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☆ He Rescued 1.5 Million Yiddish Books. Now He Will Have Time to Read Some.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Joseph Berger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Aaron Lansky was a young graduate student in Montreal in the late 1970s when he had an epiphany that changed the course of his life. He had been taking courses in Yiddish literature at McGill University, but was finding it hard to find the books he needed. At times, he relied on older neighbors in Montreal’s vibrant Jewish community who would welcome the opportunity to chat with a young visitor over a cup of tea or a plate of noodle kugel before surrendering their books. As a result, whole libraries filled with works of writers like Sholem Aleichem, I.L. Peretz and Sholem Asch — as well as science and history texts, translations of classics like Shakespeare and Guy de Maupassant, even cookbooks and sex manuals — were being consigned to dumpsters, attics and cellars.

Persons: Aaron Lansky, Sholem, I.L, Peretz, Sholem Asch, Shakespeare, Guy de Maupassant Organizations: McGill University Locations: Montreal, United States, Canada

☆ My 51-year-old dad disappeared trying to rescue my sister after Hamas launched its attacks on Israel. We traced his phone — but his whereabouts, and his fate, are a mystery.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

On Saturday, Hamas militants entered Israel and launched a devastating attack by land, sea, and air. The son of a man who vanished trying to rescue his daughter from the festival is scrambling to locate him. Peretz's father, Mark, 51, went missing on Saturday, shortly after the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel. That morning, my father knew that my little sister Maya was not in the house and tried contacting her. The last thing I heard through the phone was my father's voice, screaming: "No, I'm Israeli, I'm Israeli.

Persons: —, Reed Alexander, Gilad Peretz, Peretz's, Mark, Mark Peretz, Maya, Gilad Perez, we've, haven't, We're, isn't, he's, it's, we're Organizations: Hamas, Service, Audi Locations: Israel, Nova, Gaza, Palestinian, Tel Aviv

☆ 'This is Israel's 9/11': Why Israelis say Hamas' unprecedented assault will change their country forever
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Some are likening Saturday's attack on Israel by Hamas to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US. The timing of the attack on Saturday morning "was a shock," Aisenberg told Insider on Sunday night from her home. Up and down the country, Israelis were angered by the lapses that enabled Hamas to evade the eyes of Jerusalem's military and intelligence services, Quinn added, calling the failures "incomprehensible." AdvertisementAdvertisementThere, close to the Gaza border, Aisenberg's mother- and father-in-law spent much of Saturday afternoon hiding in their home as Hamas fighters infiltrated their small town and wreaked havoc. 'We cannot afford to be divided'As the fighting continues, Aisenberg said Israelis are determined to prevail against Hamas and Hezbollah.

Persons: —, Aisenberg, they'd, — Aisenberg, I'm, Ian Bremmer, Jessica Cohen, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Iron, Netanyahu, Kenneth Quinn, who's, Quinn, Be'er Sheva, he'd, Quinn's, Cohen, Gilad Peretz, Mark, she'll Organizations: Service, Eurasia Group, Israel, West Bank, Street, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Palestinian Health Ministry, Soroka Hospital, Audi Locations: Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel's, United States, Gaza, Sderot, Pearl, Hawaii, Long Island , New York, Al, Aqsa, Jerusalem, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Iran, Afghanistan — Israel, New York, Be'er, Nova, revel, Lebanon

☆ Bayern ease into German Cup second round with 4-0 win at Preussen Muenster
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MUENSTER, Germany, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich cruised past third-tier club Preussen Muenster 4-0 despite having several players missing, including striker Harry Kane, in their delayed German Cup first round match on Tuesday. Kane had scored a hat-trick in their 7-0 demolition of VfL Bochum on Saturday but was rested and left on the bench. Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel, who was also missing three of his central defenders through injury, opted for 18-year-old Mathys Tel and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting up front. Bayern fans threw hundreds of tennis balls onto the pitch, in protest against the decision to hold the German Super Cup last month on the day of the Cup first round, forcing Bayern to delay their first-round match. France youth international Tel added a fourth from a tight angle in the 85th to continue his good form, having also scored three goals in the league so far this season.

Persons: Harry Kane, Kane, Thomas Tuchel, Eric Maxim Choupo, Serge Gnabry, Tuchel, Daniel Peretz, Konrad Laimer, Frans Kraetzig volleyed, Karolos, Toby Davis Organizations: Bayern Munich, Preussen, VfL Bochum, Bayern, France, Tel, Thomson Locations: MUENSTER, Germany

☆ 'Fighting for our country': Israeli protest group make more than half a million flags
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JERUSALEM, March 30 (Reuters) - Early on Thursday Moshe Peretz and his team of volunteers gathered outside his Tel Aviv apartment block for what has become a regular activity - flag-making. The group say they have made more than half a million of them, distributed to protesters marching against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul drive, and production is not stopping, despite Netanyahu putting legislation on ice. [1/5] Volunteers assemble Israeli flags in preparation for more mass protests against judicial overhaul, outside a private apartment building in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 30, 2023. Netanyahu says judicial changes are needed to strengthen democracy. Reporting by Natalie Thomas; editing by Maytaal Angel and Alex RichardsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ This protest group is churning out Israeli flags
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Reuters Editorial | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

PoliticsThis protest group is churning out Israeli flagsPostedEarly on Thursday (March 30) Moshe Peretz and his team of volunteers gather outside his Tel Aviv apartment block for what has become a regular activity - flag making. They say they have made at least half a million over more than 12 weeks of protest.

