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Unemployment in Israel at 22.7% with 938,000 People Jobless
Read ›: Unemployment in Israel at 22.7% with 938,000 People JoblessBy: Jerusalem Post Staff – The Jerusalem Post; jpost.com Unemployment during lockdown in October was nearly double what it was in September. Some 22.7% of Israelis, 938,000 people, were unemployed at the height of the second coronavirus lockdown, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics, Calcalist reported. The statistics refer to the first half of October and…
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Iranian MPs Chant ‘Death to America’ After Passing Law to Increase Nuclear Activity
Read ›: Iranian MPs Chant ‘Death to America’ After Passing Law to Increase Nuclear ActivityJewish News Syndicate – jns.org The legislation requires Iran to produce 120 kilograms (265 pounds) of 20 percent-enriched uranium a year, activate thousands of centrifuges and immediately reactivate the Arak nuclear reactor. The Iranian parliament has passed a bill obligating the government to dramatically step up the country’s nuclear-related activity, Iranian media reported on Monday.…
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Which Jerusalemite Was First to Put ‘Israel’ as Birthplace on Passport?
Read ›: Which Jerusalemite Was First to Put ‘Israel’ as Birthplace on Passport?By: Tovah Lazaroff – The Jerusalem Post; jpost.com Ari and Naomi Zivotofksy asked for a passport that recorded their son’s birthplace as Israel 18 years ago, but the US government would only say he was born in Jerusalem. After their son Menachem’s birth in Jerusalem in 2002, Ari and Naomi Zivotofksy asked for a passport…
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Arabs from Gulf States Rush to Learn Hebrew
Read ›: Arabs from Gulf States Rush to Learn HebrewBy: Abigail Klein Leichman – Israel21c; israel21c.org The warm relationship developing between Israel and UAE and Bahrain has led to a rise in the number of businesspeople in the Gulf learning Hebrew online. Maysoon Hameed comes home from work as a vice president of an Emirati bank, spends time with her family – and then…
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82-Years After the Kristallnacht and Antisemitism is Rising
Read ›: 82-Years After the Kristallnacht and Antisemitism is RisingBy: Walter Bingham – The Jerusalem Post; jpost.com “When a knock on the door meant terror.” All over the Western world Jews are experiencing a resurgence of antisemitism. Synagogue doors are being reinforced; Jewish businesses are being attacked; Jewish monuments have been defaced; people are careful not to wear anything that can identify them as…
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Franklin Graham Calls for Day of Prayer and Fasting
Read ›: Franklin Graham Calls for Day of Prayer and FastingBy: Franklin Graham – Billy Graham Evangelical Association; billygraham.org With Election Day a couple of weeks away, Franklin Graham is calling for a day of prayer and fasting this Sunday. Coming on the heels of the September 26 Washington Prayer March, he posted the following appeal on Facebook, asking others to join him in seeking God’s direction…
