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Jerusalem, Divided or United?
 
Yet Another Jewish Org Poised to Honor a BDS Enthusiast (video)

May 17, 2013 - 3:00 PM
 
AG Team on Women’s Discrimination Discriminates Against Women

May 17, 2013 - 2:21 PM
 
Senior Israeli Security Official: Assad Is in Control of Syria’s Weapons Systems

May 17, 2013 - 1:47 PM
 
IDF Soldiers Humiliated by Arab Rioters: We Are Sitting Ducks

May 17, 2013 - 1:30 PM
 
Upping the Ante: 5 Russian Warships Enter the Mediterranean

May 17, 2013 - 8:41 AM
 
35 Thousand Haredim Protest Draft, 10 Cops Injured

May 17, 2013 - 7:49 AM
 
Bennett and Livni in Facebook Fight over Women of the Wall

May 16, 2013 - 10:52 AM
 
Arabs ‘Celebrate’ Nakba with Kassam on Negev and Mortars on Golan

May 16, 2013 - 10:02 AM
 
Czech Jews Document Tripling of Online Anti-Semitism

May 16, 2013 - 9:50 AM
 
Fatah Condemns Co-Existence

May 16, 2013 - 9:26 AM
 
Jewish Psychologist-Media Star Dr. Joyce Brothers Dies

May 16, 2013 - 8:32 AM
 
More Natural Gas Found

May 16, 2013 - 2:32 AM
 
Syrian Rebel Commander Eats the Heart of his Enemy

May 15, 2013 - 10:35 PM
 
US: Iran Still Has Time to Change Course on Nuclear Program

May 15, 2013 - 10:03 PM
 
Congress Widens IRS Investigation, Pro-Israel Groups Were Targeted

May 15, 2013 - 2:06 AM
 
Rabbi Riskin Permits Women to Read Ruth for Men in Orthodox Shul

May 14, 2013 - 4:44 PM
 
Jewish Groups Join Call for Ban on Religious Profiling

May 14, 2013 - 12:51 PM
 
Plague of Locusts Returns to Israel for Shavuot

May 14, 2013 - 12:43 PM
 
Would Hawking Meet Paraplegic Arab Saved by Israel?

May 14, 2013 - 11:20 AM
 
Swastika Painted on New Zealand Jewish Center

May 14, 2013 - 10:08 AM
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On Our Own/Cheryl Kupfer
 

Pride, Prejudice And Potatoes

Posted on: November 5th, 2003

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There is a wise Yiddish saying that translates into this observation: "Yichus (illustrious ancestors) is like a potato - they are both under the ground."

 

Reality ‘Check’: The Buck Does Stop…

Posted on: September 3rd, 2003

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Young adults in the thousands have recently returned from a year (or two or three) in Israeli yeshivas and seminaries, full of youthful exuberance and idealism.

 

Sh’mor Al Nafshecha – Watch Over Your Life

Posted on: May 2nd, 2003

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The Torah admonishes each Jew to 'take care of yourself,' to do what's necessary to stay alive and well. Obviously this means to do life enhancing actions like eating and sleeping properly, taking precautions like putting on a seat belt when in a car, and not taking unnecessary risks, like jaywalking across a busy street or walking on a ledge 40 stories high. Most importantly, one needs to get medical attention when sick or injured.

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