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ווייניק מענטשן ווייסן אַז דער הײַנטיקער דירעקטאָר פֿון דער ייִדיש־זומער־פּראָגראַם בײַם ייִוואָ, דוד בראַון, איז נישט דערצויגן געוואָרן אויף ייִדיש, נאָר האָט קינדווײַז אַליין זיך אויסגעלערנט די שפּראַך. אין אַ ווידעאָ אַרויסגעלאָזט לעצטנס פֿונעם אָנלײַן־זשורנאַל „ ייִדיש־בראַנזשע “, דערציילט דוד אַז ער פֿלעג זיך צוהערן ווי די מאַמע און באָבע שמועסן אויף ייִדיש און האָט פּשוט נישט באַנומען פֿאַר וואָס ער קען זיי נישט פֿאַרשטיין. דאָס האָט אים אַ פּנים איבערגעצײַגט, אַז ער מוז זיך אויסלערנען די שפּראַך — וכּך חוה. איך געדענק נאָך אין די אָנהייב 1980ער יאָרן ווי דוד, דעמאָלט נישט עלטער פֿון אַ 12־13 יאָר, פֿלעג קומען אויף די יוגנטרוף־אונטערנעמונגען און מיר האָבן אַלע באַוווּנדערט ווי גוט ער רעדט ייִדיש. טאַקע דעמאָלט האָט מײַן טאַטע, דער לינגוויסט מרדכי שעכטער, אים צוגענומען ווי אַ געהילף בײַם צונויפֿשטעלן דאָס בוך פֿון באָטאַנישע טערמינען אויף ייִדיש — „ די געוויקסן־וועלט אויף ייִדיש “. דאָס באַשרײַבט ער דאָ אויך. דער ווידעאָ איז מערקווירדיק נישט בלויז ווײַל ער באַקענט אונדז מיט דודס

PM cites breakdown in trust as reason behind dismissal; 'At a time of war, full trust between the prime minister and the defense minister is critical,' he says, adding Israel's enemies 'derived great benefit' from situation from ynet - News https://ift.tt/nKMxh5Q

Divisions within the “uncommitted” movement of Democrats protesting the Biden administration’s approach to the war in Gaza burst into view on Election Day, after a news outlet that takes a hard line against Israel revealed that the movement had taken more than $400,000 from a group aligned with the Democratic Party. About 700,000 voters cast “uncommitted” ballots in Democratic primaries this spring. Since Vice President Kamala Harris took over as the candidate at the top of the ticket, the movement has been focused on lobbying her to support an arms embargo against Israel, something she rejects.  In September, the Uncommitted National Movement declined to officially endorse Harris but advised its supporters to do nothing to help former President Donald Trump, including vote for a third party candidate. One of its co-founders, Abbas Alawieh, who was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, made clear last week he plans to vote for Harris, while the other, Layla Elabed, has

The first time I was old enough to vote in a presidential election, in 2012, my mail-in Colorado ballot got sent to the wrong address in my college town — twice. I spent so much time calling the state secretary of state’s office, trying to get a ballot that I could actually use, that I had their hold music memorized. Election Day is a complicated thing. It’s unbelievably exciting: Each of us — especially those who live in swing states — get the chance to change our country’s future. And it is unbelievably aggravating. Your ballot gets lost. You hate every candidate. The language outlining important propositions is unparsable bureaucratic mush. The airless elementary school gym in which you vote is, randomly, so, so hot. We can’t solve the problem of the roasting polling place. But we can help make sense of the rest. Through the coming days, we’ll be using this live blog to help illustrate the Jewish voting landscape in this most uncertain election — to bring you clarity and context,

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( JTA ) — Just days out from the presidential election, Shalva Perlman doesn’t know for sure how she will cast her ballot. The two issues on her mind: protecting abortion rights, and supporting Israel. The issue that she expects to prioritize in the voting booth: Israel. “I’m having difficulty voting at all,” Perlman said. “I’ve been a registered Democrat for a while, but I don’t know. It’s difficult to vote Democrat with everything happening in the Middle East right now.” Perlman is a junior at Stern College for Women at Yeshiva University, the flagship Orthodox educational institution. And as an Orthodox Jew, she is part of a constituency that has moved to the right and toward Trump in recent years, driven in large part by attitudes on Israel . According to a recent survey conducted by the YU Spectator , Yeshiva University’s student newspaper, 84% of the 122 Stern College students surveyed say they will vote for Donald Trump. That puts them in line with other surveys of Orthodox

'The end of Iran's era': The Atlantic  highlights Lebanon's dire situation, depicting a nation fractured by economic crisis and conflict, where Hezbollah's influence wanes, communities are displaced, and people argue among themselves about what kind of a nation Lebanon will be after the war from ynet - News https://ift.tt/PqNGMma

The young woman was filmed walking in a bra and underwear at Azad University in Tehran, reportedly after being 'harassed' by Basij militia members enforcing Iran's strict morality laws; Iranian authorities claim she 'suffers from mental health issues' from ynet - News https://ift.tt/uLqgATs

