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Ahead of elections, Bennett and Lapid pledge to strengthen Israel-Diaspora ties

By RUTH EGLASH

(JTA) — Israel-Diaspora relations will be made a top priority for former prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid if their B’Yachad party joins the next Israeli government,...

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Chef Alon Shaya shares the stories, resilience and recipes of World War II survivors

By RACHEL RINGLER

(JTA) – In 2015, while visiting Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, James Beard Award-winning chef Alon Shaya came face-to-face with a World War II artifact that moved...

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Masked settlers injure Washington Post photographer, Palestinians

By TOMER ALMAGOR

(JTA) — Masked settlers attacked Palestinians attempting to harvest their olives in the West Bank on Friday, injuring a Washington Post photographer and several harvesters, amid a sharp...

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Opinions & Voices

OP-ED: A ‘peace prize’ for the vilification of Israel

By RUTHIE BLUM

(JNS.org) –There are bad decisions and disgraceful ones. And then there’s the awarding of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay.

The choice is...

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