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• Maghar becomes Israel’s first Druze city

  The Times of Israel Oct 27, 2021 | 08:16 am

  Interior Minister Shaked makes announcement during meeting with leaders of Druze and Circassian local authorities; Ra'am party, whose chief lives there, claims he asked for[…]

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• PM Bennett to convene advisers on vaccinating 5- to 11-year-olds

  The Times of Israel Oct 27, 2021 | 07:43 am

  Coronavirus morbidity in Israel continues to decline, with positivity rate hitting a four-month low and serious cases dropping

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• Bucking FDA standards, Israel to allow entry for tourists with Russian vaccine

  The Times of Israel Oct 27, 2021 | 07:07 am

  Health Ministry director says arrivals who have received Sputnik V shots will need to take a serology test to confirm antibodies

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• Who’s Afraid of Impossible Pork? - Sponsored Content

  The Times of Israel Oct 27, 2021 | 07:03 am

  What does it mean for rabbis to declare a product of 100% kosher ingredients treif based on name and taste alone?

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• Israel a candidate for visa waiver program, says top US official

  The Times of Israel Oct 27, 2021 | 05:50 am

  After years of lobbying by Jerusalem, Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas says US 'very, very focused on the program'

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• People Or Profit? Facebook Papers Show Deep Conflict Within

  The Yeshiva World Oct 27, 2021 | 03:00 am

  Facebook the company is losing control of Facebook the product — not to mention the last shreds of its carefully crafted, decade-old image as a[…]

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• Tehillim: World-Renowned Ba’al Tzedaka Is In Critical Condition

  The Yeshiva World Oct 27, 2021 | 02:30 am

  Ba’al tzedaka Reb Yehoshua Ozer Halperin of Manchester is hospitalized in critical condition and is in need of great Rachamei Shamayim. Reb Halperin, who returned[…]

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• Russia, Ukraine Report Record Daily Deaths, Low Vaccinations

  The Yeshiva World Oct 27, 2021 | 02:00 am

  The daily number of COVID-19 deaths in Russia hit another high Tuesday amid a surge in infections that forced the Kremlin to order most Russians[…]

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• Why Did Dati Leumi Roshei Yeshivos Ban Talmidim From Donating Blood?

  The Yeshiva World Oct 27, 2021 | 01:45 am

  The Roshei Yeshivos of a number of Dati Leumi yeshivos, including Har Hamor and Mitzpeh Ramon, have instructed their talmidim to refrain from donating blood[…]

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• US Insists Israel Didn’t Inform Them, Israel’s Foreign Ministry Is “Baffled”

  The Yeshiva World Oct 27, 2021 | 01:30 am

  The Biden administration continues to insist that it wasn’t informed beforehand about Israel’s decision to designate six Palestinian “civil rights” groups as terrorist entities. “It[…]

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