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Tag: Knesset

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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Resigns

Looking Back / 09.21.2018

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Resigns
September 21, 2008 Amid charges of corruption and financial improprieties, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert resigns his position. Olmert had announced he would resign in July, following the elections f...
Shimon Peres Becomes Prime Minister

Looking Back / 09.13.2018

Shimon Peres Becomes Prime Minister
Center for Israel Education September 13, 1984 Shimon Peres becomes Israel’s Eighth Prime Minister as he forms a coalition government comprised of Alignment (which would become the Labor party in 19...
Guest Column: Rosh Hashanah Greetings

Columns / 09.06.2018

Guest Column: Rosh Hashanah Greetings
The High Holidays are my favorite time of year because they are a time of coming together as a community. In fact, many Jewish laws and traditions focus upon not being alone and upon coming together. ...
Making History

Israel / 06.07.2018

Making History
ABOVE: The dedication of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. Sheryl Silver Special to the Jewish News  20+ years after Congress passed Jerusalem Embassy Act, U.S. Embassy opens. May 14...
Demographic Deceit

Letters & Viewpoints / 04.26.2018

Demographic Deceit
Fudging population numbers discredits Palestinian cause. One moment, the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, sits stunned by Arab claims that there’s population parity between Jews and Arabs west of the Jo...
Honoring God’s Image

Metro Detroit / 04.19.2018

Honoring God’s Image
Israel human rights activist to visit Troy, Ann Arbor and Lansing. Rabbi Arik Ascherman’s spring speaking tour will feature talks in Troy, Ann Arbor and Lansing May 1-3. During his last visit in Nove...