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      <title>Israeli reservist, 95, to IDF: ‘Demolish Hamas’</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Asked how it feels to be a nonagenarian Israel Defense Forces reservist in action, Ezra Yakhin told JNS that “it is very important for us to fight for our country. I feel excellent.”]]></description>
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      <title>Toronto event to focus on countering antisemitism at Canadian schools</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Jewish students have to practically get a law degree in order to defend Israel,” Brooke Goldstein told JNS.]]></description>
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      <title>Funding comes two years after it’s announced for Tasmania Holocaust center</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Australian state's first Holocaust museum will stress “the importance of tolerance by raising awareness of the lessons learned from the Holocaust and other genocides.”]]></description>
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      <title>Tel Aviv's fisher jackals</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“The jackal population is exploding because they are not afraid to stay near human settlement,” says Yaron Dekel, scientific director of the Shamir Research Institute.]]></description>
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      <title>Arkia to launch direct flights between Israel and Sri Lanka in October</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Sri Lanka has had Jewish traders and a community long ago,” Waruna Wilpatha, a former Sri Lankan ambassador to Israel, told JNS.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2023 18:45:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Inspired by Hebrew, scholar helps revive dying aboriginal Australian languages</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Two Israeli natives living in Australia are working with indigenous Australians to give their languages a life after death.]]></description>
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      <title>Orthodox rabbi’s films share ‘relatable stories’ based everyday life</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Avi Schwartz draws on his experience as a rabbi in his movies, which include the 2023 “The Quest: Get Back Your Ex.”]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:13:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ben Briscoe, former lord mayor of Dublin, dies at 89</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Jewish politician was “popular across all parties because of his good humor and decency,” the second-most senior Irish politician said of Briscoe.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2023 03:00:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Speakers of Esperanto, which has Jewish origins, to convene in Italy</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Esperanto was born in the same era that the modern Hebrew revival was,” said Amri Wandel of Hebrew University.]]></description>
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      <title>Toronto Jews to hold ‘Jewish Pride’ motorcycle and car rally</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Aaron Hadida of Herut Canada: “Jews need to come out, be tough and show our pride.”]]></description>
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