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An Israeli short film, Letter to a Pig, by Tal Kantor and Amit Gicelter, was nominated in the Short Animated Film category.

Gessen, a Jewish writer for The New Yorker magazine, published an essay last week comparing the Gaza Strip to Nazi-era Jewish ghettos, sparking backlash from Jewish and pro-Israel activists.

The funding will support excellent scientists and scholars at the career stage where they may still be consolidating their own independent research teams.

"We are united to help the IDF win, embrace and help the families of the abducted and missing, [help] the 200,000 displaced from their homes with all their needs and build a better society here."

The Max Rayne Hand in Hand Jerusalem School won the Overcoming Adversity prize for its integration of Jewish and Arab students.

UN Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry's Navi Pillay was accused of working “to further a demonstrably discriminatory agenda against the Jewish people and the State of Israel.”

A spokesperson cited the escalation as a security concern for visitors from all over the world.

Louis Lahav served as an engineer on Bruce Springsteen's celebrated 1975 album Born to Run.

The Shfaram native has presented solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions in galleries throughout the country. 

“Nobody who has chosen the easy path of hate has gotten to the end of that road and said ‘oh, what a life.’ No. They die as miserably as they lived,” said Schwarzenegger.