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    The Manila Poker Group That Rescued German Jews

    Little-known efforts led to the Philippines saving over 1,300 German and Austrian Jews from 1938 to 1939

    byRobert Rockaway and Maya Guez
  • Rose Fostanes, a Filipina migrant caregiver living in Israel, celebrates with friends and family in a bar in South Tel Aviv, after she won in the Israeli X-Factor Television show singing contest, in the early hours of January 15, 2014. (OREN ZIV/AFP/Getty Images)
    Rose Fostanes, a Filipina migrant caregiver living in Israel, celebrates with friends and family in a bar in South Tel Aviv, after she won in the Israeli X-Factor Television show singing contest, in the early hours of January 15, 2014. (OREN ZIV/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Filipinos in Israel Cheer Unlikely ‘X-Factor’ Win

    Rose Fostanes, a 47-year-old Filipino caregiver, took the show by storm

    byDaniella Cheslow
  • A woman washes amid scenes of devastation in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan on November 13, 2013 in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines. ( Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
    A woman washes amid scenes of devastation in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan on November 13, 2013 in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines. ( Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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    IDF Soldier Killed by Palestinian Teen; Israeli Airlift Sent to Philippines

    Plus Homeland’s Gideon Raff has a new show, and more in the news

    byStephanie Butnick
  • Foreign workers reading about new immigration policies in Tel Aviv last summer.(Yehuda Raizner/AFP/Getty Images)
    Foreign workers reading about new immigration policies in Tel Aviv last summer.(Yehuda Raizner/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Deployed

    Filipino migrant workers feel a strong religious connection to Israel, where thousands of them work, as the birthplace of Jesus. But a recent wave of deportations is threatening that bond.

    byMya Guarnieri
  • President Corazon Aquino in 1987.(Romeo Gacad/AFP/Getty Images)
    President Corazon Aquino in 1987.(Romeo Gacad/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Aquino’s Lesson

    What we can learn from the Philippines housewife who defeated a dictator

    bySeth Lipsky
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