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Times Of Israel

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 08:46:54 +0000
Senior US cop who displayed Nazi sign, made Holocaust jokes gets $1.5 million payout
Kent Assistant Police Chief Derek Kammerzell put on leave; city pays for him to resign rather than matter going to court; he placed SS insignia above nameplate on his office door

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 07:42:44 +0000
18 buses torched in Safed; police probe possible link to protection racket payments
Vehicles belong to companies owned by Nazareth's Afifi transport company; no casualties in arson attack at central bus station; residents woken by blasts, panic it's rocket attack

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 07:05:12 +0000
UK poet Siegfried Sassoon ignored his Jewish heritage. A new biopic does the same
Now in select theaters, 'Benediction' deals with its subject's antiwar stance and homosexuality in WWI Britain, but skirts his complex relationship with his wealthy family's roots

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 07:02:01 +0000
To mark UN Oceans Day, divers haul trash polluting ancient underwater Caesarea port
Volunteers remove 45 kgs of garbage from between the sunken pillars and submerged ruins of historic seaport; teams worked at dozens more sites up and down Mediterranean coast

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 06:07:49 +0000
Stradivarius used by Einstein’s teacher sells for $15.3 million
Instrument belonged to virtuoso Toscha Seidel, who played it in 'Wizard of Oz'; he and Einstein participated in 1933 concert to support fleeing German Jewish scientists

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 05:14:19 +0000
Volunteer police officer killed as car plows through sobriety checkpoint; 4 arrested
'Professional, brave' father-of-two Amichai Carmely killed in Rishon Lezion; 3 injured, including passenger; 4 arrested; vehicle was in earlier accident, fled toward checkpoint

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 03:30:09 +0000
FDA says Moderna COVID vaccine effective in children under 5
Data showed it was less effective than in trials on adults, but authorities say it's because tests were done during highly contagious Omicron wave

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 02:35:41 +0000
US Capitol probe puts the blame on Trump but faces battle to sway voters
Despite damning evidence, public outrage appears to have dissipated since January last year, with US voters increasingly focused on pocketbook issues such as soaring inflation

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 01:43:52 +0000
Democrats, including Pressley, condemn pro-Palestinian mapping Boston Jewish groups
Politicians warn that map, which includes the names, addresses and staff members of many Jewish organizations, could incite violence against Jewish community

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 00:59:01 +0000
Pro-Palestinian group posts map of Massachusetts naming local ‘Zionist leaders’
Jewish arts group, schools, synagogues among network alleged to be responsible for wide-ranging societal harms by the anonymous page, which also names the organizations' staffers

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 00:09:14 +0000
US envoy heading to Beirut to mediate Israel-Lebanon maritime gas dispute
Visit comes as Israel sends gas rig to disputed field and Hezbollah threatens to attack it if drilling begins before border disagreement is resolved

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 23:14:20 +0000
Biden warns forces behind US Capitol riot ‘remain at work today’
US president calls January 6 insurrection 'one of the darkest chapters in our nation's history,' urges Americans to 'protect our democracy'

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 22:17:04 +0000
How a Jewish immigrant from the shtetl became the father of America’s nuclear Navy
Abrasive, controversial and tenacious, Admiral Hyman Rickover was called 'the greatest engineer to ever live' by Jimmy Carter. A new biography tells his incredible life story

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 22:08:10 +0000
After Ivanka accepts vote loss, Trump says she wasn’t involved in checking results
At January 6 hearings, Trump's daughter, son-in-law make clear how much they have distanced themselves from ex-president; Kushner: I was focused on pardons, Abraham Accords

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 21:31:55 +0000
Russia slaps ‘foreign agent’ label on anti-torture group
Third time Moscow has applied label to Committee Against Torture; it has also recently stepped up using measure to target opponents, journalists and human rights activists



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