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Iranian Islamic Scholar Ahmed Abedi: Soleimani Monitored Iranian Jewish Community On Search For Zionist Spies ; He Trained Yemenis As Surgeons In Six Months And Sent Them To The Front Lines
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Source: Noor TV (Iran)
Iranian Islamic scholar Ahmed Abedi detailed the roles IRGC Qods Force commander Qasem Soleimani played in various countries in the region. He made these remarks during a public address that was aired on Noor TV (Iran) on February 6, 2021. Abedi said that Soleimani was active in building religious centers in Najaf, Iraq, with Hizbullah in South Lebanon building a tunnel that extend into Israel, and creating concentrated medical programs for Yemenis, training them to become surgeons in just six months. He said that Soleimani had also created many centers for monitoring Iranian Jews who were Zionist spies.
Immigration, intermarriage and education making US Jewry larger and more diverse
Campers at Camp Be-chol Lashon, a summer camp for young Jews of color.
Since the publication more than half a century ago of a landmark article that referenced the vanishing American Jew, it s been hard to shake that idea as the dominant narrative of American Jewish life.
Yet the U.S. Jewish community is the largest in the world, with an estimated 7 million Jews - slightly more than Israel s 6.8 million.
And despite a low birthrate, American Jews actually are growing in number, primarily due to three factors: immigration, intermarriage and education.
Jewish Ledger
Immigration, intermarriage and education making U.S. Jewry larger and more diverse
By Stewart Ain
Since the publication more than half a century ago of a landmark article that referenced the “vanishing American Jew,” it’s been hard to shake that idea as the dominant narrative of American Jewish life.
Yet the U.S. Jewish community is the largest in the world, with an estimated 7 million Jews – slightly more than Israel’s 6.8 million.
And despite a low birthrate, American Jews actually are growing in number, primarily due to three factors: immigration, intermarriage and education.
Over the past three decades, Jewish immigrants have come in large numbers from the former Soviet Union, Latin America and Israel. Intermarriage, rather than acting as a net negative for Jewish population, actually has resulted in more Jews, as the children of intermarried parents increasingly identify as Jewish and some spouses convert. And Jewish education
Immigration, intermarriage and education making US Jewry larger and more diverse Campers at Camp Be’chol Lashon, a summer camp for young Jews of color. (Courtesy)
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Since the publication more than half a century ago of a landmark article that referenced the “vanishing American Jew,” it’s been hard to shake that idea as the dominant narrative of American Jewish life.
Yet the U.S. Jewish community is the largest in the world, with an estimated 7 million Jews slightly more than Israel’s 6.8 million.
And despite a low birthrate, American Jews actually are growing in number, primarily due to three factors: immigration, intermarriage and education.