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The Desperate Search for Gaza Peacekeepers: Most of the world seems very eager to avoid joining the territory’s international stabilization force.

About 20 miles from Gaza, the United States has taken over a large and long-vacated industrial complex, where it has set up a civil-military coordination center. At any given time, approximately 200 American soldiers and officials are milling about in the facility in Kiryat Gat, a town in southern Israel. They are the United States’ eyes and ears, monitoring the fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. It’s clear that they are not meant to be deployed as a combat team to enforce the next stages of the Trump administration’s peace plan. But neither is anyone else. None of the United.

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Yiddishkayt LA and New Lehrhaus merge — but is this good for Yiddish?

For most Jewish institutions, “partnership” might mean a shared event or a guest lecture. But for Yiddishkayt LA and the Bay Area’s New Lehrhaus two organizations separated by 370 miles and decades of distinct histories this merger represents something far bolder. They are fusing identities, communities and visions of what West Coast Jewish. The post Yiddishkayt LA and New Lehrhaus merge but is this good for Yiddish? appeared first on The Forward.

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Split out of the gate

Tuesday night, the Spencer field house hosted a quad turned triangular as Denison-Schleswig and Ridge View took on the host Tigers. Ranked No. 10 in the preseason polls, Spencer’s lineup includes 4 Top 10 competitors and 5 open weights. While the vacancies didn’t hurt the Tigers in the Monarchs matchup, leading to a 39-18 win to open the three-match night. [.] The post Split out of the gate first appeared on Enterprise Media.

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