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Israel Exit Polls Predict Narrow Win for Netanyahu With Help of Surging Right-Wing Bloc
November 1, 2022
Early polls have been known to be skewed compared to the final vote tally, which will be counted through Tuesday night.
A 76-Year-Old Jewish Philanthropist From Los Angeles Is One of the World’s Most Prolific Olympic Pin Traders
July 25, 2021
Marantz specializes in collecting pins produced by countries seeking to host the Olympics, pins made by official host committees and pins made by media organizations covering the games.
Sheldon Adelson, Megadonor to Israel and Republicans, is Dead at 87
January 12, 2021
Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate whose philanthropy had an unparalleled influence on American and Israeli politics and Jewish causes, has died at 87.
Trump Says He Tested Positive for COVID-19; Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Traveled with him this Week, but Test Negative
October 2, 2020
Trump’s announcement — coming just weeks ahead of the presidential election — came hours after news broke that Trump advisor Hope Hicks had tested positive.
Soccer Star Lionel Messi Becomes Brand Ambassador for Israeli Company OrCam
September 11, 2020
He also promoted an Israeli-based company in 2017.
How Buenos Aires’ Jews Have Weathered the Pandemic
August 22, 2020
Since March 20, Argentina has imposed one of the world’s strictest COVID-19 quarantines, and its capital city, home to most of the country’s Jewish community, isn’t opening back up anytime soon.
There are 49 Jews Left on the British Island of Jersey. The Pandemic has Pushed their One Synagogue to the Brink
July 25, 2020
The community, with a formal membership of only 49 and an average age of over 70, has had to negotiate the coronavirus crisis as its membership continues to shrink.
In Significant Meetings With Jewish Leaders, Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez Condemns the AMIA Bombing
July 16, 2020
Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez has conveyed to Jewish leaders his desire to end the decades-long legal case that followed the 1994 bombing of the Jewish Center in Buenos Aires.
‘Spanish Schindler,’ Who Reportedly Saved Over 5,000 Jews During WWII, Finally Gets Tribute
July 10, 2020
“He never expected recognition or thought he had to have it.”
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