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Israel’s seventh prime minister, Yitzhak Shamir, passed away June 30 at the age of 96. Shamir, who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, served intermittently as prime minister from 1983 to 1992 as the head of the Likud. Before entering politics, he worked at the Israeli spy agency, the Mossad, and was a member of the Revisionist […]

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Vandalism in a Jewish section of Vienna’s Central Cemetery left 43 gravestones toppled or damaged. “We are deeply dismayed at this level of vandalism,” Jewish community President Oscar Deutsch said last Friday in a statement on the community’s website after inspecting the cemetery. Deutsch said the Jewish community hoped for quick action on the case […]

Adi Kain, a hip 29 year-old, was not going to wait for a proposal. She was with the right guy and ready for the relationship to move on. They met at a fashion event in Tel Aviv. Adi went up to the bar for a drink, and a cute guy started to chat her up. […]

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