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Woodsburgh resident and lawyer, David Friedman, who was one of President-elect Donald Trump’s primary advisors on Israel and Middle East affairs during the presidential campaign, was named to be the U.S. ambassador to the Jewish state.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/16/16
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Although myths abound about Nat Turner, some facts remain consistent. Turner, a runaway slave, led a slave rebellion in 1831 that resulted in the murder of several white people. In Nat Turner in …
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Review by Elyse Trevers
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11/4/16
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Woodmere resident and 2016 salutatorian of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway High School (HAFTR) Justin Lish broadened his scientific horizons during his four weeks in Rehovot, Israel, where he attended the Weizmann Institute of Science’s annual Dr. Bessie F. Lawrence International Summer Science Institute from July 3 to 28.
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By Diana Colapietro
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8/24/16
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A record number of tourists from North America visited Israel in 2015, though there was a small decline later in the year due to a spate of violence in the Jewish state. According to one travel agent in the Five Towns, however, the number of local travelers has not changed.
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By Vanessa Parker
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1/27/16
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A week to the day before the coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, Cedarhurst resident Eli Borochov, 20, was one of two people shot by Arab snipers at the Cave of Patriarchs, a sacred Jewish site in Hebron, Israel.
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By Vanessa Parker
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11/18/15
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Jewish people across the globe will change from dress shoes to non-leather footwear and move from chairs to the floor to hear the recitation of Megillat Eicha (Lamentations) as the holiday of Tisha B’Av begins at sundown on the second to last day of a three-week mourning period, and will be commemorated this year from the eve of July 25 through nightfall on July 26.
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By Yitzchak Carroll
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7/22/15
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As the number of anti-Israel protests on college campuses continue to rise, it is now more important than ever that students are properly prepared to advocate for Israel when they attend college.
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By Daniel Maron
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3/4/15
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On Nov. 18, a terror attack in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Nof in Israel left five people dead — four rabbis and a Druze police officer. Their surviving family members continue on in their absence.
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By Vanessa Parker
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12/17/14
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Together, Steve and Shira Golden of Cedarhurst, along with Lev Herrnson of East Rockaway, are preparing for a 350-mile long bicycle ride known as Hazon Israel beginning in Jerusalem in the center of Israel to Eilat at the country’s southern tip, which will take place Nov. 4-11.
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By Vanessa Parker
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10/1/14
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When I signed up for the National Council of Synagogue Youth Kollel summer program in Israel last fall, little did I know that armed fighting would break out between the Jewish state and the terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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By Yitzchak Carroll
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8/13/14
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