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בן גביר תועד נואם כשמאחוריו כתובת שמפארת את ברוך גולדשטיין ומאיר כהנא

השר לביטחון לאומי נאם בערב יום העצמאות בישיבת "הרעיון היהודי" שהוקמה בידי כהנא, וגם כיום מזוהה עם תורתו. עם כניסתו של בן גביר לתפקיד אמר ראש הישיבה: "תמיד היינו מחוץ למחנה, והנה עכשיו נכנסנו למרכז

https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politi/2023-05-02/ty-article/.premium/00000187-d721-d9b4-abaf-ffbf40020000

 

A Skirt, a Wig, and a Glock-19

With antisemitic hate crimes on the rise, Orthodox Jewish women are packing heat to defend their communities.

https://www.thefp.com/p/a-skirt-a-wig-and-a-glock-19

 

New book ‘Merchants of the Right’ explores culture surrounding guns in America

May 1, 2023 PBS News Hour

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-book-merchants-of-the-right-explores-culture-surrounding-guns-in-america

 

 

The rival pilgrim loosening Erdogan’s grip on the faithful

Sunni followers may not be enough to save president from an opponent offering a more secular vision of Turkey

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/president-erdogan-may-be-losing-his-religious-grip-in-anatolia-as-ballot-looms-bd0sdbfmz

 

 

South African Jewish journalist Jeremy Gordin murdered in home burglary at 70

https://www.jta.org/2023/05/01/obituaries/south-african-jewish-journalist-jeremy-gordin-murdered-in-home-burglary-at-70?utm_source=JTA_Maropost&utm_campaign=JTA_DB&utm_medium=email&mpweb=1161-56977-662472

 

Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, Reassuring Best-Selling Author, Dies at 88

With a wide-reaching spiritual message in books like “When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” he drew on his own experience with grief and doubt.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/books/rabbi-harold-s-kushner-dead.html?searchResultPosition=1

 

The Trump Campaign’s Collusion With Israel

While US media fixated on Russian interference in the 2016 election, an Israeli secret agent’s campaign to influence the outcome went unreported.

By James Bamford

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trump-israel-collusion/

 

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