Communicated: TefillaChillul Tefila Bifarhesia, as well as halachicly challenged verbiage and dress, are external manifestations of a critical lack of personal yiras shomayim which has lethal consequences.
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The recommendations determine new rules for sharing the security burden equally.

Eliminating all secular studies is taking “Talmud Torah k’neged kulom” to an absurd extreme.

Judging by the sheer onesidedness of the parts I’ve read, I cannot see how the report can serve as a foundation for discussion.

The late Ofra Haza sings “Jerusalem of Gold” in 1998.
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The next chapter of the award-winning novel.
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The recommendations determine new rules for sharing the security burden equally.

Judging by the sheer onesidedness of the parts I’ve read, I cannot see how the report can serve as a foundation for discussion.
It now turns out that if a foreign corespondent is a self-centered, name dropping blowhard, he is also likely to be an Israel hater.
We interrupt this thoughtful column to share with you the above image, which I just received by email from my wife (and which you, I’m sure, have first seen back in 2006, because the media are always behind with these things). “For the first time, women are now being allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia.” [...]
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For the record, Rashad Hussain is a nice guy.
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