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Beiteinu party, could hav f the secular-right Yisrael ties a majority, but he wi e given one of the two top par demanding instead a thheld his support for either, - them all together. unity government that involved Neither Netanyahu no mise over a rotating premier Gantz was willing to compro Netanyahu’s indictment arship either. - ...... Nov. 29 ...... Nov. 9 charges added complicati Nov. 19 month ago on corruption yahu was unwilling to stepons to the unity talks. Netan Executive order ing the indictment. His rivaldown as party leader follow- if he had stepped down, theys withinc his Likud party said - government without him – sinc ould have formed a unity takes aim at a willingness to make a de e Gantz had indicated At the same time the newal with a different Likud leader. Likud announced it would holdelection was announced, anti-Semitism on Dec. 26. a party leadership vote For now, polling shows the resu JTA and Jewish Pres are not expected to be substan lts of a third election WASHINGTONs staff report previous two. tially different than the ald Trump signed a – President Don- With an election set f Wednesday, Dec. 1 n executive order on earliest that a governmentor the beginning of March, the (Hanukkah begins Nov. 28) university students a1, recognizing Jewish time in April 2020. This is likely to be formed is some some 18 months under ameans ca that Israel will have s Hanukkah Edition from discrimination. s a class protected - retaker government. pent The signing was with the White Housedone H in conjunction Soviet dissident Trump told those anukkah party. named 2020 Genesis Prize recipient ception that the order at the Hanukkah re- The Genesis Prize Fou A police officer stands in fro message” to academ sends a “powerful Natan Sharansky, a Jewishndation r has announced that ia that federal fund- nt of the crime scene near JC K the Soviet Jewry emigr efusenik, prolific leader in ing will be withhel politician, will receive ation movement and former I d to any college “tha osher Supermarket in JerseyLaura C E spreads, promotes, tole . Adkins/JT includes a $1 million the 2020 Genesis Prize, whichsraeli t Officials: Jersey City shooters heldA anything to do with a rates or supports ity, N.J. The Genesis Prize,award. dubb He also condemnednti-Semitism.” the started in 2013 and is financeded the “Jewish Nobel,” was tions and Divestment Boycott, Sanc- anti-Semitic and anti-police views $100 million endowment. The through a permanent marks. movement in his re- ■ traordinary individuals for th annual award honors “ex “My administration Related story, Page achievement, contribution toeir outstanding professional for these malicious By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN - will not stand 23 to Jewish values.” humanity and commitment of Israel. attacks upon the Stat JTA news service well as a hatred of l Discrimination aga e Sharansky was selecte of Jewish faith ... ha inst members New Jersey officials state’s Attorney Geneaw enforcement,” the lifelong struggle for politicald anto honor “his extraordinary every turn. s to be confronted a shooters at a kosher s believe the two at a news conference ral Gurbir Grewal said And we will confront phasizing the relevance d religious freedoms, em ery turn. There is no tol t City were motiva upermarket in Jersey Four people died Thursday, Dec. 12. Genesis Prize Foun of his work in today’s world,” the it at ev- - erance for hate.” and the police. ted by bias against at the kosher store, i in the attack Dec. 10 In 1977, Sharanskydation said in a news release. Classifying Jews as Jews under existing civi a protected class “We believe that the suspe men. The victims includen addition to the gun- authorities for his pro-Zionis was jailed by the communist spent nine years in Soviet prison. A for other minorities l rights protections that reflected hatred of cts held views Mindy Ferencz, 32, a market co-owne t, pro-democracy efforts and ...... Dec. 13 ...... Nov. 23 the Jewish people as 24, who are Jewish, a nd Moshe Deutsch, r he kept himself sane in solit Dec. 3 child chess prodigy, years by church-stat has been vexed for nd a store employee, chess in his mind. “I played ary confinement by playing Trump’s executive ore separation concerns. JERSEY CITY continued on P won them all,” he told the Ne thousands of games, and I ognizes Jews as an der effectively rec- AGE 22 Through the efforts of hi w York Times in 1996. exclusively a religiousethnic minority and not The fatal shootingsVictims at the mourned in Tampa governments around s wife, Avital, who lobbied the world, Sharansky was released “It shall be the poli minority. in Jersey City, NJ, drew a kosher market in 1986 and immigrated t cy of the executive ity and sympathy when thshow of solidar community insti two daughters. 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In 2018, the Genesi Michael Bloomberg and raged at the apparent targeting - Dec. 13-14. canceled its ceremony after win s discrimination on t and out- “Together, we will mourn thos s Prize Foundation EXECUTIVE ORDER continued o he New Jersey on Tuesday. The sh their lives and al she wouldn’t visit Israel of Jews in e who lost ner said n PAGE 2 the third deadly attack tar ooting marks solidarity. Help us honorso demonstrate Jewish country. due to “distressing” events in the geting a Jewish repudiate hate and anti-Sem their memory and “Even in democracies our freedo our congregations during itism by filling for granted,” said Stan Polove ms cannot be taken Dec. 17 ...... Dec. 27 ...... Dec. 7 Shabbat.” man of the foundation. “Na ts, co-founder and chair relevant today as they tan’s ideals and vision are as- on the totalitarian So were in the 1980s when he viet regime – and won.” took

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