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Jerusalem library to be opened as part of city development plan
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Jerusalem :: Lighting Up The City That Lights Up The World
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Jerusalem is known as the city that brings light and truth to the entire world. It is therefore apropos that Jerusalem is host to a light festival every year. Corona-times bring along a special twist to the light festival in Israel's eternal unified capital...Photo for illustrative purposes only. Ph...... See MoreSee Less

WATCH: ‘A new chapter of openness’ - UAE Ambassador arrives in Jerusalem
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Erdogan again has his eyes set on Jerusalem
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision to change the name of the Directorate of Religious Affairs to the "Directorate of Jerusalem and Umrah Affairs" isn't about semantics but substance. Erdogan views himself as a successor to the line of Ottoman sultans. He wants to restore the... See MoreSee Less

Purim on Friday: Unite With Jerusalem! - Purim, 5741
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Editor's Note: The calendric occurence of Purim in 5781 (2021) causes a rare "Three-Day Purim" in Jerusalem. In this timeless public letter for a similar occasion, the Rebbe urges us all toward unique global celebration and unity. (Please note that the two paragraphs beginning "The week is" and "The...... See MoreSee Less

Antisemitic Blood Libels Find New Material During COVID Pandemic
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Despite the blood libels Muslim, Jewish and Christian citizens of Israel share the same rights and freedoms. Just as a timely example, Israel's capital of Jerusalem has three major hospitals that employ and treat people of all faiths and all backgrounds. There are doctors, nurses, lab workers and ot...... See MoreSee Less

Jerusalem's new entrance nears opening as mountain tunnels constructed
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$40 Million Conservation Project Launched Wednesday with Groundbreaking at Tower of David Museum
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Pregnant woman with coronavirus dies at Hadassah, fetus doesn't survive
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Plans Approved for US Embassy Campus in Jerusalem
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In an important step toward building the permanent United States embassy in Jerusalem, the city's planning committee has approved the proposed plans. This step is important from both practical and political standpoints. It provides U.S. citizens essential services as well as foreign citizens who req...... See MoreSee Less

Storm covers Israel's north in white as Jerusalem braces for first snow in years
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Heavy snow forces major road closures as 15 cm of snow fall in upper levels of the Golan Heights, where schools will remain shut; in Jerusalem a tree falls on a city bus after being knocked down by wind; man in his 80s wounded in Tel Aviv by tree branch
Love is in the air: Mazal tov to Magen David Adom paramedics Wala Tamimi and Ahmed Karot who got engaged this past week at the Jerusalem MDA Station.
We wish you many happy and healthy years together. #ValentinesDay
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Mazal tov.
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Overwhelmingly Broad Support to Keep U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem
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An important vote by the United States Senate shows overwhelming support -- from across the political spectrum -- recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's rightful capital...Illustrative Photo Credit: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs [License]US Senate okays keeping embassy in Jerusalem permanently, in v...... See MoreSee Less
Nice to see that goodness hasn't borders!
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Muslims urged to flock to Temple Mount as lockdown winds down
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As Israel begins lifting the restrictions put in place during the most recent lockdown, which included a ban on mass public prayers on the Temple Mount, a new campaign is urging Muslims to visit the holy site en masse.Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook and TwitterThe Al-Aqsa Association,... See MoreSee Less

