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Reform rabbis assailed as they try to bring Torah scrolls to women at Western Wall

Members of the Noam party’s youth movement overrun holy site’s egalitarian section, are detained by police

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Ukraine live briefing: Biden to meet Russia’s NATO neighbors in Poland as war nears one year – The Washington Post

Ukraine live briefing: Biden to meet Russia’s NATO neighbors in Poland as war nears one year  The Washington Post Biden challenges Putin to ‘end the war’ in Ukraine, threatens to ramp up sanctions against Russia  Fox News Forbes Daily: The Chicago Bears

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‘Modern slavery’: How foreign caregivers in Israel have been extorted for decades

ToI exposes a multi-million-dollar industry in which foreign workers are compelled to pay ‘placement fees’ to employment ‘brokers’ – with the government’s full knowledge

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Ukraine war live updates: Moscow unrepentant after suspending nuclear arms treaty with U.S., with officials saying it was ‘overdue’ – CNBC

Ukraine war live updates: Moscow unrepentant after suspending nuclear arms treaty with U.S., with officials saying it was ‘overdue’  CNBC Putin issues nuclear warning to US, threatens to resume weapons tests  Fox News Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press –

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Pro-Israel progressive David Cicilline leaving US Congress to lead nonprofit

Openly gay Jewish Democrat, a member of the influential House Middle East subcommittee, leaving politics to take up position as CEO of Rhode Island Foundation

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The Home Depot says it is spending $1 billion to raise its starting wage to $15

The starting wage for associates at The Home Depot is now $15, the company announced Tuesday. (Image credit: Wilfredo Lee/AP)

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US Congressman George Santos says false Jewish identity claim was ‘party favor joke’

New York Republican who asserted he was Jewish despite being raised in Catholic home says he was joking and meant ‘Jew-ish’

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Starbucks launches olive oil coffee in Italy – and it’s coming to the UK next

Frappuccinos are passé and milk and two sugars is practically prehistoric – the next coffee trend involves olive oil and it’s launching in Italy on Wednesday.

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A discarded cigarette butt and DNA tests solve a 52-year-old murder of Vermont woman

A discarded cigarette found near the body of a Vermont school teacher in her apartment nearly 52 years ago helped lead investigators to a neighbor who they say strangled her, Vermont police said. (Image credit: Wilson Ring/AP)

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IDF ombudswoman: Bulk of soldiers’ complains are against ‘stubborn’ junior officers

In annual report, Defense Ministry official warns newly graduated cadets are likely feeling pressured by senior officers to accomplish tasks, end up harming their subordinates

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