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Maccabi Tel Aviv hosts Cluj for crucial 2nd leg
Beersheba looks good in Europa qualifying, Mac Haifa’s campaign in peril • More judo medals for Israelis
By JOSHUA HALICKMAN \
7/30/2019 12:12:13 AM
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Israel’s Foreign Service is being weakened and we are paying the price
Netanyahu has repeatedly boasted of his alleged foreign policy achievements. At the same time, the Foreign Affairs Ministry has recorded yet another low in an ongoing process meant to weaken it.
By ROEE KIBRIK,NIMROD GOREN \
7/31/2019 11:13:28 AM
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Trump wants forces reduced in Afghanistan by next U.S. election
By REUTERS \
7/30/2019 12:42:02 AM
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J Street’s Israel trip wasn’t alternative Birthright. It was better
By GABRIELLA KAMRAN \
7/30/2019 12:47:10 AM
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A hero’s welcome?
The saga that gripped the country ended when the final suspects were released among the 12 Israeli teenagers held in Cyprus for the alleged gang rape of a British tourist.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
7/30/2019 12:10:39 PM
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Accused 9/11 mastermind open to role in victims' lawsuit if not executed
By REUTERS \
7/30/2019 1:04:21 AM
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Why do the majority of gender-based murders happen in the Arab community?
Of the 25 women who were murdered in what was classified as gender-based violence last year, approximately half of them were from the Arab community.
By EMILY SCHRADER,MUHAMMAD ZOABI \
7/30/2019 5:21:01 PM
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Ehud Barak – The political illusion of the Zionist Left
Of all the leading politicians in the center-left bloc, there is no doubt that Barak, who served as chief of staff, as prime minister and as defense minister, is the most experienced.
By ORI WERTMAN \
7/30/2019 1:24:31 AM
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Trump friend aimed to profit from Mideast nuclear deal -Democrats
By REUTERS \
7/30/2019 1:40:43 AM
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Right in uproar over Netanyahu’s Palestinian building plan
The prime minister “must stop the delusional demands of our great friend [US President Donald Trump]” who, if he is a friend, would understand.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
7/30/2019 9:50:51 PM
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An activist against Israel’s occupation is an aide to Elizabeth Warren
Max Berger, 33, is already a journeyman of the activist left, from Occupy Wall Street to IfNotNow to Justice Democrats, the outfit that supported Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s unlikely primary win.
By BEN SALES/JTA \
7/30/2019 3:14:40 AM
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Pakistani military aircraft crashes on training flight, 17 killed
By REUTERS \
7/30/2019 3:52:06 AM
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One Iranian ship sets sail from Brazil, second vessel to follow
By REUTERS \
7/30/2019 3:53:55 AM
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Holocaust museums missing from key historical sites in Eastern Europe
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
7/30/2019 4:42:07 AM
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Syrian citizen arrested in attack on German man wearing kippah
By TOBY AXELROD/JTA \
7/30/2019 5:10:02 AM
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Ilhan Omar co-sponsors Never Again Education Act
So far, the bill has been supported by 168 Democrats and 67 Republicans.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/30/2019 3:04:02 PM
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Roman Abramovich gifts 'significant donation' to KKL-JNF projects
Abramovich’s contribution will go toward afforestation, forest rehabilitation and fighting desertification in the Negev, according to KKL-JNF.
By BRADLEY LEVIN \
7/30/2019 5:22:26 AM
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Richard Stone, Florida’s first Jewish senator since Civil War, dies at 90
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA \
7/30/2019 7:54:33 AM
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One of the largest subspecies of giraffes is now endangered
According to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, the population of Masai giraffes has fallen by 50% in the last three decades.
By STEPHANIE WASSERMAN \
7/30/2019 5:37:25 AM
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Jewish athletes competing in Hungary honor 1st Jewish Olympic champion
Alfred Hajo, who died in 1955, was both the first Jewish Olympic champion and the first Hungarian one.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ \
7/30/2019 6:00:23 AM
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Barbra Streisand to address antisemitism in her anticipated memoir
Viking Books announced in 2015 that Streisand’s memoir would come out in 2017, but she hadn’t turned in a rough draft as of 2018.
