Lag B’Omer Trivia

Posted on: April 28th, 2013

Some Lag BaOmer trivia you may not know.

Firefighters Battling Fires All Over Israel on Lag Baomer

Posted on: April 28th, 2013

"They located the barbecue in a grassy area, ignoring safety guidelines."

Fraud Charges Pending against Conversion Reversing Rabbi

Posted on: April 26th, 2013

Rabbi Avraham Sherman could be charged with fraud, breach of trust, obstruction of justice, and abuse of office.

Supreme Islamic Council Approves Artificial Insemination for Arab Prisoners

Posted on: April 25th, 2013

The council set more than a dozen conditions to make the process religiously acceptable.

Peres and Pope to Team up for Peace Process Resurrection

Posted on: April 25th, 2013

Peres, the pope and the word “peace’" are virtually interchangeable. All three of them get together next week to try to resurrect the peace process. And don’t forget Kerry is a Catholic more or less.

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Deputy Minister Calls Haredim ‘Parasites’ on Radio

Posted on: April 24th, 2013

If Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid has any hopes of gaining one or even two Haredim as his fans, his deputy Finance Minister blew it “on air” when he called Haredim “parasites” on a Haredi radio program.

Israeli Rabbinate Backs Berlin Rabbi for Oral Suction at Brit

Posted on: April 24th, 2013

The Chief Rabbinate of Israel has sent a letter of support to Berlin Chabad Rabbi Yehudah Teichtal, who was charged by an anti-circumcision activist for practicing the ritual of oral suction of a small amount of blood at a circumcision. The practice is widely accepted in Israel but caused controversy in the New York area [...]

Can Kosher Sausages Be Kosher If They Are ‘Pork-Flavored?

Posted on: April 23rd, 2013

It looks like it’s kosher, and the certification says it’s kosher, but it smells and tastes “treif.” Kosher foods that taste like non-kosher food are widely accepted in the US, but not in Manchester, England.

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Police Appeal WOW Decision, Calling Women’s Prayer a Disturbance

Posted on: April 23rd, 2013

Judge Larry-Bavly's decision was in open defiance of the high court's ruling.

Shas Balking on Support for Bennett’s Candidate for Chief Rabbi

Posted on: April 23rd, 2013

"Rav Ovadia is willing to lose both chief rabbis" and not collaborate with those who "stuck a knife in our back."

Netanyahu Approves Egalitarian Section at Western Wall

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

The women win a battle, but the question is, “Do they want a war they might lose?” Netanyahu approves Sharansky’s plan for women to pray like men in an “egalitarian” section at the Western Wall.

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With Haredim Out of Govt. Summer Clock Will Be Stretched

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

Traditionally, a religious Interior minister decided in favor of the religious, but now things have changed.

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Samsung Korea VP Visits Yeshiva to Help Koreans Learn Talmud

Posted on: April 21st, 2013

South Koreans love the Talmud, a mandatory school course. A Korean language version is popular, and a Samsung official visited an Israeli yeshiva to grasp “the growing grounds” of the Jewish genius.

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New Chief Rabbi Appointment Pitting Bennett Against Lapid

Posted on: April 19th, 2013

Yesh Atid opposes both the Jewish Home candidate and the tricky legislation his appointment would require.

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‘Righteous Muslim’ Exhibition Planned for those Who Saved Jews

Posted on: April 18th, 2013

The London Board of Deputies of British Jews is launching a new Righteous Muslim Exhibition with 70 photographs and stories of Muslims who sheltered Jews during World War II, the BBC reported. The Yad VaShem Holocaust Memorial and Museum in Israel honors ‘Righteous Gentiles” who helped save Jews from the Holocaust gas chambers and death [...]

Winnipeg Rabbis Split on Bill Favoring Gay-Straight Clubs

Posted on: April 18th, 2013

Two leading Orthodox rabbis in Winnipeg are split over part of a bill, proposed last December, which would require any school that receives provincial funding to allow students to create a gay-straight alliance club. Fearing that Christian schools will be forced to accept such clubs, many Christian leaders in Manitoba have opposed the bill. But [...]

MK to Visit Temple Mount to Find Out Why Jews Barred from Praying

Posted on: April 17th, 2013

Likud Knesset Member Miri Regev announced Wednesday she will visit the Temple Mount to try to understand the problem with Jews praying at the holy site. The Jerusalem Islamic Waqf officially controls the Temple Mount, a power granted to it by the Israeli government shortly after the Six-Day War in 1967. MK Regev, who chairs [...]

Peres: Torah Does Not Ban Women Wearing Tallis at Western Wall

Posted on: April 17th, 2013

President Peres showed off his lack of knowledge of Jewish law and told the NY UJA, “The Torah does not ban women from wearing a tallis.”

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New Head of Egypt’s Jews Rejects Israel’s Synagogue Renovation Help

Posted on: April 17th, 2013

"A mother of two university graduate daughters, Magda Haroun is fluent in Arabic, French, English and moderate Italian."

Museum Seeks Jews’ Memories of Baseball

Posted on: April 16th, 2013

Do you remember where you were when Sandy Koufax said he would not play on Yom Kippur. The National Museum of American Jewish History is looking for you.