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      <title>Bar-Ilan historian wins top prize for book on Orthodox American Jews’ impact on Israeli Judaism</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Adam Ferziger’s research opened new avenues for understanding "long-standing undercurrents in Israeli society, culture and Jewish identity," the judges said.]]></description>
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      <title>In first, Israel’s Education Ministry regulates laying of tefillin in schools</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“The laying of tefillin in the State of the Jews is not a subject for controversy; it is part of our Jewish identity,” Minister Yoav Kisch said.]]></description>
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      <title>Israeli couple kidnapped together on Oct. 7 celebrate nuptials</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A friend who spent time in captivity with the groom congratulated the newlyweds, saying, “You aren’t a pair of lovebirds, you are a pair of warriors.”]]></description>
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      <title>Israel approves $20 million plan for Oct. 7 festival survivors</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Some 3,600 festival survivors have been officially recognized.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 11:03:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Beyond the protests: Haredi leaders highlight a quiet transformation</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Speakers on a JNS Summit panel described an evolutionary shift toward military service, higher education and greater integration into Israeli society while preserving conservative religious values.]]></description>
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      <title>Can Israeli democracy survive without Jewish identity?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[JNS summit panelists cited judicial activism, identity politics and social fragmentation among the challenges facing Israel's system of government.]]></description>
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      <title>Israel faces surge in unauthorized foreign workers, Knesset told</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Officials say nearly 45,000 foreign workers are in Israel illegally, while criminal brokers charge up to $27,000 per worker and enforcement agencies struggle to keep pace.]]></description>
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      <title>Magen David Adom marks 96 years of saving lives in Israel</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[From an eight-year-old brain hemorrhage survivor to a blood donor celebrating his 100th donation, the anniversary event highlighted the people behind Israel’s national emergency medical service.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:53:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Israeli Oct. 7 rape survivors struggling to find mental-health support</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“It will take at least a decade to rehabilitate,” said Orit Sulitzeanu, CEO of the Israeli Association of Rape Crisis Centers.]]></description>
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