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The Gaza UN Resolution Is Still a Big Unknown
Illustrative: Members of the United Nations Security Council vote against a resolution by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran during the 80th UN General Assembly in New York City, US, Sept. 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz Earlier this week, the United Nations Security Council approved Resolution 2803:…
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US-E3 Draft Resolution at IAEA Board Demands Swift Cooperation From Iran
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi arrives for the quarterly board of governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Nov. 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Elisabeth Mandl Europe’s top three powers and the US have submitted a draft resolution to this week’s meeting of the UN atomic watchdog’s 35-nation Board of Governors demanding answers and access from Iran over its…
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Israel Steps Up Strikes in South Lebanon, Targeting Both Hamas and Hezbollah
Smoke rises after Israeli strikes following Israeli military’s evacuation orders, in Chehour, southern Lebanon, Nov. 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ali Hankir The Israeli military stepped up airstrikes in south Lebanon on Wednesday, killing at least one person as it pressed a campaign of near-daily attacks which it says is designed to block a military revival by Iran-backed Hezbollah in the border area. Israel has accused Hezbollah, an internationally…
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US, Saudi Tout New Business Deals at Investment Forum
US President Donald Trump greets Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, during a dinner at the White House in Washington, DC, US, Nov. 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Tom Brenner TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Saudi and US officials on Wednesday touted billions in new investments and growing financial ties between the two countries coinciding with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince…
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Gaza Water Provider Resumes Services After Hamas Frees Employee
Palestinians gather to collect water, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, Nov. 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas A Gaza company that operates water desalination plants serving nearly half of the enclave’s population said on Tuesday it had resumed operations after Hamas-led security freed a staff member whom they detained on Monday. A statement issued by the…
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Uranium Enrichment Not Part of Civil Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia, US Energy Secretary Says
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks during the sixth meeting of the Transatlantic Energy Cooperation (P-TEC) in Athens, Greece, Nov. 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki Uranium enrichment is not part of the deal on civil nuclear energy reached with Saudi Arabia, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Wednesday. “It is about civilian, civil use of nuclear power. It’s not about enrichment. It’s not about anything related to weapons. It’s just about generating electricity, secure, reliable, affordable electricity,” Wright said in…
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Four Reasons We’re Grateful to Our Jewish Educators
An empty classroom. Photo: Wiki Commons. Every morning, Jews begin the day with Modeh Ani — “I am grateful.” Before we even stand up, we start with thanks. Gratitude is not an afterthought in Jewish life; it is the foundation. As we approach Thanksgiving, this feels like the perfect moment to extend that same spirit…
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A catalogue that portrays the history of Yiddish creativity around the world
עס איז דאָ אַ פֿאַרשפּרײטע מײנונג, אַז ייִדיש איז די שפּראַך פֿונעם אַלטהײמישן שטעטל, און װען ייִדן האָבן פֿאַרלאָזט זײער אַלטע הײם, האָבן זײ בהדרגה פֿאַרגעסן זײער מאַמע־לשון. אײניקע באַרימטע ייִדישע מחברים, צװישן זײ שלום־יעקבֿ אַבראַמאָװיטש, יצחק לײבוש פּרץ, מיכה־יוסף בערדיטשעװסקי, האָבן אױך ניט געגלױבט, אַז ייִדיש װעט האָבן אַ קיום אין גרױסע מאָדערנע שטעט,…
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The Nazis would have embraced these elite Germans — nevertheless, they resisted
The Traitors Circle : The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany—and the Spy Who Betrayed Them By Jonathan Freedland Harper, 480 pages, $26 Sometimes resistance is just mindfully walking around the streets of Berlin with shopping bags in both hands so that you have a reason not to give the Heil…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene is feuding with Donald Trump. Could she win over Jewish Democrats?
(JTA) — As the U.S. House prepared this week to take a pivotal vote to force the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, one leading Jewish Democrat had words of praise for a prominent MAGA diehard who helped make the vote possible. “This is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene, if she…
