Baharav-Miara questions the motives and timing of the announcement, which has been linked to Ben Gvir’s criticism of Amichai Eshed’s response to anti-government protesters Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara instructed on Friday morning that the removal of Tel Aviv District Commander Amichai Eshed from his position be frozen immediately, questioning the …
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LEGAL AFFAIRS: Shraga’s concerns about the laws being weighed in the Knesset are why he and his movement are protesting. “You’re making a mistake, Eliad,” a passerby heckled. Dr. Eliad Shraga shrugged off the taunt. As the founder and chairman of the Movement for Quality Government in Israel, he has …
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We haven’t returned to Israel to construct a pure democracy but to rebuild our people and restructure ourselves as a large family of Jews. Families are built upon compassion. A well-known American author asserted: “Argue for your limitations and they become yours.” We trap ourselves in narrow self-defined profiles, convincing …
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‘Boy Meets World’ star aiming for Los Angeles area district with campaign focusing on good governance, says he wants to restore faith in government JTA — Ben Savage, the Jewish actor best known for the 1990s coming of age series “Boy Meets World,” is running to replace Adam Schiff, the …
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Net interest income increased 38% to NIS 13.5 billion as the Bank of Israel hiked borrowing costs from a low of 0.4% in April to 3.25% in November 2022 Bank Hapoalim, one of Israel’s largest lenders posted a record net profit in 2022 as rising interest rates and higher inflation …
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Decrying ‘nightmare’ crisis over judicial revamp, president says current planned legislation undermines democracy, asserts he has reached behind-the-scenes agreement on most issues President Isaac Herzog on Thursday night denounced the government’s judicial overhaul legislation as “oppressive” and harmful to democracy, and called for it to be abandoned immediately and replaced …
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Some actual facts for college and university students whose teachers are under attack for teaching actual facts. The Knesset Education Committee recently scheduled a session on “The Stifling of Free Expression in Academia,” in the wake of charges that a lecturer at Ben-Gurion University – and, we may assume (and …
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The popular apparel brand’s CEO Jay L. Schottenstein is well-known for his charitable Jewish contributions, including to Chabad, whose teen program engineered the affixing event JTA) New York Jewish Week — American Eagle Outfitters now has a mezuzah on the front door of its flagship Times Square location, courtesy of …
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New versions of Ian Fleming’s novels are to feature a disclaimer warning of controversial phrases, while explicitly racist terms will be scrapped Racist language is to be removed and warnings are reportedly to be added to Ian Fleming’s classic James Bond novels ahead of the reissue of the series in …
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Expressing concern about increasing violence in “the West Bank” and about the approaching demise of Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas, the United Nations is ramping up international antipathy towards Israel. The head of the world’s largest diplomatic institution Tuesday put his stamp on the biggest lie of our time, validating …
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