By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA \
7/30/2019 6:09:45 AM
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London’s oldest man celebrates 108th birthday at Jewish care home
Ben Raymond moved into the Jewish care home where now lives in 2012, with his late wife. Both were over 100.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
7/30/2019 6:57:39 PM
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Israeli scientific experiments to be performed in outer space
The initiative is part of a space mission that will be carried out by the European Space Agency, in cooperation with the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology, and the company Space Pharma.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/31/2019 9:15:16 AM
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Report: Israel launched two attacks on Iranian targets in Iraq in July
According to Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, Israel attacked a base in Ashraf, Iraq northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, targeting Iranian advisers and a shipment of ballistic missiles from Iran.
By TZVI JOFFRE,ANNA AHRONHEIM \
7/30/2019 4:43:41 PM
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HRW head says no one questions Israel's right to exist as democratic state
Roth added that "Israel can define itself any way it wants. Lots of governments define themselves in nationalist terms."
By TZVI JOFFRE \
7/30/2019 9:08:54 AM
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Rhino finds new home in Switzerland following health problems in Israel
Transporting a rhinoceros is a complex operation but she won’t be going it alone.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/30/2019 11:44:32 AM
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1,000 protest a planned desalination plant in northern Israel
The protestors are fighting against the decision to build the desalination plant in the middle of agricultural land and near residential areas and housing for soldiers.
By TZVI JOFFRE \
7/30/2019 11:21:02 AM
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Jessica Alba’s Twitter hacked, pro-Hitler tweets posted on her account
The hate-filled, obscenity-laced tweets were quickly deleted.
By HANNAH BROWN \
7/30/2019 12:16:52 PM
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Israeli imaging technique could help doctors predict Alzheimer’s, cancer
Dr. Aviv Mezer compared this new way of reading MRIs with taking a blood test.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
7/30/2019 1:55:36 PM
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COGAT prepares for thousands of Palestinians on Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca
“To the pilgrims, and to the entire Muslim world, we wish a blessed Hajj," COGAT's head, Maj.-Gen. Kamil Abu Rukun, said.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/30/2019 6:44:09 PM
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'Internment camps? Yes. Concentration camps? No,' says Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel refutes comparisons between USA and Nazi Germany in a passionate Op-ed.
By STEPHANIE WASSERMAN \
7/30/2019 12:47:22 PM
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Regev scorns Bennett, Shaked for only unifying with URP
Regev urged Bennett and Shaked to show responsibility and form a real unity party with the other small parties.
By TZVI JOFFRE \
7/30/2019 12:22:44 PM
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Terrorist attack prevented as 1,200 worshippers visit Joseph's Tomb
Disturbances broke out as the worshippers entered the tomb, as rioters burned tires and threw stones at IDF forces. The soldiers responded with riot dispersal means.
By TZVI JOFFRE \
7/30/2019 1:52:28 PM
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It’s J.Lo’s party and she’s starting it today as she arrives in Israel
"I’m going to Israel, so I am so excited, it’s my first time.”
By HANNAH BROWN \
7/30/2019 9:56:51 PM
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Tel Aviv-based monday.com raises $150m. in latest funding round
‘We intend to use this funding round to continue our growth, to build our sales force and perhaps open more offices in the US and Europe.’
By EYTAN HALON \
7/30/2019 6:38:32 PM
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Could strike action delay the start of the new school year?
The threat of strike action follows the July expiration of a previous agreement concerning increased teacher wages between the government and Israel Teachers' Union, called "New Horizon."
By EYTAN HALON \
7/30/2019 8:35:14 PM
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By 2050, half of the world's population will be near-sighted
Research found that more than 90% of parents of children under 18 are unaware of the negative consequences of prolonged time in front of a screen.
By OFER LIVNAT/MAARIV \
7/30/2019 7:18:12 PM
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Israel Police deny Arab reports that they questioned Palestinian 4-year-old
A Palestinian news agency reported on Tuesday that Israel Police summoned for questioning Muhammad Rabi' Elayyan, a boy from the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya. It was proven fake news.
By TZVI JOFFRE \
7/31/2019 6:09:38 AM
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What were Israel's most popular baby names of 2018?
Muhammad remains the most common name in Israel overall, the report said.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/30/2019 7:10:47 PM
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Stav Shafir resigns from Knesset: We will change Israeli politics
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/30/2019 3:09:31 PM
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Canada will not change election date despite falling on Jewish holiday
B’nai Brith Canada slams decision as ‘redline’ – CIJA ‘respects’ it
By ILANIT CHERNICK \
7/31/2019 6:16:29 PM
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Gun ownership and violence on the rise in Israel
Police: More than 3,600 weapons have been confiscated and thousands of people arrested in the first half of 2019.
