Jewish Home MK Orbach Supports Rabbi Stav for Chief Rabbinate

Posted on: May 28th, 2013

Jewish Home Minister Uri Orbach announced Monday night on his Facebook page that he supports Rabbi David Stav, who is part of the Tzohar organization, as Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel. Some other Jewish Home Knesset Members have backed Rabbi Yaakov Ariel for the position, but his candidacy is in doubt because of his age. […]

Top American Comedians Joke for Israel – in Israel

Posted on: May 28th, 2013

"They don’t just come to tour and see the sites, but they actually perform their material to audiences for an important cause.”

IDF Chief: No Intention to Change Rules of Engagement in Judea and Samaria

Posted on: May 28th, 2013

One soldier quoted his superior officer as saying: "I prefer to visit you in hospital than in court."

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London Family Robbed of $30,000 in Judaica While Sleeping

Posted on: May 28th, 2013

Burglars 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 […]

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New York Synagogues Bury 12 Torah Scrolls, Victims of Sandy

Posted on: May 27th, 2013

Approximately 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

New 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

Lapid’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

Turns 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

"I am an Israeli, and it just so happens that I'm also president of the State of Israel."

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Former Italian Legislator Makes Aliyah

Posted on: May 26th, 2013

The 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 […]

Ya’alon: Haredi Integration without Criminal Sanctions

Posted on: May 26th, 2013

There will be no trucks coming to transfer them to prison.

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A Jew Grows in Prison

Posted on: May 25th, 2013

There 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

He 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

The recommendations determine new rules for sharing the security burden equally.

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UN Health Assembly, Syria, Slam ‘Inhuman Israeli Practices’

Posted on: May 23rd, 2013

Observers of the world body in Geneva said the annual hypocrisy reached a new low this year.

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Yes, There Is an Anti-Israel Media Cabal and They All Meet on Facebook

Posted on: May 23rd, 2013

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.

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Chabad Continues Relief Efforts in Oklahoma

Posted on: May 23rd, 2013

Let everyone know of the shelter at Chabad

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Two New Jersey Men Plead Not Guilty in Synagogue Bombings

Posted on: May 22nd, 2013

Two 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

Israeli 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 […]

Pressing Poland On Holocaust Restitution Presents Dilemma For U.S., Jewish Groups

Posted on: May 22nd, 2013

WASHINGTON – Poland is a stalwart American ally in Europe, a bulwark against an increasingly belligerent Russia and, with the recent opening of a major new Warsaw museum, is enjoying a flush of accolades for its belated embrace of its Jewish roots.

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