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View to a thrill: Duran Duran announce Tel Aviv summer show

British 80s pop icons Duran Duran will reportedly arrive in Israel for a one-off show this summer, in what is slowly becoming a hot summer for Israel’s music lovers, albeit of the more nostalgic variety.The show, which was reported on the band’s official website and was yet to be confirmed by Israeli producers, will take place in Tel Aviv’s fairground ...

Vietnam and Yom Kippur Wars were closely connected, newly released U.S. documents reveal

Henry Kissinger, at 50, was at the height of his powers: secretary of state and national security advisor, hero of the negotiations that led to America’s withdrawal from Vietnam, master of the mediation between Israel and Egypt and Syria. Golda Meir, a woman of 75, was Israel’s prime minister. When the two met, they were usually accompanied by colleagues, aides ...

Vienna Jewish Museum May Hold Art Stolen by Nazis

Vienna’s Jewish Museum holds hundreds of books and works of art that may have been stolen by Nazis, an Austrian newspaper reported Saturday.A screening program that started in 2007, years after other Austrian museums began combing their collections for works taken from their rightful owners, has determined that about 500 works of art and 900 books are of dubious origin, ...

Video Highlights ‘Orthodox Jewish All-Stars’

A new video released by the “Jew in the City” initiative attempts to publicize “the message that Orthodox Jews can be funny, approachable, educated, pro-women and open-minded—and that Orthodox Judaism links the Jewish people to a deep and beautiful heritage that is just as relevant today as it ever was.”The video, which can be viewed on YouTube, highlights the many ...

Victory for Israel’s right as ‘Jewish state’ loyalty oath nears vote

A controversial national loyalty oath took a step closer to becoming law on Wednesday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lost a battle to soften the wording of a new citizen’s declaration.Ministers approved a draft of the proposed oath, which would require anyone taking Israeli citizenship to swear allegiance to Israel as a “Jewish and democratic state”.Read More: @ haaretz.com

Vice President Meets Chabad

Vice President Joe Biden addressed over 100 Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim and supporters Thursday. His remarks included strong statements about his commitment to Israel and the Jewish people. “The world is lacking and is in desperate in need of Chabad: Wisdom, understanding and knowledge,” the Vice President said, referring to the acronym of Chabad in Hebrew.Read More: @ collive.comTags: Chabad, Vice President meets ChabadYou might also ...

Vice PM: Settlement freeze was a mistake

As the 10-month settlement freeze expired at midnight, Vice Premier Silvan Shalom toured the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday and called the prime minister’s initial decision to freeze the settlements a “mistake.”Speaking at Hebron’s Cave of the Patriarchs, Shalom responded to the Palestinian request to extend the settlement moratorium by three months, saying that even the 10 month ...

Vatican body asks UN to ‘end Israeli occupation’

Israel cannot use the Biblical concept of a promised land or a chosen people to justify new “settlements” in Jerusalem or territorial claims, a Vatican synod on the Middle East said on Saturday.In its concluding message after two weeks of meetings, the synod of bishops from the Middle East also said it hoped a two-state solution for peace between Israel ...

Vandals destroy Jewish Pogrom memorial in Poland

Vandals destroyed a monument to victims of a World War Two pogrom against Jews in Poland, covering it with racist inscriptions and swastikas in green paint, police said on Thursday.It was the latest in a recent series of racist and xenophobic acts of vandalism targeting the small Jewish and Muslim communities in eastern Poland as well as the tiny Lithuanian ...

UTJ: Don’t interfere with haredi education

Following an Education Ministry decision to close down educational institutions that do not teach the core study curriculum, members of United Torah Judaism faction on Tuesday said in a statement, “We’ll reject and struggle against any attempt to intervene in the haredi education system’s study program.”The UTJ faction members harshly criticized the ministry’s initiative to reduce the budgets and in ...

Usama Bin Laden Is Living Comfortably in Iran, Documentary Asserts

Usama bin Laden gets up each morning in his dark, damp cave in northern Pakistan, gripped by fear, listening carefully for the telltale sound of a drone that is searching for him. His isolation is almost complete. Only a few trusted associates know where he is, and they visit rarely — bringing food and news, but careful not to fall ...

US walks out on Ahmadinejad’s UN speech

The U.S. delegation walked out of the U.N. speech of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday after he said some in the world have speculated that Americans were behind the Sept. 11 terror attacks, staged in an attempt to assure Israel’s survival.He did not explain the logic of that statement that was made as he attacked the U.S. wars in ...