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3+ min ago  (317+ words) Hugh Laurie has responded to critics after posting a tribute to his "friend, Israeli producer, Dana Eden. The executive producer behind Apple TV's Tehran, was reportedly found dead in an Athens hotel room as the show was filming its fourth…...

8+ min ago  (371+ words) Israel honored Roddie Edmonds as a "Righteous Among the Nations" in 2015. An American soldier who is credited with saving the lives of 200 Jewish comrades in a prisoner of war camp in Germany during World War II will receive the U.S. military's…...

12+ min ago  (1114+ words) As I understand it, this is the biggest military buildup in the Middle East since 2003," Col. Richard Kemp, a former British Army commander, told The Media Line. He paused on the comparison. The amount of force now in place, he…...

18+ min ago  (416+ words) A Palestinian-Syrian film director accused Germany of being "partners in the genocide in Gaza by Israel" at the Berlin Film Festival, prompting a German minister to walk out of the awards ceremony. The remarks by Abdallah Al-Khatib, whose "Chronicles From…...

26+ min ago  (195+ words) Tanya/ Iggeres Ha'Kodesh - The Holy Epistle, Epistle 20, Class 13. Also, from the [transcendent Ein Sof-] light that "encircles" and "encompasses" the Four Worlds-Atzilut, Beriah, Yetzirah, and Asiyah-uniformly, The kelim thus encompass and transcend the light that is vested within them. By…...

33+ min ago  (754+ words) Given that no analyst on the planet thought the drama with Iran would still be ongoing in February, let alone almost March, there are four generally expected scenarios for when the next Iran war might start if no deal is…...

34+ min ago  (814+ words) Multiple coalition parties pledged on Sunday to advance a bill sponsored by MK Avi Maoz (Noam) that would grant the Chief Rabbinate authority to determine prayer arrangements at the Western Wall, following a High Court ruling ordering upgrades to the…...

34+ min ago  (991+ words) When The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that up to 20,000 ISIS-affiliated detainees had disappeared from Syria's al-Hol camp, it wasn't describing a routine breach. It was describing the possible unraveling of one of the most consequential counterterrorism containment systems built…...

38+ min ago  (542+ words) By Betzy Lynch in La Jolla, California To My Shabbat Soul, I owe you an apology. For years'you stood at the corner of my week,'softly waving, while I sprinted past with grocery lists, deadlines, and the mistaken confidence of…...

42+ min ago  (332+ words) A debate is underway at the highest levels of the US administration over whether to grant Iran more time before it submits a serious proposal meeting Washington's demands on its nuclear program, even as preparations continue for possible military action....