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From Iran to Israel: Translator Orly Noy

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  Feature From Iran to Israel: Translator Orly Noy by  Amy Frykholm  in the   April 17, 2013   issue Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Email to a friend Print Orly Noy emigrated to Israel from Iran as a child during the Islamic Revolution of 1979. She has worked for All for Peace radio, a station with a staff of Israelis and Palestinians, and she has produced the first translations of modern Iranian novels into Hebrew. Recently she taught Hebrew at the University of South Florida. Why did your family emigrate to Israel? It had to do with us being Jewish, of course. My parents always say that they would have done it one day, even if there had not been a revolution in Iran. Somehow I doubt it. How did you begin translating? It was completely an accidental thing. About four years ago, I was looking something up on Google, and I typed in “Farsi literature” in Hebrew. Google answered back in Hebrew, “Did you mean Russian literature?” Google did not recognize s...

Israel has made itself a pariah state

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  Israel has made itself a pariah state Fri 12 Sep 2025 EU Commission President Ursula Van der Leyen (Photo Alexandros, Shutterestock)Michailidis) JVL Introduction In every country in the world, people are on the streets again and again in solidarity with the people of Palestine, opposing the genocide and the ongoing occupation.  Boycotts and other actions are becoming more widespread and, finally, some of our western political leaders are catching up with the people.  Now, even openly pro Israel politicians like   Ursula Von der Leyen  says Israel’s actions in Gaza warrant (some) sanctions;  something has (finally) shifted.  These and other government acts show   “that Israel is gradually losing legitimacy around the world, being placed in a group that includes other reviled pariah states. Even its oldest, most loyal friends are finding it increasingly uncomfortable to be associated with it.” We may feel it is (still) too little and too...

Jeffrey Epstein was linked to the upper echelons of wealth and politics – but where did he get his fortune?

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  Jeffrey Epstein was linked to the upper echelons of wealth and politics – but where did he get his fortune? The sex offender was worth $600m when he died, but exactly how he acquired his wealth remains a mystery Edward Helmore Sat 13 Sep 2025 10.00 EDT Share Jeffrey Epstein  was a very wealthy man, but exactly how wealthy and where that money came from remains shrouded in mystery. Newly unearthed emails last week shone light on Epstein’s role as freelance client development officer, acting as a channel between political figures and business titans, greasing up the former with lifestyles they could not afford and the latter with avenues of political influence. Exposure of that channel  ended the career  of Peter Mandelson, the UK ambassador to the US, provoking a crisis in Britain’s Labour government, after emails showed that Lord Mandelson had steered a $1bn banking deal Epstein’s way and expressed sympathy for Epstein’s 2008 conviction for child sexual procurement...