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Imagine a place with a housing shortage where, under a new government, tens of thousands of homes are emptied of people overnight. The previous tenants have fled, or have been rounded up in camps by armed government agents, with no right to contest expulsion. People with connections jockey for the best apartments. Neighbors alert to the pre-dawn banging down the hall can tip off their friends that a nice two-bedroom will be available soon. That is how mass deportation plays out as housing policy. It is the plan that Donald Trump and the Republican party are championing. And it is exactly what unfolded in Paris between 1940 and 1944, as the Vichy regime redistributed vacated “Jewish apartments” to non-Jews. To Sarah Gensburger, a French social scientist who has spent a decade with two colleagues researching the archives for a forthcoming book, the parallels between the declared MAGA plan and that fascist past are shocking and surreal. During the Nazi occupation, the archives show, su

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Mediators press on, yet Israeli officials warn Hamas’ demand to end war and withdraw from Gaza may block any small-scale deals; Israeli sources predict heavy US pressure to end war following upcoming election from ynet - News https://ift.tt/ufQYlXk

Tehran faces diminished leverage if Trump wins Nov. 5 US election, fearing he could grant Israel green light to hit nuclear sites and finalize US-Saudi defense pact to shift regional balance of power from ynet - News https://ift.tt/DGCQAWo

When I started covering the 2004 presidential election for  The New York Times , the great political writer Adam Nagourney summed up the beat this way: Help readers understand how the candidate makes decisions. Don’t get too caught up in the speeches and policy positions, Adam advised, or too focused on fundraising and poll numbers. What matters is who the presidential wannabes surround themselves with, how they think. He pointed to 9/11 and the wars it spawned in Iraq and Afghanistan. These were the defining events of President George W. Bush’s first term, but (obviously) neither he nor his opponent uttered a single word about them during the campaign. Since we can never know what crisis any commander in chief will confront, the best we can do is glean insights from how they handled unexpected challenges before. It’s not only good guidance for journalists, but also a useful framework for voters approaching the ballot box. Who’s in the leader’s  inner circle ? How do they  react  un

National polls show Donald Trump and Kamala Harris running neck and neck down to the wire of a divisive and polarizing campaign. But in certain Orthodox Jewish circles, the race has never been competitive. A September Nishma Research poll found that Trump was outpolling Harris among Haredi with a staggering 93% of the likely vote. Harris led Trump 55% – 45% among modern Orthodox Jews. The Jewish Democratic Council of America doesn’t differentiate between Haredi and modern Orthodox, but their October poll showed Trump beating Harris 68% to 31% among Orthodox voters. We don’t have reliable exit polls on the Orthodox Jewish vote in 2016 and 2020. But based on how I read the pulse in a community that I have covered and reported to for more than twenty years, Orthodox and particularly Haredi Jews are among Trump’s most loyal supporters — for valid reasons. Trump delivered what he promised as president on priorities important to many Haredim, especially for Israel. He formally recognize

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I normally do not sign cause-related group petitions or open letters. They strike me as performative, self-important and virtue-signaling groupthink. But I made an exception this week to join some 1,000 writers, literary agents and Hollywood bigwigs in opposing a growing boycott of Israel’s literary establishment because of the Gaza war. The letter I signed was a response to an open letter signed by writers whose thoughtful books and stylish prose I love, like Jhumpa Lahiri ( The Interpreter of Maladies), Leslie Jamison ( The Empathy Exams) and Jia Tolentino ( Trick Mirror).  “We cannot in good conscience engage with Israeli institutions without interrogating their relationship to apartheid and displacement,” reads the boycott letter. It calls the war a genocide and “the most profound moral, political and cultural crisis of the 21st century.” The signers say they will no longer allow their work to be translated into Hebrew, and accuse publishers and other “Israeli cultural instit

( JTA ) — Conspiracy theories. Bomb threats. Anti-Israel protests. Street violence. Jews have been the targets of all these things this year, as reports of antisemitism have spiked during the Israel-Hamas war. Now, less than a week before Election Day, security analysts say those same factors could put Jews at risk during and after the voting — especially with the race so polarized and so close. “It used to be that you disagreed with the election results and you were upset about it, but you kept on going,” said Alex Friedfeld, an associate director at the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism. “But now when the stakes are set so high, that the other side winning is perceived to be a threat to your way of life, to your communities, to your loved ones, to your country, that’s when the threat, the risk of violence becomes higher.” During the last election cycle in 2020 — a season that saw unrest, particularly in the pro-Donald Trump Jan. 6 Capitol riot — analysts cautioned Jewis

A new social media campaign is encouraging Jewish voters in the Crown Heights area of Brooklyn to “#DoItForTheShchuna,” using the Hebrew word for a religious neighborhood. Exactly 50 years ago, in the leadup to Election Day in Nov. 1974, the Lubavitcher Rebbe told his community in their native Yiddish: “ Men darf gain voten! ” Which means: “Everyone needs to go vote!” Some of those 1974 voters are part of the new campaign. The new project is the brainchild of Yaacov Behrman, the founder of the Jewish Future Alliance, a voter outreach organization. As a nonprofit, his group cannot endorse a particular candidate, but is instead hoping to increase the community’s political sway in future elections. “I’m looking at the long game,” Behrman said. By increasing the number of registered Jewish voters in Crown Heights, he’s increasing the likelihood that candidates running in upcoming elections, like the 2025 New York mayoral race, will take the issues of the community more seriously. “Thes