“I’m a homosexual, so the Nazis are doing this to me for two separate reasons, as opposed to your measly one.” Oswiecim, German-occupied Poland, July 11 – Some of the newly-arrived Jews being packed naked into the gas chamber at ...
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Last year’s national election here was a painful reminder that people who don’t think like a North Tel Aviv social activist can still vote. Tel Aviv, June 10 – Hatnua Party leader and ranking member of the Zionist Union faction ...
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By Daniel Goldberg I’ve been married three times, each one ending in divorce. I’ve had multiple other relationships before, between, and since, each one repeating and compounding the failures of all that came before it. I don’t need the orthodox ...
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“The fist of Islam reaches into the depths of the enemy’s rear and strikes with the force of a thousand vengeances.” Medina, July 6 – The Islamic State has not claimed credit for perpetrating an suicide bombing attack yesterday at the burial site ...
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“Do you think the ninth of Av and the Day of Atonement, which are 25-hour fasts, can count more somehow?” Greenwich, CT, July 6 – A Jewish spiritual authority has weighed in on the physiological effects of the various fast ...
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“How could anyone think this is acceptable behavior?” Kiryat Yam, Israel, July 7 – Residents of this sleepy Haifa suburb on the Mediterranean coast were horrified to discover that the various telecommunications companies in Israel’s market still permit callers to ...
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Analysts see the move as an encouraging sign of emerging liberal values in Palestinian society. Ramallah, July 7 – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas signed an order today that sets a new, lighter mandatory punishment for people convicted of tendering ...
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“At least the The Donald hasn’t explicitly disavowed the support of white supremacists.” Boise, July 6 – Followers of Hitlerian National Socialism objected today to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign’s use of a “sheriff’s star” in an image targeting opponent Hillary ...
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“You can’t get any more minority than zero percent.” Jerusalem, July 6 – NGOs and political figures are accusing King David of a policy of racial discrimination and of barring ethnic minorities from his government, noting that of the many ...
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By The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) We’ve been hearing quite a bit about some expectation that refugees be resettled in places other than the ones they left and thus be given the opportunity to ...
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