Deciphering Israel’s Election Results
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How a coalition gets formed is as much the political battle as the actual elections.
Continue readingApril 23, 2019
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April 11, 2019
Beresheet: In the Beginning, the Landing Didn’t Stick
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How about that moon selfie though?
Continue readingApril 11, 2019
WATCH: Israeli Spacecraft Land On The Moon
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The lunar lander Beresheet is expected to land on the moon at between 2 and 3 p.m. CDT on Thursday, April 11. Beresheet is a joint mission of SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries, and if successful, Beresheet will be both the first Israeli and first privately funded spacecraft to land softly on the moon’s surface. […]
Continue readingApril 8, 2019
How To Follow Israeli Election Coverage
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For many American Jews, having Israel be part of Jewish identity means an obsession with following the intimate details of a country 6,000 miles away. Whether good or bad, that’s just the way it is, and even non-Jewish news sources spend a lot of time poring over Israel. But what’s the best way to be […]
Continue readingApril 5, 2019
JFS Manager Selected as Emerging Leader
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Grace Lundquist has been named as a Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging (MNLCOA) Emerging Leader.
Continue readingApril 3, 2019
How Netanyahu Wins Again
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The headlines are already written, and the digital ink is dry on the results for Israel’s 2019 national elections on April 9. Some version of “Netanyahu re-elected despite corruption charges,” will be plastered across Israel and even around the world. Before jumping to opinions or analysis about what that result would mean, first we have […]
Continue readingMarch 29, 2019
Fitness Tips From Andy, The Plank World Record Holder
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Need some motivation? Here are some tips from the fittest 71 year old at the Sabes JCC.
Continue readingMarch 28, 2019
Gloria Fredkove Links Immigration Past, Present In April 14 Event
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Gloria Fredkove has no direct memories of her childhood before she was 5 years, but she knows that as a refugee to the United States, she is seeing many similarities to her experience in 1944 and that of those seeking asylum now. “It was a different situation and time, but there are still some parallels […]
Continue readingMarch 27, 2019
Primer For Israel’s Upcoming Elections
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JERUSALEM – You can love it or you can hate it, but Israel is a massive player in the global political arena. Recently voted the 8th most powerful country in the world, the Jewish state is a technological, economic, and military powerhouse of stability in a region better known for chaos and bloody dictators like […]
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