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IDF Chief: No Intention to Change Rules of Engagement in Judea and Samaria
Posted on: May 28th, 2013
News → Israel → IDFOne soldier quoted his superior officer as saying: "I prefer to visit you in hospital than in court."
14London Family Robbed of $30,000 in Judaica While Sleeping
Posted on: May 28th, 2013
News → EuropeBurglars stole Judaica artifacts worth approximately $30,000 from a Jewish family in northern London while they were sleeping, The Jewish Chronicle reported. The thieves took menorahs, a Seder plate and silver cups, among other items, from the Palmer family home in Edgeware. Howard Palmer said the items were “totally irreplaceable.” Two of his five children [...]
2New York Synagogues Bury 12 Torah Scrolls, Victims of Sandy
Posted on: May 27th, 2013
News → JewishApproximately 1000 people participated on Sunday in the burial of approximately 12 Torahs scrolls that sustained irreparable damage in Hurricane Sandy seven months ago. More than 40 synagogues were represented at the ceremony in Far Rockaway. The Torah scrolls were from synagogues in Far Rockaway, Belle Harbor, Bayswater, Oceanside and Seagate. The burials were not [...]
Weiner Misses Queens Memorial Day Parade to Speak at Church
Posted on: May 27th, 2013
News → JewishNew York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner passed up the annual Memorial Day parade in his former Queens district on Sunday in order to speak at a half-empty church. “I was, like, ‘Where’s Weiner?!’” Forest Hills resident Frankie Esposito told the New York Post. “I figured he’d come out to see his constituents. I don’t [...]
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Lapid Threat: On Haredi Draft It’s ‘Equal Burden’ or New Elections
Posted on: May 27th, 2013
News → HaredimLapid’s sounds like Bibi on the “peace process.” He has no trouble raising a regressive tax that hurts the middle class. But give the Haredim a break from the draft? Not in this government. We’ll see.
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Sane At Last: ZOA Urging an Enthusiastic Congress to Curb Arab Aid
Posted on: May 27th, 2013
News → JewishTurns out Israel has plenty of friends on the Hill, and the ZOA helped bring them out in the open.
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Peres Pushing Peace Talks, Ministers Argue He Shouldn’t Do Policy
Posted on: May 27th, 2013
News → Eye on Palestine"I am an Israeli, and it just so happens that I'm also president of the State of Israel."
7Former Italian Legislator Makes Aliyah
Posted on: May 26th, 2013
News → Israel → AliyahThe Rome Jewish community leadership gave a rousing send-off to journalist and former Italian parliament member Fiamma Nirenstein ahead of her departure for Israel on aliyah Sunday. She will live in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo. Born in Florence, Nirenstein was elected to Parliament in April 2008 as a member of the center-right People of [...]

Posted on: May 25th, 2013
News → AntisemitismThere is no doubt that the David Arenberg who will emerge from prison in approximately five months is a different, a better and a more spiritual human being than the one who went in more than 12 years ago. But the losses and the pain have been profound.
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Rep. John Conyers Apologizes for Louis Farrakhan’s Antisemitic Remarks
Posted on: May 24th, 2013
News → AntisemitismHe actually uttered those words: "I sincerely offer my apologies."
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Perry Committee Haredi Recruitment Plan: Sanctions on Draft Dodgers
Posted on: May 23rd, 2013
News → HaredimThe recommendations determine new rules for sharing the security burden equally.
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Chabad Continues Relief Efforts in Oklahoma
Posted on: May 23rd, 2013
News → JewishLet everyone know of the shelter at Chabad
1Two New Jersey Men Plead Not Guilty in Synagogue Bombings
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
News → AntisemitismTwo New Jersey men, indicted in March for arson and attempted murder and terrorism, pleaded not guilt in a New Jersey court this week. Anthony Graziano of Lodi and Aakash Dalal of New Brunswick, both 21, were arrested after the northern New Jersey’s Bergen County bombings, one of which injured Beth El Congregation Rabbi Nosson [...]
IDF Arrests PA Security Officers Who Murdered Jew
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
News → Eye on PalestineIsraeli soldiers on Tuesday arrested three Palestinian Authority security officers who murdered 24-year-old Ben-Yosef Livnat at Joseph’s Tomb two years ago but spent only one year in a PA jail before being freed. An IDF investigation of the incident confirmed Palestinian Authority claims that Livnat and other Jews tried to enter the holy Jewish site [...]

LA Elects First Jewish Mayor (Over Pol Married to a Jew)
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
News → JewishThe LA mayoral race was between a man with a Jewish mother and a woman married to a Jew.
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Top Claims Conference Officials Botched Probe of 2001 Fraud
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
News → Holocaust“A majority of the claims made by the person who wrote the anonymous letter were refuted by Mr. Domnitser,” the report said.
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Chabad to the Rescue for Oklahoma Residents
Posted on: May 21st, 2013
News → JewishThere are only about 5000 Jews in the Greater Oklahoma City area, but the Chabad of Oklahoma City is working around the clock to provide assistance tp anyone in need.
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Haredi Tycoons Raising $100 Million to Replace Lapid’s Budget Cuts
Posted on: May 21st, 2013
News → HaredimLapid is beginning to smell like a rose thanks to Haredi tycoons. He is taking yeshivas off the government dole and balancing the budget. How will yeshivas survive? The tycoons have an answer - money.
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Barbra Streisand to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew U
Posted on: May 20th, 2013
News → IsraelBarbra Streisand is a great singer. She also played the part of a young woman disguised as a male yeshiva student in ‘Yentl.” Soon, Hebrew U. will grant her an honorary degree in philosophy.
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PA Resurrects ‘Palestinian Authority Descending from Jesus’ Gospel
Posted on: May 20th, 2013
News → AntisemitismHow far the PA will go to present the lie as the truth and the truth as a lie? Its claim that Jesus was a Palestinian is old hat. But now the “resurrection” also refers to “the Palestinian state.”
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