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From: JNS News MIMIIMI> To: <jeevacation@grnail.com> Subject: Netanyahu lectures Putin on Iran threat; Billy Joel's Star of David Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:59:09 +0000 AUGUST 24. 2017 SUBSCRIBE TO JNS NEWSLETTER FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO A FRIEND Netanyahu to Putin: Iran seeks to 'annihilate Israel,' control Syria and the region Leave the symbols of Nazi persecution alone, Billy Joel Netanyahu's hard choice Jewish beard-growers strive to be the face of global facial hair showdown sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a previous meeting. in June 2016 in Moscow Netanyahu to Putin: Iran seeks to 'annihilate Israel,' control Syria and the region By Adam AbramslJNS.org Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Russia's President Vladimir Putin Wednesday to discuss Iran's "accelerated" presence in Syria. -We cannot forget for a single minute that Iran threatens every day to annihilate Israel," Netanyahu said, noting that the Islamic Republic is "well on its way" to controlling not only Syria, but also Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon. "The problem now is that things have evolved quickly in a way that has left the Israelis without many options," Jonathan Schanzer, senior vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told JNS.org. "And we're seeing a quickening of this Iranian land bridge (stretching from Iran to Lebanon] and the installations that the Iranians are building." Read more. EFTA00685553 BACK TO ARTICLE INDEX Leave the symbols of Nazi persecution alone, Billy Joel By Ben Cohen/JNS.org By sporting a Star of David on his jacket during a concert, maybe Billy Joel thought he honored the victims of the Holocaust. Maybe it was his way of asking, "Can you imagine an America like this?" Yet even if we can all imagine that, there is nothing happening to suggest a Fourth Reich is around the corner, writes JNS.org columnist Ben Cohen. Read more. Billy Joel sports a Star of David on his jacket during a concert at New York City's Madison Square Garden. BACK TO ARTICLE INDEX Netanyahu's hard choice By Jonathan Tobin/Israel HayomIJNS.org The same people who spent eight years slamming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's willingness to publicly take on President Barack Obama are now loudly lamenting his refusal to do just that with President Donald Trump. Netanyahu was slow to respond to an anti-Semitic and racist march in Charlottesville, Va. Are his critics hypocrites? Of course they are. Are they wrong? Not entirely, writes columnist Jonathan S. Tobin. Read more. EFTA00685554 In June, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint Knesset- Congress event for the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification. BACK TO ARTIC_E INDEX Jewish beard-growers strive to be face of global facial hair showdown By Orit ArfaL.INS.org Visitors to the Otto Weidt Workshop for the Blind Museum in Berlin would need to be blind not to notice Haim Hoffmann—or rather, his weird beard—as he asks them to leave their backpacks at the reception desk. "It's called the 'Three-day Freestyle,- joked Hoffman, the museum's shift manager. Hoffman should know. He's the German champion for the "Imperial Beard," in which a sizable mustache-beard arches upward. He'll be defending the bronze medal at the 2017 World Beard and Mustache Championships (WBMC) in Austin, Texas, from Sept. 1-3. Bryan Nelson, the organizer of this years WBMC, counts at least a handful of "Members of the Tribe" among the record-high 700 contestants. Read more. lbw Haim Hoffmann, a German champion for the 'Imperial Beam." at the Otto Weidt Workshop for the Blind Museum in Berlin. BACK TO ARTICLE INDEX 'I-INS NEWS: A wide-ranging weekly update on the Middle East and the Jewish wont Unsubscrthe I Update your profile I Forward to a friend EFTA00685555 Copyright O12016l• All rights reserved. JNS 214 Lincoln Si Suite 418 Allston. MA 02134 Add us to your address book EFTA00685556