One-third of students not registered for school in Kiryat Shmona, mayor warns

One-third of students not registered for school in Kiryat Shmona, mayor warns

“No parent or resident wants to raise their children like this,” said Kiryat Shmona Mayor Avichai Stern, who warned that attendance in the North remains inconsistent. Approximately one-third of students have not registered for the upcoming school year in Kiryat Shmona, Mayor Avichai Stern said on Monday, warning that prolonged instability in northern Israel is…

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Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca begins

Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca begins

On Monday, millions of pilgrims begin arriving in Mina, a small valley five kilometers east of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, where they will spend several nights in what becomes, briefly, the largest temporary city on earth. The tents they sleep in bear little resemblance to what earlier generations encountered: Today’s structures sit on permanent…

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What Dogs See When They Look at Us

What Dogs See When They Look at Us

Laqueur takes the reader on a nearly encyclopedic trip through this truth and its consequences, ranging from Giotto’s dogs—calm, disengaged witnesses to holy stories (“At a foundational moment of Western art,” he says, “there is the dog doing what dogs do”)—to Bruegel the Elder’s massed and happy hunting hounds in winter, whose barks we can…

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Cote and the Risks of the Clubstaurant

Cote and the Risks of the Clubstaurant

The restaurateur Simon Kim opened Cote in the Flatiron district, in 2017, with an alluring conceit: a marriage of two of the great beef-worshipping restaurant genres, the Korean-barbecue joint and the American steak house. He borrowed Cote’s format from the former, with grills inset into tabletops and a classic Korean menu of meat, marinades, and…

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Russia confirms use of Oreshnik missile against Ukraine

Russia confirms use of Oreshnik missile against Ukraine

Russia on Sunday confirmed the third use of its new intermediate-range Oreshnik ballistic missile to target Ukraine. The Russian Defence Ministry said it was deployed in response to Ukrainian “terrorist attacks” on Russian civilian targets, the Interfax news agency reported. Ukrainian authorities said the missile struck the major city of Bila Tserkva in the Kiev…

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‘Traitor,’ ‘Enemy of Israel’: Dozens protest outside IDF chief’s home after soldier punishment

‘Traitor,’ ‘Enemy of Israel’: Dozens protest outside IDF chief’s home after soldier punishment

The protesters held signs reading “traitor, enemy of Israel,” played loud music, and waved Israeli flags. Dozens of activists took part in the protest. Dozens of right-wing protesters gathered outside the home of IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir in a community in the Sharon region, following an incident in which a soldier wearing…

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Zelensky warns of a strike by a Russian Oreshnik missile

Zelensky warns of a strike by a Russian Oreshnik missile

Following Kiev’s recent attacks on Russian targets, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expects Moscow to launch a retaliatory strike using the much-feared new Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile. “Our intelligence services have received reports based on data received, including from American and European partners, that Russia is preparing a strike with the Oreshnik missile,” Zelensky said on…

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