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Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:27:59 +0000
IDF soldier accidentally shot at military base dies of his injuries
Staff Sgt. Yonatan Granot, 22, was struck in the head by a small munition normally used for riot dispersal; Ground Forces chief has halted all live-fire drills

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:21:44 +0000
Israeli accused of spying for Hamas, providing intel on rocket defense array
Shin Bet says Mohammad Abu Adra, who for family reasons was permitted frequent travel between Israel and Gaza, was recruited 18 months ago to gather information for terror group

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 07:56:07 +0000
Police break up parties, hand out 1,300 fines on first night of Purim curfew
Illegal celebrations dispersed in Jerusalem, Haifa, Beit Shemesh and more; police official: 'We all know repercussions, but some willing to endanger themselves and their families'

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 07:46:07 +0000
From tempeh to yoga, pandemic downtime fuels cottage industry boom
Furloughs and other work cuts push entrepreneurial types to follow their dreams, turning hobbies into businesses

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 07:06:44 +0000
Iran’s supreme leader says women in cartoons must wear hijabs
Unclear if ruling issued by Ali Khamenei will be enforced; foreign films showing unscarved women can be screened in Iran, but locally made productions are banned from doing so

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 06:29:27 +0000
London ‘statue diversity’ appointee quits after anti-Semitism accusations
Activist Toyin Agbetu resigns from panel examining city landmarks following Jewish News reports on his problematic past comments on Jews

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 06:07:43 +0000
With mere 2% vaccinated, unrecognized Bedouin villages are an Israeli blind spot
Off the national grid and with conspiracy theories and fears of inoculation running rampant, few have elected to get the shots to protect themselves from COVID-19

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 05:45:15 +0000
PODCAST: Author Micah Goodman on Israelis’ ongoing search for Jewish identity
Popular philosopher lays out Israeli Jews' foundational religious and secular thinkers, ultra-Orthodoxy's 'optical illusion' and the paradox of Purim

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 05:42:16 +0000
After oil spill, fishermen at Jisr az-Zarqa net catch despite seafood sales ban
At impoverished village, locals hit by the pandemic have taken another blow with the recent environmental disaster, but insist on continuing their work

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 04:06:45 +0000
Jewish Indian women elders spearhead revival of Purim musical tradition
COVID-19 restrictions prevent holiday synagogue performance in Mumbai, but members of India's largest Jewish community Bene Israel are still passing on the Hindu-inspired art form

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 03:50:13 +0000
The Jewish world’s biggest donor to disability inclusion is pulling its funding
Some worry as the Ruderman Foundation begins to redirect funds after 18 years of successful activism -- though experts say more diverse sources could be beneficial in the long run

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 03:01:46 +0000
Raised in one of Rio’s most violent favelas, he’s now a rising artist in Israel
New immigrant Alander Especie joins hundreds of fellow Brazilian expats in the central Israeli city of Ra'anana, which he and other creatives are working to beautify through art

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 02:09:27 +0000
2 Israeli men in their 20s die of COVID-19 in a day
Neither man had preexisting health conditions; both collapsed in their homes

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 01:13:57 +0000
Massachusetts school board member calls Jew a ‘kike’ on live TV
Calls mount for Bob Hoey to resign after saying of former school district leader: 'We lost the kike, oh, I mean, the Jewish guy'

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:15:42 +0000
US strikes Iran-backed fighters in Syria, in 1st military action under Biden
Pentagon says airstrikes 'destroyed multiple facilities at a border control point,' are retaliation for attacks on American targets in Iraq; war monitor claims 17 killed



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