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Times Of Israel

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:54:36 +0000
Just 2.1% of COVID-19 tests positive, lowest since December 1
Virus transmission rate lowest since October, as 4 million fully vaccinated; health minister urges roughly 1 million citizens who can be inoculated but haven't to get the shot

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:31:40 +0000
Netanyahu’s cousin sues exec who claimed PM’s wife has veto on security issues
David Shimron, PM's former attorney, files NIS 425,000 libel suit against former senior Israel Aerospace Industries VP David Arzi, who made assertion in video

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:35:59 +0000
Brandeis president says university’s contract proposal aims to force him out
Ron Liebowitz, who has received a one-year extension offer as chance to 'improve' fundraising, says deal wouldn't allow him to honor commitments to donors

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:24:02 +0000
Despite pandemic, more Argentine Jews made the move to Israel in 2020
Aliyah from country was up 26%, even though worldwide figure dropped considerably relative to 2019; trend said to be 'clear and accelerating'

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:11:51 +0000
Iraq’s last Jewish doctor, who treated the poor for free, dies in Baghdad
Dr. Thafer Eliyahu, 61, continued to receive patients even when country was being bombed in 2003 Gulf War

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:06:05 +0000
US Jewish scholars push anti-Semitism definition allowing more Israel criticism
Nexus Task Force, made up of liberal academics, says IHRA definition is too broad, not all double standards toward Jewish state manifest prejudice

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 04:41:29 +0000
Anyone but Ben Gvir: One man’s mission to keep a Kahanist out of the Knesset
Spooked by the thought of the right-wing extremist becoming an MK, Yuval Carmel is going door-to-door in right-wing strongholds to convince people to vote for anybody else

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 04:12:19 +0000
Biden: Cuomo should resign if investigation confirms sexual harassment claims
US president increases pressure on under-fire New York governor amid allegations he sexually harassed or behaved inappropriately toward multiple women

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 03:24:11 +0000
Trump encourages his supporters to get ‘great’ COVID vaccine
'It's a safe vaccine and it's something that works,' former US president tells Fox, acknowledging high level of resistance among his voters

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 02:53:15 +0000
Anti-racism advocate/rabbi/rapper publishes contemporary Torah commentary
Black Orthodox Rabbi Shais Rishon examines Judaism's foundational text with an eye on race and gender within the framework of tradition

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 02:14:22 +0000
At least 8 killed as shooter targets Asian massage parlors in Atlanta
21-year-old man, identified as Robert Aaron Long, taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 02:00:19 +0000
Islamic extremists in Mozambique beheading kids as young as 11, aid groups say
US sending military specialists to train Mozambican army to battle Islamic State-allied group in conflict that has displaced nearly 670,000 people

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 01:19:08 +0000
NASA study suggests Mars’ missing water is trapped in underground rocks
Most of the water for oceans and lakes that once flowed on Red Planet likely absorbed into 'hydrated minerals' on its crust

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 00:35:09 +0000
Study finds lightning strikes could have sparked life on Earth
While scientists long believed meteorites brought to Earth enough phosphorus, a vital building block of life, new research indicates it could have come from bolts from the blue

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 23:50:33 +0000
Iran now using advanced new centrifuges to enrich uranium at Natanz plant
Leaked atomic watchdog report says Iran has installed 174 highly advanced IR-4 machines at underground site in further violation of nuclear deal, and plans on installing more



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