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Kerry denies claim he informed Iran of Israeli strikes in Syria
(JNS) U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry on Monday denied allegations that he had discussed covert Israeli strikes on Iranian targets in Syria with Iran’s foreign minister.
“I can tell you that this story and these allegations are unequivocally false. This never happened either when I was Secretary of State or since,” Kerry tweeted on Monday night.
Kerry was responding to a leaked audio recording of a closed-door discussion involving Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and an Iranian economist, in whi.
Israel Prepares to Deport Dozens of Black Israelis Published May 2nd, 2021 - 04:07 GMT
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Highlights
But Israel wasn’t sure what to make of the newcomers who arrived on tourist visas, adopted Hebrew names and a West African style of dress.
Israel is preparing to deport dozens of Black Hebrew Israelites with residency permits who have been living in the south of the country for decades.
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Prince Immanuel Ben-Yehuda, the spokesman for the African Hebrew Israelites, said the Israeli Interior Ministry had given notice to at least 46 families, saying they must leave the country within 60 days, calling it a “shock to the system.”
In the late 1970s, Israel formed a Knesset committee to investigate the “Black Hebrews cult,” a community of non-Jewish African Americans who had been entering the country on tourist visas and settling illegally in the Negev Desert for almost a decade.
The committee, led by Knesset member David Glass, produced a 100-page report in 1980 detailing the problems that the undocumented immigrants faced substandard housing conditions, lack of food and hostile relations with their neighbors, among others.
Slamming the government for its “ostrich-like inaction,” the committee proposed the following solution: Give the Black Hebrews legal status and move them to their own settlement. In return, community leaders would have to promise not to add new members from abroad.
Honors
The Teen Initiative Community Convening on Racial Justice, sponsored by S.F.-based Jewish LearningWorks, took place on April 21 and included the presentation of awards to three Bay Area Jewish youth professionals.
Devra Aarons received the 2020 Award for Excellence in Jewish Youth Education and Engagement,
Rick Concoff received the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award in Jewish Youth Education and Engagement, and
Zephira Derblich-Milea, youth program manager at Shalom Bayit, was awarded the 2021 Award for Excellence in Jewish Youth Education and Engagement.
Analucia Lopezrevoredo, founder and executive director of Jewtina y Co. and the Shamash project director at Bend the Arc, spoke to attendees about “getting started along the long road to racial equity.”
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