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    <title>Rolene Marks</title>
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    <description>Rolene Marks is a journalist and commentator specializing in Israeli advocacy, global Jewish affairs, and Middle Eastern politics for JNS.org. A passionate advocate for Israel, she frequently appears on radio, television, and in print to provide insightful analysis and counter media bias. She is a member of Media Team Israel and Truth be Told, both dedicated to promoting accurate reporting on Israel. Additionally, she serves as the Chairperson of WIZO's Hasbara Division, where she leads efforts in public diplomacy and advocacy.</description>
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      <title>‘Stronger Together’ salutes heroic South African Israelis</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A Telfed gathering in Herzliya brought together a cross-section of remarkable speakers who shared stories of tragedy and triumph, heroism and hope.]]></description>
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      <title>Australian city defers approval for menorah, angering Jews</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“What happened in Stonnington Council was a slap in the face of the Jewish community,” said Dr. Dvir Abramovich, chair of the Melbourne-based Anti-Defamation Commission.]]></description>
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      <title>Testimony project helps women in the IDF navigate healing</title>
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      <description><![CDATA["October 7th-Her Story" encourages female soldiers to process trauma through storytelling, art and controlled self-expression.]]></description>
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      <title>South African Jewish doctors quit medical association over Israel boycott</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Medical boycotts have the potential to harm patients, slow medical innovation and erode the humanitarian space that medicine must safeguard," the doctors said.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Volunteers from abroad continue to serve in Israel</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Despite the Oct. 10 ceasefire, visitors from the US and around the world have not stopped coming to the Jewish state to offer a helping hand.]]></description>
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      <title>‘We saw the truth with our own eyes’</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nelson Mandela's granddaughters talk to JNS after paying a solidarity visit to Israel and Gaza.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:50:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Anti-Israel activists target South African Holocaust centers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Protests coincide with a major genocide scholars’ conference in Johannesburg amid what Jewish leaders are calling "a campaign of intimidation."]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 12:30:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>World WIZO mourns honorary life president, Tova Ben-Dov</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[World WIZO chairperson Anita Friedman paid tribute to her as "a courageous and inspiring leader who was the beating heart of WIZO."]]></description>
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      <title>Mandela’s grandson deported following flotilla ‘stunt’</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[South African President Cyril Ramaphosa claimed that flotilla participants had been abducted.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 07:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Manchester's ‘Marathon Batman’ runs for the Bibas family</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Inspired by the Bibas family, Yoel Levy seeks to turn "heartbreak into hope, grief into movement and silence into strength."]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 10:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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