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| March 20, 2014
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New Delhi police detain suspicious man eying Israeli embassy

 

According to Indian news service, the suspicious man tried running away when  approached by Israel’s embassy security personnel.

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New Delhi police detained a 45-year-old man after “he failed to give a proper reason for loitering around the Israel embassy in the national capital’s high security area” on Wednesday, the Indo Asian News Service reported.

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Indian forensics experts investigate after a blast tore through a car belonging to the Israel Embassy, in New Delhi, India, Feb. 13, 2012. – Photo: AP

The man, who was spotted outside the embassy around noon, started running after security personnel asked him what he was doing, according to the news service.

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| March 19, 2014
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US visas withheld to Israel ex-security, now, post-army travelers

 

Congress & U.S. St. Dept. at odds over visas for Israelis following recent reports in unparallelled numbers of Israelis being denied entry visas.

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The battle between members of Congress and the State Department over tourist visas for Israelis features two competing archetypes of the young Israeli traveler.
Israel Passport - Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

Israel Passport – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

The lawmakers paint a picture of a world traveler, matured by service to country, who deserves a break from the stresses of the Middle East. U.S. consular officials, meanwhile, have warned of lawbreakers hawking dubious Dead Sea beauty products in malls and at rest stops. Continue Reading »

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| March 14, 2014
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At TV Hall of Fame Induction, Bill Maher says Jay Leno is like Israel

Like Israel, Leno is ‘held to standard no one in the world is expected to live up to.’

 

Jay Leno’s induction to the TV Hall of Fame on Tuesday was preceded by a spirited and vaguely controversial introduction from Bill Maher, who compared the former “Tonight Show” host to a a small Middle Eastern country some of you may have heard of.

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Jay Leno and Bill Maher at Hall of Fame Induction – Photo: Frank Micelotta/Invision

“Jay reminds me a little of Israel,” Maher said of Leno. “He isn’t perfect, but he’s held to standard I don’t think anybody in the world is expected to live up to, but him.”

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| March 14, 2014
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At FIDF gala, Israeli army’s media machine helps rake in $20 million

 

With the spotlight on Iranian munitions seizure and suave Israeli pilots, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces’ fundraiser in NY, brings in a hefty $20 million in donations.

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The Waldorf ballroom – all three of its gilded tiers – was packed this past Tuesday night, as one of New York’s more visible and popular Jewish charities, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, celebrated its annual gala dinner.

Chief of Staff Lieut. Gen. Benny Gantz speaks at FIDF gala, New York, 2014


Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz speaks at Friends of Israel Defense Forces gala, New York, 2014. – Photo: Shahar Azran

After the recent IDF seizure of an Iranian missile shipment bound for Gaza, the evening morale was high, and so was the socialite buzz.

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| March 13, 2014
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On the lighter side, Meet the new (Jewish) Bachelorette from Atlanta

 

Andi Dorfman, a nice Jewish 26 yr-old from Atlanta, won hearts & headlines when she bumped herself out of ‘The Bachelor’ just before the final rose.

By JTA, JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

The Bachelor came to a disappointing close Monday, with leading man Juan Pablo Galavis not proposing. Luckily, something good did come out of the show’s 18th season: The selection of the next “Bachelorette.”

Andi Dorfman

Andi Dorfman, a 26-year-old Jewish Assistant District Attorney from Atlanta, won hearts and headlines when she eliminated herself from the show after having it out with Juan Pablo, who, it seems, is a tad self-absorbed.

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| March 11, 2014
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Tunisia port dropped by Norwegian Cruise Lines over anti-Israeli discrimination

Kevin Sheehan, Norwegian Cruise Line’s CEO said, “We want to send a strong message to Tunisia and ports around the world that we will not tolerate such random acts of discrimination,”

By JTA

 

Norwegian Cruise Lines dropped Tunisia from its itineraries after the country refused to allow Israeli citizens to disembark in the Port of Tunis.

Norwegian Cruise Lines ship – Photo: Facebook page

About 20 Israelis were quietly told before disembarking from the Norwegian Jade over the weekend that they were not welcome per the Tunisian government.

The cruise line’s decision to drop Tunisia was first reported by Cruise Critic, an online cruise information site.

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| March 11, 2014
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1000 Jewish New Yorkers at Times Square to talk about aliyah

 

Over 1,000 Jews & Israelis from New York area show up to Aliyah Mega Event to get information & advice about moving to Israel.

The event focused on making aliyah to the Galilee and Negev. One fairgoer said, ‘I was moved by Israel after going on Birthright.’

By Yori Yalon

 

NEW YORK — Some 1,500 Jewish New Yorkers and Israelis showed up to the Nefesh B’Nefesh Aliyah Mega Event in Times Square on Sunday.

Young Jews at the Nefesh B’Nefesh Aliyah Mega Event in Times Square on Sunday – Photo: Shahar Azran

The fair, organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh in collaboration with the Jewish Agency, the Jewish National Fund, and the Immigrant Absorption Ministry, was one of seven taking place in major cities across North America.

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| March 10, 2014
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Prior to ‘Monuments Men’ hits French screens, France to return Nazi-looted art

Although, 3 masterpieces are being returned, about 2,000 works whose owners have not been identified, are still being held by French museums.

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Ahead of the French premiere of “The Monuments Men,” France said it will return three precious paintings to the heirs of their owners.

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Goebbels views the Degenerate Art exhibition that was confiscated by the Nazis – Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

The paintings are to be returned Tuesday, one day before the film on Nazi-looted art starring George Clooney debuts in France.