☆ The Huwara Riot Was No ‘Pogrom’
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Gil Troy | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The riots against Palestinians on Sunday night were appalling—but they weren’t “pogroms.” Hundreds of Israeli settlers vandalized the West Bank town of Huwara, enraged that a Palestinian terrorist murdered two Jewish brothers driving through there earlier that day. The rioters killed one Palestinian, 37-year-old Sameh Aqtash , and wounded dozens, while torching houses and cars. For decades “pogrom” was the most chilling word in the Jewish vocabulary until the Nazi mass murder generated a new lexicon of horrors. After the czarist government orchestrated anti-Jewish violence in 1881, the word pogrom—from the Russian grom, meaning thunder—terrified Jews. “Perhaps most shocking of all, many supposedly decent people appeared among the makers of the pogroms.”

☆ Parlamentul israelian își alege noul președinte al țării; Cine sunt candidații
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-02 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: AFPParlamentul israelian își alege noul președinte al țării; Cine sunt candidațiiParlamentul israelian alege miercuri noul președinte al țării. Candidații sunt o activistă cunoscută pentru credinţa sa şi un fost lider al opoziţiei, cu experienţă în politică. Isaac Herzog, considerat favorit, este laic, s-a născut la Tel Aviv şi a fost implicat mult timp în politică. El a devenit în 2018 preşedinte al organizaţiei de ajutor Agenţia Evreiască, care se ocupă de imigraţia spre Israel. Mandatul său de şapte ani nu poate fi reînnoit şi se va încheia pe 5 iulie.

Persons: Miriam Peretz, Ea, Isaac Herzog, El, Chaim Herzog, Câştigătorul, Reuven Rivlin Locations: israelian, Casablanca, emigrată, Israel, Tel Aviv, Israelului

Herzog a învins-o la votul din Parlament pe candidata rivală Miriam Peretz, educatoare și mamă a doi ofițeri de infanterie israelieni uciși în luptă. (...) Trebuie să apărăm poziția internațională a Israelului și bunul său nume în familia națiunilor, să luptăm cu antisemitismul și cu ura față de Israel și să păstrăm stâlpii democrației noastre”, a declarat Herzog, după votul parlamentarilor israelieni. El a devenit în 2018 preşedinte al organizaţiei de ajutor Agenţia Evreiască, ce se ocupă de imigraţia spre Israel, printre altele. Tatăl său, Chaim Herzog, a ocupat funcţia de preşedinte al Israelului între 1983 şi 1993. În Israel, funcţia de preşedinte este apolitică şi eminamente onorifică, în timp ce puterea executivă se află în mâinile prim-ministrului.

Persons: Herzog, candidata, Miriam Peretz, Acesta, Isaac Herzog, El, Chaim Herzog Organizations: Națiunile Unite Locations: Israelului, Israel, israelieni, Tel Aviv

Persons: Herzog, candidata, Miriam Peretz, Acesta, Isaac Herzog, El, Chaim Herzog Organizations: Națiunile Unite Locations: Israelului, Israel, israelieni, Tel Aviv

☆ Isaac Herzog este noul președinte al Israelului. Tatăl său a fost președinte al țării timp de 10 ani
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-02 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Isaac Herzog este noul președinte al Israelului. Tatăl său a fost președinte al țării timp de 10 aniParlamentul israelian l-a ales miercuri pe Isaac Herzog, politician de centru-stânga, ca președinte al țării. Herzog a învins-o pe candidata rivală Miriam Peretz, educatoare și mamă a doi ofițeri de infanterie israelieni uciși în luptă. Tatăl său, Chaim Herzog, a ocupat funcţia de preşedinte al Israelului între 1983 şi 1993. Herzog va prelua pe 9 iulie mandatul.

Persons: Isaac Herzog, Israelului, Reuven Rivlin, Herzog, candidata, Miriam Peretz, El, Chaim Herzog Organizations: Națiunile Unite Locations: israelian, Israelului, Israel, Tel Aviv

☆ Invitat de Joe Biden, preşedintele Israelului este aşteptat la Washington la începutul lui iulie
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-26 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Blinken a susţinut de asemenea soluţia cu două state, israelian şi palestinian, şi a anunţat că doreşte "reconstruirea" legăturii SUA cu palestinienii.Din 10 până pe 21 mai, 254 de palestinieni, printre care 66 de copii şi combatanţi, au fost ucişi în lovituri israeliene în Fâşia Gaza, potrivit autorităţilor locale. În Israel, tirurile de rachete dinspre Gaza au făcut 12 morţi, printre care un copil, o adolescentă şi un soldat, potrivit poliţiei.Preşedintele israelian Reuven Rivlin, a cărui funcţie este mai degrabă onorifică, a devenit preşedinte în 2014. Mandatul său de şapte ani nu poate fi reînnoit şi se va încheia pe 5 iulie.Deputaţii din Knesset, parlamentul israelian, vor alege pe 2 iunie un nou şef de stat. Doi candidaţi îşi revendică această funcţie: Isaac Herzog, fostul lider al Partidului Laburist, şi Miriam Peretz, educatoare şi activistă. Dacă va fi aleasă, Peretz, care şi-a pierdut doi dintre fii în timpul serviciului lor militar, va deveni prima femeie preşedinte al Israelului.

Persons: Invitaţia, Antony Blinken, Rivlin, Biden, Blinken, Reuven Rivlin, candidaţi îşi, Isaac Herzog, Miriam Peretz, Israelului Organizations: Hamas, Partidului Laburist Locations: american, Ierusalim, Orientul, israelian, Washington, Israel, Gaza, Israelului, SUA, Knesset, preşedinte

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