Landslide Victory: Senate Votes to Make US Embassy Move to Jerusalem Permanent | United with Israel
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The bi-partisan amendment was approved 97-3, with the only objectors being Democratic Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Tom Carper.I will always be grateful to President Trump who made this possible.
AND SO IT BEGINS...
The Palestinians and the kingdom of Jordan (which controls the Temple Mount Muslim Waqf), are getting ready for Joe Biden to enter office on January 20th by crying about Jewish history and current presence on the Temple Mount and at the Western Wall of the Temple Mount, with the hope, of course, of rolling back Jewish gains on the Temple Mount over the past four years. Read on:
PALESTINIANS, JORDAN ACCUSE ISRAEL OF ‘JUDAIZING’ WESTERN WALL PLAZA
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The PA Foreign Ministry called on the United Nations Security Council to “halt the crimes of the Israeli occupation forces against al-Aqsa Mosque.”
By Khaled Abu Toameh
The Palestinians and Jordan have accused Israel of seeking to “Judaize” the Western Wall Plaza because of renovation work that is being carried out there.
Referring to the renovations as “excavations,” the Palestinians and Jordan called for an immediate cessation of the work at the site.
The Jordanian-controlled Wakf Department in east Jerusalem, which oversees Muslim and Christian holy sites, said that the “excavations” were “part of the [Israeli] project to complete the Judaization of al-Buraq Plaza, southwest of the al-Aqsa Mosque.”
The Wakf claimed that the renovations contradicted international humanitarian law and decisions on this matter by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Al-Buraq is the name Muslims use to refer to the Western Wall. They believe it is the site where the prophet Mohammed tied his winged steed, al-Buraq, on his journey to Jerusalem before ascending to paradise.
The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the United Nations Security Council to “halt the crimes of the Israeli occupation forces against al-Aqsa Mosque.”
The ministry condemned Israeli “excavations” at the Western Wall, referring to it as the “western wall of the al-Aqsa Mosque.”
The ministry further accused Israel of working to “Judaize” the entire site, as well as al-Aqsa Mosque and the nearby neighborhood of Silwan.
Sheikh Omar Kiswani, director of al-Aqsa Mosque, claimed that Israel was seeking to expand the Western Wall Plaza “so that it could receive the largest number of Jewish settlers who would storm al-Aqsa Mosque.”
Kiswani said that the work was part of an Israeli scheme to turn the Western Wall plaza into an exclusively Jewish area.
Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, chairman of the Supreme Islamic Council and former PA mufti of Jerusalem, denounced the renovations as an “assault on Muslims with the aim of changing the identity of Jerusalem and tampering with Islamic heritage and antiquities.”
Sabri said that what was happening at the Western Wall Plaza was in the context of Israel’s attempt to “create a false Jewish identity.”
“This is an unacceptable change of the reality,” he added. “It contradicts international laws.”
Jordan, meanwhile, called on Israel to immediately stop the “ongoing excavations and abide by its obligations as an occupying power in occupied east Jerusalem, and to stop violating or changing the identity of the Old City.”
The Jordanian Foreign Ministry said it condemns the Israeli “excavations at the al-Buraq Plaza, which is an integral part of al-Aqsa Mosque.”
A spokesman for the ministry reiterated Jordan’s “rejection and denouncement of all unilateral Israeli measures,” saying they were in violation of international law.
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Muslim-majority Kosovo forges ties with Israel; will open embassy in Jerusalem
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Arabic video on Jewish ties to Jerusalem aims to foster co-existence
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Nobel Prize Worthy? Arab Nations Work Toward Peace With Jerusalem
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Rabbi Dr. Avraham Twerski, z”l Passes and The World is a Darker Place
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In First of its Kind Operation, Israeli Doctors Use Micro-Knife Instead of Open-Heart Surgery
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Battle for control in East Jerusalem
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United States Embassy Will Remain in Jerusalem
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According to testimony by expected incoming Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the United States embassy will remain in Israel's capital -- Jerusalem. This article explains more...Photo for illustrative purposes only. Photo Credit: U.S. Indo-Pacific Command [License]Blinken commits to keeping the US...Timeline PhotosA new time... ... See MoreSee Less
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Today we honor Civil Rights Movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK). We are forever grateful that as he fought racism, and as Jews stood with him to fight for civil rights, MLK was also a Zionist who strongly supported the State of Israel and stood with his Jewish brothers and sisters to fight antisemitism. May his memory be a blessing.
Photo: street sign honoring MLK in Jerusalem, Israel. #MLKDay
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Netanyahu Bids Goodbye to US Ambassador Friedman: ‘There Was Never a Better Ambassador’
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Philanthropist Sheldon Adelson to be laid to rest on Friday
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One the most important people on the world of philanthropy and business in America and beyond, Sheldon Adelson, will be buried in Jerusalem on Friday.Adelson, who died earlier this week, made an indelible impact on Las Vegas and on Israel. His death has been mourned in both the US and the Jewi... See MoreSee Less
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Strong Supporter of Jerusalem, Sheldon Adelson, Passes Away
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WATCH: Israeli company rebuilds ruins of ancient Jerusalem through virtual reality
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Israel looks toward making Jerusalem ever more open and accessible
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The Pollards were personally welcomed to Israel by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the airport.
The United States ended a ban and will no allow Americans born in Jerusalem to have their U.S. passports list their country of birth as Israel, rather than just “Jerusalem.”
Menachem Zivotofsky was the first to get such a passport, handed to him by U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at a brief ceremony at the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem.
Mazal tov!
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New Israeli ambassador urges UK to move embassy to Jerusalem
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Tzipi Hotovely is Israel’s first female envoy to Britain
FAST OF THE 10TH OF TEVET
Friday, December 25th this year is the fast of the 10th of Tevet. The fast is a dawn to dark fast, and is the only of the five fasts observed throughout the year that is observed, even on a Friday, the eve of Shabbat.
The 10th of Tevet, or, Ha'asara leTevet, (in Hebrew) marks the beginning of the siege laid upon Jerusalem by Nevuchatnetzar, king of Bavel, a siege that would conclude only with the conquest of Jerusalem and the looting and sacking of the Holy Temple.
The day is mentioned in the book of II Kings:
"And it was in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, that Nebuchadnetzar the king of Babylonia came, he and his entire army, against Jerusalem and encamped against it, and they built works of siege around it. And the city came under siege until the eleventh year of King Tzedekiah." (II Kings 25:1-2)
The prophet Zechariah mentions "the the fast of the tenth" among the four fasts observed over the destruction of the Holy Temple:
"So said HaShem of Hosts: The fast of the fourth [month], the fast of the fifth [month], the fast of the seventh [month], and the fast of the tenth [month] shall be for the house of Yehudah for joy and happiness and for happy holidays-but love truth and peace." (Zechariah 8:19)
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