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JV Editorial News Opinion

The US Holocaust Museum vs Mark Twain

Visiting the Holy Land in 1867, Mark Twain, America’s greatest writer, offered sad but eloquent testimony of the frightful neglect the country had endured under centuries of Muslim occupation. “Of all the lands there are for dismal scenery, I think Palestine must be the prince,” he wrote. It was “rocky and bare, repulsive and dreary…There […]

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News

Billionaires Flock Back to St. Barts For High Style New Years Eve Bashes

Edited by: TJV News It seems that despite the wreckage that Hurricane Irma wrought in 2017 on the Caribbean island of St. Barts, this year, billionaires from across the globe are flocking there in record numbers to ring in the new year and the new decade in high style. The New York Post has reported […]

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Arts & Culture News

Bezalel Academy of Art in J’slm Presents Materialness: US Premiere of Transformative Art & Design

Over 60 Original Works of Art Represent the Meaning and Identity of Natural Materials as a Base for Creation Edited by: TJVNews.com Exploring the meaning and identity of natural materials from bacterial cellulose and fungus to cultured pearls and volcanic rock as a base for creation, “Materialness” is an original art installation premiering in New […]

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Arts & Culture

BBC Whitewashes US Refusal to Bomb Auschwitz

By: Rafael Medoff The new BBC documentary about the question of bombing Auschwitz deserves an award—for creative fiction. Through omissions, distortions, and “re-enactments” of conversations with imaginary dialogue inserted for effect, the BBC has made a shambles of the historical record concerning this important issue. The film, “Bombing Auschwitz,” was broadcast in the United States […]

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Israel News News

US Peace Plan Slammed; Palestinians Refuse to Attend Bahrain Economic Forum

Bahrain on Tuesday defended its decision to host a White House-engineered conference to address the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, saying its only objective is to support the “brotherly Palestinian people.” While the Palestinian Authority rejected a White House-sponsored economic conference planned for next month in Bahrain, which is part of the rollout of President Trump’s long-awaited Israel-Palestinian […]

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Israel News News

Historic UK Confab Rejects BDS, Seeks Ties Btwn Israel & Arab Countries

By: Fern Sidman Last week, the London Jewish Chronicle reported that a significant number of prominent officials and public figures representing 15 Arab countries joined forces in unison in the UK capital last Tuesday and Wednesday (Nov 19-20) in an initiative that resulted in the historic repudiation of the Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) movement. […]

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