into an exceptionally corrupt North Korean-style military autocracy, the nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs have assumed greater ideological urgency
By HASSAN KEYANE \
1/16/2021 11:34:04 PM
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Why impeachment might not achieve the goals intended
After my anger subsided, I was left with a feeling of great sadness that the country of my birth had degenerated to a level of incivility that threatened its future
By FRED NAIDER \
1/16/2021 11:33:47 PM
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Netanyahu angers Right, ignores outposts, nods to Palestinian building
The Right holds that Palestinian building in Area C helps cement the Palestinian presence there.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
1/16/2021 10:16:40 PM
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Capitol riot underscores the shared values of Americans and Israelis
Neither the US nor Israel has experienced a direct threat to the basic functioning of their democracies quite like the unspeakable act of Trump supporters storming the Capitol
By JAY RUDERMAN \
1/16/2021 11:33:15 PM
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Despite Trump's behavior we Israelis must remember who had our back
Windows were broken, but it was not Kristallnacht, nor anything close to what former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger compared it to
By OPHIR FALK \
1/17/2021 7:38:24 AM
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Unit of Belarus nuclear plant taken offline after safety system triggered
The plant was previously taken offline shortly after being formally inaugurated by President Alexander Lukashenko.
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 9:49:12 PM
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Palestinian elections: This time for real?
The power struggle between Abbas’s Fatah faction and Hamas escalated after the Islamist movement won the January 2006 parliamentary election.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
1/16/2021 9:57:09 PM
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Our story, a response to Hollywood’s portrayal of the formerly Orthodox
While many were mystified by the window into a world of ultra-Orthodox Judaism with which they are sadly unfamiliar, the heroes of Hollywood are consistently those who leave religion (any religion)
By JAMIE GELLER,STEVEN BURG \
1/16/2021 11:32:23 PM
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Merav Michaeli: I can beat Ehud Barak
Merav Michaeli could be the only woman heading a party in the March race.
By GIL HOFFMAN \
1/16/2021 10:23:27 PM
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Two minors arrested during Sandak protest in front of police HQ in J'lem
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/16/2021 10:06:23 PM
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Semi-annual trends in Israel’s regional foreign policies with Arab states
Advancing normalization with new Arab states, but not with Egypt and Jordan
By NIMROD GOREN,ROEE KIBRIK \
1/16/2021 10:06:16 PM
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France's coronavirus death toll tops 70,000
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 10:08:06 PM
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Turkey speaks with a forked tongue towards Israel and the West
On January 7, 2021, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said: “Turkey is not categorically against France, but France has been against Turkey categorically since Operation Peace Spring
By NEVILLE TELLER \
1/16/2021 10:15:41 PM
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Man dies after fire breaks out in his apartment in northern Israel
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/16/2021 10:24:33 PM
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Europe must unite against the Hezbollah threat - opinion
A swift investigation, aided by Europol and the US, revealed that the attack was executed by terrorists with support from Hezbollah.
By TSVETAN TSVETANOV \
1/16/2021 11:31:30 PM
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Why we must resist the urge to overreact to Trump's norm - opinion
The rules and institutions of our government should be engineered to withstand an anomaly like Donald Trump, but they should not be premised on Trump becoming the norm.
By WILLIAM COOPER \
1/16/2021 11:30:50 PM
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Parler CEO and family in hiding after receiving death threats
It was revealed that the family went into hiding after a new court filing from Parler's legal team revealed documents obtained by Fox News.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF,REUTERS \
1/17/2021 3:48:23 AM
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Israel has no obligation to give the Palestinians vaccines
Israel is under no obligation to provide vaccinations to the population of the territories.
By ALAN BAKER \
1/16/2021 10:44:07 PM
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US charges MIT professor with grant fraud over hidden Chinese ties
The Justice Department is cracking down on Chinese influence within universities amid concerns about spying and intellectual property theft by the Chinese government.
By REUTERS \
1/16/2021 10:49:16 PM
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Redefining family and readjusting the big tent Horoscopes for Shvat 5780
Venus, which enters Aquarius on February 1, heads straight for the Super Bowl of emotional vulnerability with Venus square Uranus, conjunct Saturn, and sextile wounded healer Chiron on February 6
By LORELAI KUDE \
1/16/2021 11:25:14 PM
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Israel’s interest is seeing an America that is politically stable
When America is strong, Israel is strong.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
1/16/2021 11:14:28 PM
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Rabbi Lau infected with corona after receiving two Pfizer doses
His grandson described him as "feeling great."
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/17/2021 10:09:08 AM
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Before the pandemic: A reminder of romantic Montreal
These days, as we’ve stopped traveling due to the pandemic, all that’s left, I’m afraid, is to look back nostalgically on memorable excursions.
By GEORGE MEDOVOY \
1/16/2021 11:22:25 PM
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Anti-Netanyahu protests end, Jerusalem roads reopen
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/16/2021 11:44:12 PM
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Israeli wrestler captures bronze medal at elite French competition
The American-born Finesilver earned All-American status as a Duke University grappler at the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association wrestling championship.
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
1/17/2021 7:42:15 PM