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
7/30/2019 5:11:59 PM
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US formally asked Germany, France, Britain to help secure Strait of Hormuz and combat Iran
By REUTERS \
7/30/2019 3:34:47 PM
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Trump pardons Israeli drug smuggler on children's request
One daughter wrote that their mother "is always sick and doesn't have strength. Today's my birthday. I am 10, and half of my life I had no dad. Please let my dad come."
By BENJY SINGER \
7/30/2019 6:04:01 PM
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Russian investigators treating opposition protest as mass unrest
By REUTERS \
7/30/2019 4:39:45 PM
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Israeli researchers discover how to disable Natural Killer cancer cells
These membrane proteins could provide a target for new treatments.
By REBECCA ARATEN \
7/30/2019 4:48:29 PM
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Switzerland suspends payment to UNRWA after misconduct report
The Foreign Department attaches special important to good governance of international organizations, it added.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF,URI BOLLAG \
7/30/2019 10:09:54 PM
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Stav Shaffir quits Knesset
Labor candidates sue their party.
By GIL HOFFMAN,TZVI JOFFRE \
7/30/2019 8:48:29 PM
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Swastika found painted on Jewish leadership building in Argentina
Several antisemitic incidents have prompted concern from community leaders.
By ILANIT CHERNICK \
7/30/2019 7:12:34 PM
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Not the end of the road for a Bedouin diplomat's campaign
Infrastructure and conservation issues cited as the reasons for delays to the project, he said, could have been resolved at an earlier date.
By EYTAN HALON \
7/30/2019 6:42:31 PM
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Twelve licenses approved for gas, oil exploration off Israel's coast
"This is another milestone for the discovery and development of additional natural resources in the economic waters of the State of Israel," said Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz.
By EYTAN HALON \
7/30/2019 7:17:35 PM
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No breakthroughs for further unity deals on the right
Smotrich said that he had even suggest that he and Ben Gvir meet with hardline religious-Zionist leader Rabbi Dov Lior to resolve the dispute but that Ben Gvir had refused that meeting too.
By JEREMY SHARON \
7/30/2019 10:43:36 PM
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IDF drilling on evacuating communities close to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula
IDF is concerned that terrorists will cross out of Gaza and then make their way back into Israel to attacks troops and civilians from the Sinai.
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
7/30/2019 10:37:50 PM
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Israeli researchers discover how to boost Natural cancer-kiling cells
These membrane proteins could provide a target for new treatments.
By REBECCA ARATEN \
7/31/2019 10:06:08 AM
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Survey finds that as many as 74% of Arab Israelis could vote in September
Polls shows one-third of Arab citizens of Israel are still undecided about heading to the ballot box, but they could be persuaded.
By MAAYAN HOFFMAN \
7/30/2019 10:10:46 PM
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Iran's Zarif calls on Trump to reject hawkish allies' thirst for war
By REUTERS \
7/30/2019 6:26:21 PM
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Blue and White to target moderate religious-Zionist vote after Right unites
“There is a great lack of ethics in the way corruption has been discussed as something trivial, and setting a personal example as something trivial,” said Hendel.
By JEREMY SHARON \
7/31/2019 10:49:24 AM
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Party registration begins Wednesday amid expectation of record low parties
Pirate party laments surplus in unwitting pirates
By GIL HOFFMAN \
7/30/2019 7:59:59 PM
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California festival shooter claimed to be of Iranian and Italian descent
Santino Willian Legan posted antisemitic, racist and misogynous comments on social media.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/30/2019 6:56:47 PM
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Economy Ministry launches program for promoting female business leaders
‘Time to shatter the glass ceiling between women and business’
By SONIA EPSTEIN \
7/30/2019 7:04:32 PM
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Saint Kitts and Nevis becomes 138th nation to recognize Palestine
The move gives the Palestinian Authority a public relations victory in advance of the anticipated roll out of the political portion of the US President Donald Trump’s peace plan.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
7/31/2019 7:48:54 AM
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Germany's Scholz seeks to calm Gulf tension - newspapers
By REUTERS \
7/30/2019 7:24:28 PM
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Yemenite, Mizrahi and Balkan families protest 1950s alleged kidnappings
‘State must admit a crime was committed’
By EMMA MCAVOY \
7/30/2019 7:44:23 PM
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Blast in Pakistani city Quetta kills five - police
By REUTERS \
7/30/2019 7:48:52 PM
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Japan drops off Netanyahu's pre-election travel itinerary
While the Japan trip is now off the agenda, Netanyahu is still scheduled to go to Ukraine on August 19-20
By HERB KEINON \
7/30/2019 9:43:56 PM
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United Right headed by Shaked to become third largest party - poll
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/30/2019 8:56:17 PM
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No breakthroughs for further unity deals on the right
“We want Itamar [Ben Gvir] in the Knesset, we are aware of his talents and uniqueness and we would work excellently together,” said Smotrich.
