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  • Ruins of Ancient Jerusalem Help Unravel Enigmas of Earth’s Magnetic Field

    By: Ariel David – Haaretz; haaretz.com Floor tiles from house burnt down by the Babylonians 2,600 years ago yield data that could help better understand the erratic behavior of the planetary shield protecting us from cosmic radiation Archaeologists joke that nothing makes them happier than finding signs of destruction. Ancient sites that slowly declined or…

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  • Saving Lebanon | Opinion

    By: Shoshana Bryen – Newsweek; newsweek.com It was hard to miss the videos of the double explosion in Beirut. The first one was really big; the second was eye-poppingly enormous! And in horrific color. The damage was truly terrible, and the casualty count is rising. So, first, it should be said that thoughts and prayers…

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  • Israel Offers Medical Aid to Lebanon, Response is Silence

    By: Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman – The Jerusalem Post; jpost.com “It’s a shame that people will die for no reason.” The heads of several Israeli hospitals have reached out to Lebanese officials and the United Nations offering medical support to the country’s wounded. “It hurts to see the children – little children – crying and injured,” Dr.…

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  • Firefighters Battling Forest Fire in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem

    By: Tzvi Joffre – The Jerusalem Post; jpost.com Strengthening winds in the area have caused the fire to intensify. Some 24 firefighting teams and six firefighting planes reported that they were battling a large, wind-driven fire near Hadassah-University Medical Center, in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem on Monday. Teams from the Jerusalem, Dan and central divisions and the Israel…

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  • China Seizes Children from Christian Parents, Threatens to Send Kids to Re-education Camps

    By: Leah Marieann Klett – The Christian Post; christianpost.com A member of China’s Early Rain Covenant Church says the Chinese Communist Party continues to persecute members of the church by threatening to send their children to government re-education camps or forcibly remove adopted children from their parents. In a video released Wednesday alongside a new…

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  • Remains of 286 Jewish Holocaust Victims Uncovered in 2 Basements in Ukraine

    By: Marcy Oster – Jewish Telegraphic Agency; jta.org The remains of 286 Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust were found in two basements in a town in southwest Ukraine. The remains, mostly women and children, will be buried in a mass grave in the ancient Jewish cemetery in Sataniv, Ynet reported. The town had an…

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