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A visit to Turin, Italy reveals a city with a notable heritage of Jewish writers and scientists. President of the Turin Jewish community, Dario Designi, can trace his family roots back centuries to this northern Italian city known for its galleries, palaces and piazzas. Designi is also the chairman of a new museum being constructed in […]
WASHINGTON (JTA) — AIPAC sounded relieved by the substantive Democratic backing in the Senate this week for a controversial pro-Israel bill initiated by Republicans. The Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act (S.1), which the American Israel Public Affairs Committee said “contains critical pro-Israel provisions,” passed 77-23, earning yeas from every Republican but one, Rand […]
Jerusalem — The unclothed body of a young woman, identified as 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher from the West Bank settlement of Tekoa, was found on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Thursday. According to The Times of Israel, police described Ansbacher’s body, which was found in Ein Yael near the Biblical Zoo and the Arab village of Walaja, as […]