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Nobel Peace Prize to Israel critic

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African jurist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, who headed a UN commission that accused Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, Oct. 9.
Culture

Evan Gershkovich’s prison memoir begins with a Soviet Jewish exodus

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This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian-American Story is Evan Gershkovich’s memoir of his arrest, 16 months behind bars and release from a Russian prison.
International

Major security lapses preceded FlyDubai incident

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Major security lapses in three countries preceded the near, deliberate crash of Fly Dubai flight #1073, Sept. 30: Oman, Dubai (UAE) and Israel.
International

Doctors Without Borders: Alleged terror ties investigated by Charity Commission

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Charity Commission for England and Wales has opened an investigation into Médecins Sans Frontières UK, also known as Doctors Without Borders, following a report raising concerns about alleged links between the medical charity and terrorist organizations operating in Gaza.
International

Israel-bound flight diverted to Saudi after co-pilot stabs pilot

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One pilot stabbed another in the cockpit of a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv in what may have been an attempt to crash the plane, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday. A passenger intervened to help restrain the attacker, he added.
International

Meet new B’nai B’rith CEO Evan Bernstein

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Evan R. Bernstein, the new CEO of B’nai B’rith International, does not think America is heading down the path of Nazi Germany in the 1930s. The bad news is that he doesn’t think that American Jews need to look far afield to be worried about what the community faces in the US.
International

‘Toll was much higher’ — COVID deaths underreported

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The COVID-19 pandemic was not only a test of health systems. It was also a test of whether governments could be trusted to report what was happening, and a new Israeli study suggests that the strength of a country’s institutions may have mattered more than its ability to count.
International

UK sanctions Jewish settlements

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The United Kingdom, France and Canada will ban goods produced in the West Bank settlements and Jewish neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told Parliament on Sept. 8, stating that all such communities were deemed by his country to be illegal.
International

In the middle of a devasting war, Zelensky honors Sharansky

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President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded a medal of honor on Aug. 27 to Natan Sharansky in Kiev for his efforts to help Ukraine and preserve the memory of the Holocaust there.
International

The Vilna of legend, the Vilnius of reality

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Archaeologists have uncovered the full floor of Lithuania’s historic Great Synagogue in Vilnius, revealing treasures nearly erased by Nazi and Soviet occupations — and exposing rifts between Lithuanian Jews over how to preserve and interpret what survived.
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VIP: Legal legend Len Chesler

In a legal career that began in 1967, Denverite Len Chesler, by his accounting, has tried “hundreds and hundreds” of civil and criminal cases. He is a member of the exclusive, 200-member American Board of Criminal Lawyers.In the June, 2013, 100th anniversary magazine of the IJN, Chesler was characterized: “The mind of a defense attorney, the heart of humanity. Len Chesler walks into court. Immediately, the clerks, the judges, the opposing counsel relax. Len’s manners and mannerisms bespeak respect and fairness. Meanwhile, this legendary counselor wins very tough criminal cases.”