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13+ min ago  (516+ words) MORNING STAR readers and many other people will be pleased with today's news that the Cable Street 90 committee is calling for a huge display of people's unity on Sunday October 4 this'year. On that day 90 years ago, more than 100, 000 people of…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago  (1304+ words) A new Pew Research Center survey should stop us in our tracks. Across 36 countries, a median of 67% of adults now hold an unfavorable view of Israel, while just 25% hold a favorable view. Pew also reports that majorities in most surveyed…...

43+ min ago  (831+ words) The Jews are gone. The start-ups, the scientists and inventors have gone elsewhere. Cabbies in London seem less talkative, and definitely less intrusive. The communal busybodies are gone too, forever involving themselves in things that may not affect them personally,…...

5+ hour, 7+ min ago  (1072+ words) If you're wondering how a Jewish man is able to give a full-throated endorsement to someone with the same Nazi tattoo worn by the guards of concentration camps, fear not. There is an explanation. It's called placing political loyalty over…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago  (762+ words) (JTA) The Pride march in Israel's capital city changed its traditional route on Thursday to end near the Knesset, in a show of force ahead of elections that could have major implications for the status of LGBTQ Israelis. "If the…...

6+ hour, 16+ min ago  (1067+ words) SA drags out ICJ case against Israel Thousands turning to Jewish welfare in tough times Benji Rosman talks AI with the Pope Visiting ambassador reaffirms Israel's commitment to SA Jews Israeli mountain biker makes SA her Olympics training ground From…...

1+ hour, 45+ min ago  (149+ words) I've always regarded the world's religions as cultural products, by which I mean artifacts of human inventiveness. As such, religions bear the characteristics of the cultures that created them and the times of their creation. They tend to share one…...

1+ hour, 45+ min ago  (1070+ words) EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ " East Brunswick marked a new community milestone with its first Jewish Heritage Month celebration, bringing residents, families and community leaders together to recognize Jewish American history, culture, traditions and contributions. The event created an opportunity for residents…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago  (791+ words) We shall rise to a higher state. We shall not dwell in mud huts; we shall build newer and more beautiful houses and possess them in safety," so wrote Theodor Herzl one hundred and thirty years ago in his historic…...

2+ hour, 10+ min ago  (570+ words) Yet this anniversary carries a different significance for another segment of Israeli society. For many Israeli Jews, particularly those who identify as religious Zionists, the 1967 war marks the reunification of Judea and Samaria'the biblical term used by many within their…...