By JEREMY SHARON \
7/30/2019 8:42:31 PM
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What’s ‘down’ with Teva?
Yet, as of late 2018, the company announced it would be laying off 1,700 of its Israel-based workers.
By DAVID DIMOLFETTA \
7/30/2019 8:52:56 PM
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North Korea official tells U.S. counterpart talks to begin soon-senior U.S. official
By REUTERS \
7/30/2019 9:03:50 PM
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Iran threatens women who send pictures to dissident with years of prison
Exiled activist Masih Alinejad, 42, started the Facebook page 'My Stealthy Freedom' in 2014 to protest against the Iranian law that forces women to cover their hair with a hijab.
By ROSSELLA TERCATIN \
7/31/2019 1:31:53 PM
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Netanyahu continues push for Russian vote
Likud increases spending on cameras in Arab sector.
By GIL HOFFMAN \
7/30/2019 10:11:45 PM
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Magnanimous Zionists should save the New Imperial Hotel and Jaffa Gate
Beware. Jerusalem’s history is under attack. Venerable, family-run institutions are threatened. Our holy city’s charming yet delicate urban and spiritual ecosystem risks being disrupted.
By GIL TROY \
8/1/2019 11:44:31 PM
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Shtayyeh: It’s either 'demographic death' or two-states for Israel
According to the Palestinian News Agency WAFA, which carried portions of his speech, he estimated that there were 6.8 million Palestinians and 6.6 million Jews.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
7/30/2019 10:41:06 PM
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He never stopped to think
When the cab driver picked me up I said to him, “I don’t have a gun.” He smiled
By DAVID GEFFEN \
7/30/2019 9:58:14 PM
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Seize the weapons
”Every night there are shootings here… People are getting killed. This is our day-to-day lives,” Prof. Riyad Aghbaria told KAN’s Eran Singer, in his mini-series al-Arabi al-Jadid
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
7/30/2019 10:01:35 PM
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Liberman to demand health, interior ministries
Yisrael Beytenu leaders say his party will recommend no one for PM if they don’t commit to national unity government.
By JEREMY SHARON \
7/30/2019 10:45:08 PM
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Get refusal
‘Chained’ spouses and the partners who won’t grant a divorce
By AVIVIT MOSKOVICH \
7/30/2019 10:08:52 PM
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The last ones standing
For those who are fond of trivia and believe in coincidence, there’s vague point of interest in the fact that the first government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was dissolved in July 1999.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
7/30/2019 10:16:29 PM
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Economy ministry launches program for promoting female business leaders
'Time to shatter glass ceiling for women and business’
By SONIA EPSTEIN \
8/1/2019 1:11:49 PM
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Report: Cabinet approved permits for 700 Palestinian homes in Area C
The right-wing NGO Regavim, which is in the middle of campaign against illegal Palestinian construction in Area C, also denounced Netanyahu’s actions.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
7/30/2019 10:42:12 PM
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Dr. Ruth at 91, always adored, stars at the Jerusalem Film Festival
“It’s a great sensation to see this movie here in Jerusalem,” Westheimer said.
By HANNAH BROWN \
7/31/2019 8:01:43 AM
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Tel Aviv dance festival to host world premiere of flamenco romance
“I dance the song of awakening and of love, the song of the first goodbye, the song of solitude, yesterday’s song, fear’s song and heaven’s song,” she says.
By MARION FISCHEL \
7/31/2019 8:00:54 AM
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July, 31, 2019: UK: Dirty money trail
Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.
By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR \
7/30/2019 10:53:41 PM