The conjunction of the two events is “an opportunity to remind people that Culture Minister Aurelie Flipetti is very attached to this gesture of remembrance,” France’s Culture Ministry told the French news agency AFP on Saturday.

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| March 10, 2014
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Video: Wounded Ukrainian protesters airlifted for medical treatment in Israel

This project faced initial obstacles in terms of both hospital access within Israel & funding.

Dr. Valeriya Babchik, a physician at Kaplan, helped to organize the project, along with Arieli & Marina Lysak, Kiev residents.

 

TEL AVIV (JTA) – For 17-year-old Bolodimir Bedyuk, a Ukrainian who was severely wounded in clashes with Ukrainian police on Feb. 18, Israeli medical care may be his only hope.

A wounded individual is transported to a waiting plane, where he will be flown to Israel to receive medical care. (Shimon Briman)A wounded individual is transported to a waiting plane, where he will be flown to Israel to receive medical care. (Shimon Briman)

After a pitched battle with Ukrainian police forces on Institutskaya Street in Kiev, Bedyuk suffered chest wounds and extensive liver damage — his brother Aleksei said Bolodimir’s liver “was torn practically in half.”

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| March 10, 2014
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Cruise ship captain acquiesced: Israelis barred from entering Tunis

 

Non-Israeli Jewish passenger were allowed to disembark and that the ship personnel kept it all a secret.

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Israeli tourists aboard a Norwegian cruise ship were barred from disembarking in the Port of Tunis Sunday. They were forced to remain on the “Norwegian Jade”, while non-Israeli Jewish passengers were allowed off.

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Cruise liner Pacific Princess, June 3, 2010 – Photo: Carnival Cruise Lines

A Jewish Canadian passenger on the ship who preferred to remain nameless told Haaretz that there were approximately 20 Israelis on the ship and that at first, no one knew they were denied entry because “the ship kept it a secret.”

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| March 9, 2014
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Hollywood’s ‘Noah’ banned in 3 Arab countries so far

 

Fatwa issued in Egypt leads 3 Arab countries to ban the Hollywood blockbuster film “Noah” on religious grounds, with at least 3 more countries to follow.

Watch: Official Trailer with Russel Crowe, Emma Watson

By REUTERS

 

Three Arab countries have banned the Hollywood film “Noah” on religious grounds even before its worldwide premiere and several others are expected to follow suit, a representative of Paramount Pictures told Reuters on Saturday.

Islam frowns upon representing holy figures in art and depictions of the Prophet Mohammad in European and North American media have repeatedly sparked deadly protests in Islamic countries over the last decade, fanning cultural tensions with the West. Continue Reading »

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| March 8, 2014
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Injured Ukrainians flown to Israel for medical treatment

 

9 injured Ukrainian citizens were flown to Israel by the Jewish community of Ukraine, to receive medical care.

By Yaron Kelner

 

Nine Ukrainian citizens landed Friday night at Ben Gurion International Airport and transferred to Israeli medical centers for treatment.

Plane carrying injured Ukrainians at Ben Gurion (Photo: Israel Airports Authority Spokesperson)

Plane carrying injured Ukrainians at Ben Gurion – Photo: Israel Airports Authority Spokesperson

Earlier in the day, Russian news agency Interfax reported they were evacuated and will be treated at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot and Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem. The hospitals have confirmed the reports.

All of the Ukrainians suffered gunshot wounds, and at least two are in serious condition. Continue Reading »

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| March 6, 2014
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European youth group votes “No” on boycotting Israel

 

Youth of the European People’s Party votes to end all boycotts in Judea & Samaria. YEPP calls on EU not to harm Israeli businesses.

Hungary conference is 1st in Europe to vote contrary to boycott movement.

By Efrat Forsher

 

The Youth of the European People’s Party — a center-right political youth organization representing 39 European countries — has cast the first-ever vote against boycotting products and factories in Judea and Samaria. The Samaria Regional Council in tandem with Likud and Yisrael Beytenu youth leaders successfully lobbied to pass the vote against the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, which took place at the YEPP conference in Hungary.

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| March 6, 2014
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Israel in Ukraine providing emergency care training to Jewish communities in Kiev

In case of deterioration of the Ukrainian conflict, Israeli rescue organizations are training the Jewish Hatzalah (aid & rescue) unit in Kiev to deal with mass casualties.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

 

 

The United Hatzalah and ZAKA rescue organizations are training Jews in Kiev’s Hatzalah so they can respond to mass casualty emergencies in the troubled and violent Ukraine if the crisis escalates.

Anti-government protesters advance through burning barricades in Kiev's Independence Square February 20, 2014 - Photo REUTERS

Anti-government protesters advance through burning barricades in Kiev’s Independence Square February 20, 2014 – Photo REUTERS

In cooperation with the Isralife Foundation, the two organizations — which recently merged — are training local Jews in emergency, rescue and search techniques. Continue Reading »

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| March 6, 2014
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Jewish refugees from Arab countries recognized by Canada

 

Canadian cabinet in Ottawa stressed the ‘recognition of the experiences of Jewish refugees does not diminish or compete with the situation of the Palestinian refugees.’

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Canada has formally recognized the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab lands.

Jewish refugees from Iraq - Pavel Wolberg / Reproduction

Jewish refugees from Iraq. – Photo by Pavel Wolberg/Reproduction

On Monday, Ottawa accepted a report tabled last year that called on the federal government to “officially recognize the experience of Jewish refugees who were displaced from states in the Middle East and North Africa after 1948.”

The federal cabinet approved the report March 3, according to the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA).

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