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We condemn a bill introduced by seven Members of Congress demonizing #Israel for an annexation that …

We condemn a bill introduced by seven Members of Congress demonizing #Israel for an annexation that hasn’t occurred. The legislation grotesquely distorts Israel’s human rights record and falsely compares sovereignty extension to apartheid. Read more » »

Street Honouring Nazi Captain Must Be Renamed

Third Reich Naval Captain Hans Langsdorff (Getty Images) August 17, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is urging a Greater Toronto Area municipality to rename a street dedicated to a Nazi battleship captain who fought in the Second World War. Read more » »

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📢 TOMORROW❗️ 📌 Join us LIVE at 10: 30 a.m. ET / 5: 30 p.m. Israel Time ➡️ Israel & The Gulf: Toward a Historic Peace 🎥 https: //www.facebook.com/bnaibrithinternational/live📢 Israel & The Gulf: Toward a Historic Peace 📌 TUESDAY, August 18th at 10: 30 a.m. ET / 5: 30 p.m. Read more » »

Jewish trivia quiz: Kamala Harris

By Mark D. Zimmerman Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Joe Biden announced last week that Senator Kamala Harris of California would be his running mate. Harris, who is of Jamaican and Indian descent, is married to attorney Douglas Emhoff, who is Jewish. His two children from a previous marriage call Kamala “Momele. Read more » »

UN rejects extension of US-led arms embargo on Iran

AIPAC said the decision “dangerously serves to further empower the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.” (August 16, 2020 / JNS) The U.S.-led resolution to extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran was rejected on Friday night in the U.N. Security Council, announced the United States. Read more » »

Can Israel, Greece, and Turkey Cooperate?

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the fifth Israel-Greece-Cyprus Summit in Beersheva on Dec. 20, 2018. Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO. Read more » »

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Interview with Victoria’s oldest COVID-19 Survivor!

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UAE just recognized Israel. When will Venezuela? | Larry Luxner

Last Thursday’s decision by the United Arab Emirates to establish diplomatic relations with Israel ranks as Israel’s biggest diplomatic breakthrough in 26 years. Read more » »

Dr. Jay Galst, a Specialist in Eyes and Coins, Dies at 69

Obituaries|Dr. Jay Galst, a Specialist in Eyes and Coins, Dies at 69Those We’ve LostAn ophthalmologist with a numismatic hobby, he combined those interests in an unusual book. He died of the novel coronavirus.The ophthalmologist Jay Galst may have known more than anyone about coins, tokens and medals related to the eye.Credit…via Galst familyAug. Read more » »