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Zaka volunteers during the first phase of the search along the Danube river floor. Photos credit ZAKA
January 17, 2019, 3:07 pm
No Shoah victims’ remains found during initial sonar scan of Danube
The team operating the search will be back next month for another scan, after first operation reveals no remains of those murdered
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Gal Gadot
January 17, 2019, 3:00 pm
Gal Gadot to voice Wonder Woman in ‘The Lego Movie 2’
Israeli actress will be joined by several others who portray DC characters when the sequel to the original movie opens next month in the US
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Jared Kushner
January 17, 2019, 2:56 pm
Former Governor accuses Jared Kushner of revenge with political ‘hit job’
Ex-New Jersey leader claims Donald Trump's son-in-law carried out a attack as revenge for prosecuting his father in 2006
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Jason Spindler (Facebook)
January 17, 2019, 2:52 pm
Jewish businessman who survived 9/11 among the 21 dead in Nairobi terror attack
Jason Spindler was tragically caught up in the chaos in Kenyan earlier this week
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Abraham Cahan, centre, a former editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, at an event in 1957.
January 17, 2019, 12:11 pm
American Jewish newspaper halts publication after 121 years
The Forward, one of the longest-running Jewish publications, has announced it will cease its print edition and lay off 40 percent of staff.
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Carol Channing (Source: Wikipedia. Credit: Allan Warren)
January 15, 2019, 2:22 pm
Broadway star Carol Channing dies aged 97
Veteran actress who delighted audiences over almost 5,000 performances as the Dolly Levi was descended from German and Russian Jewish immigrants
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Screenshot from Haaretz video of the 'McJesus' sculpture
January 15, 2019, 11:22 am
‘McJesus’ sculptor asks Haifa museum to remove work and joins BDS movement
Finnish artist Jani Leinonen asks the gallery to take down his work after hundreds of Arab-Christian demonstrators took to the streets
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January 15, 2019, 11:19 am
‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ wins three Critics’ Choice Awards
Hit US series about a Jewish housewife in 1950s New York scoops gongs including best comedy series
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Israeli soldiers take position as Palestinians protest on the Israel Gaza Strip Border, Friday, April 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
January 15, 2019, 10:21 am
Palestinian teen shot by IDF during Gaza border demonstrations dies
Gaza youth who was shot in the head by Israeli troops passes away according to Hamas-run health ministry
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
January 15, 2019, 10:05 am
Mahmoud Abbas to assume chairmanship of major UN bloc
Veteran leader will take over from Egypt as the head of the Group of 77 which focuses on developing countries
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Pawel Adamowicz (Wikimedia Commons. Author: Rudolf H. Boettcher)
January 15, 2019, 9:46 am
Polish mayor stabbed to death at concert was a ‘friend of the Jewish community’
Tributes paid to lawyer and social activist who has served since the mayor of Gdansk since 1998, after he was fatally attacked on stage at a charity event
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Memorial photo of 15-year-old Samuel Farkas, who fell to his death while climbing down from family's high-rise condominium, on January 8, 2019. (Facebook screen capture via Times of Israel)
January 14, 2019, 11:18 am
Miami Heat basketball player honours Jewish teen who fell to his death
Justise Winslow wrote “RIP Sammy Farkas” on his black shoes in white marker during a fixture against Boston Celtics
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Eurovision winner Netta
January 14, 2019, 11:13 am
Israeli pop star Omer Adam turns down Eurovision gig over Shabbat clash
Singer offered chance to perform the opening act during the May singing competition hosted in Tel Aviv, but says no as he would have to work on Saturday
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Michael Bloomberg
January 14, 2019, 11:07 am
 Michael Bloomberg says he would self-fund a 2020 presidential campaign
If he were to run in the 2020 presidential campaign, the former New York mayor said he would finance it himself
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January 14, 2019, 11:01 am
Teachers of students who made Nazi salute will raise money for Auschwitz museum
Baraboo High School educators will fundraise for the Holocaust museum after their students were pictured making the offensive gesture
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