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Thousands go to Meron to find themselves spiritually. Three have never come back

Thu, 19 May 2022 19:52:21 +0000

The cradle of Jewish mysticism is also where Moishy Klinerman, Moshe Ilowitz and Haviv Ben-Abu were last seen. As Lag B'Omer's throngs leave, searchers remain to scour the mountain

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When ash fell like snow: 20 years on, a fire warden’s 9/11 memories still haunt

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 11:28:07 +0000

Volunteer fire warden Alan Fromm rushed into 5 World Trade Center to evacuate his office building; after the South Tower collapsed, he was found unconscious under an ambulance

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After six years on the run, Israeli man arrested over divorce refusal

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 15:58:35 +0000

Ronen Vital found sitting in his car in south Tel Aviv; is still refusing to give a religious bill of divorce after 13 years, but advocates are optimistic

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Potential kingmaker Ra’am declines to endorse candidate for PM

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 20:07:45 +0000

Islamist faction says it will work with whomever is charged with forming government; in last-minute decision, Joint List declines to endorse Lapid

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Exit polls put Netanyahu in reach of thin majority, but only with Yamina’s help

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:22:45 +0000

Too-close-to-call surveys crown Bennett kingmaker, give 59 seats to anti-Netanyahu camp; Sa'ar collapses at 5-6 seats, Blue and White expected to get 7, Ra'am left out

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Israel negotiating release of Israeli woman held in Syria

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 13:46:03 +0000

Report: Woman is 25 from Modi'in Illit; Syrian media says she entered country accidentally; Israel frees Syrian from house arrest, Damascus said to want release of another

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Victims of sex offender rabbi’s alleged fraud decry emerging plea deal

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 09:16:38 +0000

Lawyers for victims condemn 'absurd' agreement, which would purportedly see Eliezer Berland jailed for 14 months over massive 'miracles-for-cash' con

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After UAE, Bahrain deals signed, Trump says 7-9 countries seek peace with Israel

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:53:02 +0000

Soon after historic Abraham Accords ceremony at the White House, US president includes Saudi Arabia among those nations also now ready to normalize ties with Jewish state

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Sudan and Israel say talks underway for deal to normalize ties

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:26:47 +0000

'No reason for enmity to continue,' says Khartoum official, predicting pact could be clinched by end of year; Netanyahu says Israel will do everything to make agreement happen

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Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, who made the Talmud accessible, dies at 83

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 08:12:25 +0000

Israel Prize laureate and scholar credited with revolutionary translation and commentary of seminal Jewish texts in 'once-in-a-millennium' achievement

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To find meaning in a pandemic, top religious leaders offer ‘Coronaspection’

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 03:37:23 +0000

A project by a Jerusalem-based interfaith organization brings online reflections of prominent faith leaders, including the pope and European chief rabbis, on the virus

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As virus wanes, Israel’s blind and deaf step out into a more hostile world

Fri, 22 May 2020 03:47:42 +0000

A visually impaired actor and hard-of-hearing activist describe new pandemic challenges, with touching verboten and lip-reading impossible in a sea of masks

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Lost in the Amazon amid pandemic, a starving Israeli ‘nomad’ finds his way home

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 07:29:21 +0000

As Israel airlifts its stranded backpackers, here's the story of one traveler who spent 3 years abroad -- and then got stuck behind Bolivia's closed borders as the virus spread

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Nurse in virus isolation ward describes patients’ touching farewell to dying man

Tue, 24 Mar 2020 16:58:57 +0000

Rachel Gemara details final moments of Israel's 1st virus fatality Aryeh Even, a Holocaust survivor, who, separated from his family, was comforted to the end in Jerusalem hospital

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Burial society gears up for COVID-19 funerals, as health officials lay out rules

Sun, 22 Mar 2020 19:51:31 +0000

Ministry initially bans religious funeral rite for coronavirus victims, then backtracks; chevra kadisha volunteers, in protective gear, being trained to deal with virus casualties

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