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Louis CK Defies BDS, Performs in Jerusalem

After 24 hours in Jerusalem, Louis C.K. already gets it. “It’s very nice to be in Israel, in Jerusalem, but it’s weird,” he said Thursday, during the first of two stand-up shows on the same night at the capital’s Payis Arena. “Everyone I talk to who lives here says it’s crazy.”

Louis CK; at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on June 25, 2016 in New York City.

Discoveries Tying Jews To Land Of Israel Stronger Than Ever

TEL AVIV – As Jews worldwide mark Tisha Be’Av, the Jewish fast day commemorating the destruction of the Second Temple at the hands of the Roman Empire in 70 CE, Jewish archeologists recount the challenges in unearthing Jewish artefacts that prove the unbreakable bond between the land of Israel and the Jewish people.

Israeli archaeologist Dr. Ofer Sion stands on Byzantine-era paving stones as he excavates