Turkey and Israel to restore full diplomatic relations after 4-year break
by Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Turkey and Israel will return ambassadors to their countries ending a four-year rupture as each country seeks to expand ties…
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Jewish Tam at Spuds and Suds Calgary Stampede Breakfast
By Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – After a two-year drought due to COVID-19, the Spuds and Suds Stampede Breakfast, held at the Hyatt Hotel in downtown…
Can Jews agree to disagree? Leaders gather in New York in search of ‘viewpoint diversity.’
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Here’s a story I recently shared on Facebook: I was paddling my inflatable kayak on a lake in the Berkshires….
Biden kneels to meet with Holocaust survivors during visit to Yad Vashem
by Cnaan Liphshiz JERUSALEM (JTA) — Joe Biden dispensed with both social distancing and the chair arranged for him Wednesday as he embraced two Holocaust…
In first speech as Israeli prime minister, Yair Lapid calls to stem extremism in politics
by Philissa Cramer (JTA) — Yair Lapid might only be Israel’s interim prime minister, but he appears to be determined to maximize the position in…