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12/10/2023
Israel’s oldest active soldier speaks about his time fighting for the country from the 1940s to this day
Israeli reservist, 95, to IDF soldiers: ‘Demolish Hamas’ - JNS.org Asked how it feels to be a nonagenarian Israel Defense Forces reservist in action, Ezra Yakhin told JNS that “It is very important for us to fight for our country. I feel excellent.”
Disband UNRWA now
04/10/2023
https://m.jpost.com/opinion/article-756344
Israel should build closer ties with Uganda - opinion So, while ties exist as we speak, there is still a lot of untapped potential out there in multiple sectors that might be open in the future.
03/10/2023
https://www.jns.org/jns/wildlife/23/8/13/310145/
Tel Aviv's fisher jackals - JNS.org “The jackal population is exploding because they are not afraid to stay near human settlement,” says Yaron Dekel, scientific director of the Shamir Research Institute.
03/10/2023
X-Men writer talks about Sri Lankan character in comics - Life | Daily Mirror The X-Men may not be the most powerful superhero team but they probably have the most diverse character lineup. They also have a Sri Lankan named Suvik Senyaka in the comic book series. In an interview that took place before the WGA strike, writer Scott Lobdell told Life that he created the mutant a...
03/10/2023
https://m.jpost.com/opinion/article-754082
Israel's best UN allies are the Pacific Islands - opinion Pacific Island states have the best record of voting in staunch favor of Israel at the United Nations, and yet most Israelis can't find them on a map.
03/10/2023
Inspired by Hebrew, scholar helps revive dying aboriginal Australian languages - JNS.org Two Israeli natives living in Australia are working with indigenous Australians to give their languages a life after death.
30/08/2023
How an ancestral hominid sailed long before recorded history
Flores Hobbits May Have Floated to the Island on Leaf Nests While Frodo in Tolkien’s Middle Earth ventured very far to destroy a magic ring and Gollum was a good swimmer, real-life ‘hobbit’ ancestors may have also traversed far to get to their island!
20/04/2023
Mandalorian season finale fell so close to Israeli independence
Yom Ha’atzmaut echoes in ‘The Mandalorian’ - JNS.org Jewish parallels abound in the show that just finished its third season.
18/04/2023
1948 veterans: the Holocaust was NOT why we fought for Israeli independence
The Holocaust is not why they fought, say 1948 veterans of Israel’s War of Independence - JNS.org “Long before the Holocaust, we said, ‘Next year in Jerusalem’ every year during the Passover seder,” said Itzik Mizrachi, 90.
23/03/2023
How a Catholic Irish boy became a top Muslim imam
How a Cork boy grew up to become a Muslim Imam As Ramadan begins, Avi Kumar explores how a devout Catholic boy from a staunchly Republican Cork family, once destined for the priesthood, became an Imam in the West of Ireland
20/03/2023
How he became a household name
The rise of Hananya Naftali, social media star and pro-Israel influencer - JNS.org “When you’re 22 and the prime minister offers you a job, you don’t say no,” Naftali told JNS.
18/03/2023
Hiberno-Yiddish - The language of Irish Jews – J-Wire Hiberno-Yiddish or Irish-Yiddish is the historical dialect spoken by Irish Jews. Hiberno-Yiddish - The language of Irish Jews
17/03/2023
Michael Collins hid from Black and Tans among Dublin's Jews News from the Irish Examiner's team of reporters
15/03/2023
Behind the scenes how they used Zelensky’s palace in Ukraine to film the epic dance scene
'RRR' location scout on filming 'Naatu Naatu' in Ukraine during pandemic Ramji Natarajan, Indian film industry location scout, took Khaleej Times behind the scenes of filming the Oscar-nominated song
10/02/2023
https://www.jwire.com.au/hiberno-yiddish-the-language-of-irish-jews/
Hiberno-Yiddish - The language of Irish Jews – J-Wire Hiberno-Yiddish or Irish-Yiddish is the historical dialect spoken by Irish Jews. Hiberno-Yiddish - The language of Irish Jews
10/02/2023
The ‘safe haven’ of India has a dark and grisly Jewish secret The Hindu civilisation is widely seen as tolerant of Jews, but this ignores a horrific 12th-century massacre
10/02/2023
Analysis: Retconning Magneto’s Holocaust survivor origin destroys character - I24NEWS A 'retcon' is a revision of a character's backstory - so should writers retcon X-Men antagonist Magneto?
09/02/2023
Over 1500 Holocaust survivors were detained by the British in Mauritius, this is their story - it is a less known chapter in that chapter of history
20/09/2022
Ancient Indian Jewish community holds on to customs despite shrinking numbers The Cochin Jews claim to be the oldest Diaspora group outside the Middle East.
18/09/2022
1st Jewish wedding in India after 15 years
Kerala community is the oldest diaspora group
Ancient Indian Jewish community holds on to customs despite shrinking numbers The Cochin Jews claim to be the oldest Diaspora group outside the Middle East.
30/07/2022
Israel was among the first countries to take in Vietnamese boat refugees
45 years on, Vietnamese refugees are still writing their story in Israel
12/06/2022
New studies shows that Sri Lanka’s water buffalo is a unique species thanks to DNA evidence
New water buffalo species in Sri Lanka For a long time, we believed that the water buffalo was not native to Sri Lanka, but introduced from the Asian mainland. However, recent DNA evidence suggests that an indigenous species also existed.A herd in the Kumana National ParkConservation Biologist, Prof Mayuri Wijesinghe (Department of Zoolo...
06/05/2022
Archie Comics writers explain why the series is 'Timeless' and has been a favourite for 80 years
Why we love Archie comics Growing up in Sri Lanka, I remember how as kids we would sneak in Archie comics to school and they would invariably be confiscated. If I remember right, once my Principal at morning assembly announced that Archie Comics were one of the most confiscated items; the others being CDs and tipex. I presum...
18/03/2022
Michael Collins Jewish right-hand man’s son talks about meeting with Israeli politicians
https://m.jpost.com/diaspora/article-701445/amp
Dublin’s Jewish lord mayor recalls meeting Zionist leaders Ben Briscoe reminisces about meeting his father’s old comrade Menachem Begin, and his Jewish roots.
17/03/2022
Stuart uncovered the fact about Michael Collins hiding in a Jewish Rabbis house
Meet Stuart Rosenblatt, Irish-Jewish Genealogist - TheJ.ca Twenty-two volumes accumulated of Jewish history in Ireland
06/03/2022
Irish Independence legend Michael Collins hid among the Irish Jews and yelled at the Black and Tans in Yiddish
Michael Collins hid from Black and Tans among Dublin's Jews News from the Irish Examiner's team of reporters
25/02/2022
What Is Happening Along The Russia-Ukraine Border For Dummies - TheJ.ca Historically unresolved tensions, spectre of NATO among factors Putin cites
24/02/2022
Check out Israeli food in Dubai
The Significance Of Israeli Cuisine In UAE - TheJ.ca Mul Hayam kosher restaurant wowing taste buds and spreading Israeli cuisine
24/02/2022
Jesus Was A Jew, So Why Is It Wrong For Jews To Live In Israel Today? - TheJ.ca A perspective using secular history