| Jerusalem attacker once had Jewish girlfriend | |
In this file photo from Thursday, July 3, 2008, Palestinian Sarah Dwayat, right, reacts as she holds a portrait of her son Hussam Dwayat, 30, who carried out an attack in Jerusalem Wednesday, at the...
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| Jerusalem Attacker Had Jewish Girlfriend |
In this file photo from Thursday, July 3, 2008, Palestinian Sarah Dwayat, right, reacts as she holds a portrait of her son Hussam Dwayat, 30, who carried out an attack in Jerusalem Wednesday, at the...
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| Jewish History and Bollywood Money |
Views from the Ethnic Media Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im on his book "Islam and the Secular State: negotiating the future of Shari`a" Francis Dinkelspiel on her book "Towers of Gold" about Jewish history...
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| Pope to meet Sarkozy, Jewish leaders during September trip to France |
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI will meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy and representatives of the country's Jewish community during a stop in Paris on his September pilgrimage to the Roman...
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| British Muslims feel like |
LONDON - Muslims in Britain feel like aliens in their own society and say they are targeted like "the Jews of Europe", the country's first Muslim government minister said. International Development...
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| Israeli rabbi invited to Saudi interfaith meeting |
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Saudi Arabia has invited an Israeli rabbi to an interfaith conference in Spain, potentially the first step in wider contacts between the kingdom and Israel, the rabbi told The...
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| Ramaz Pulls Plug On Condo Tower |
Faced with stiff neighborhood opposition, the Ramaz Lower School on East 85th Street has withdrawn its controversial application for variances from the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals,...
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| JLC secures new home |
Chantal Abitbol SYDNEY'S Jewish Learning Centre (JLC) is set for a new home after closing on a deal to buy a $4.1 million North Bondi property this week.A last-ditch appeal was recently held to...
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| Spielberg group gives $1 million to Pennsylvania Jewish museum |
PHILADELPHIA: A foundation created by filmmaker Steven Spielberg is giving USD 1 million to the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. The money from the Righteous Persons...
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| Jerusalem Attack Shows Why City Must Be Divided |
JERUSALEM - Israel's vice premier wants Palestinian neighborhoods excluded from Jerusalem following a deadly rampage by a local Arab. Israeli leaders oppose dividing the city, defined as Israel's...
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| JFS admissions ruled as lawful |
The admissions policy of JFS School has been judged to be entirely lawful and proportionate to its aims and objectives. Mr Justice Munby ruled at the High Court today that the establishment of...
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| At last, kosher in Kazakhstan |
(JTA) n Kazakhstan now has a kosher restaurant.“Kosher” opened its doors in Almaty this spring, offering a range of meat dishes to a Jewish community of 30,000 that is experiencing a...
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| Oil Soars To Record Above Us$145 Amid Concerns Over Hefty Drop In Us Stockpiles, Iran Conflict |
Oil soared to a record above US$145 a barrel Thursday, fueled by concerns over a larger-than-expected drop in U.S. stockpiles and the threat of conflict with Iran. Comments by Saudi Arabia's oil...
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| Jewish leaders lament ruling in D.C. gun ban case |
Local Jewish leaders are disappointed by a recent Supreme Court ruling overturning key elements of the District of Columbia’s handgun ban, which was among the nation’s strictest.The...
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| JCF’s strong campaign translates to increased allocations |
Federation’s 2008 Campaign for Jewish Needs raised $32,728,524, surpassing last year by $1,171,005. This represents a 3.7% increase in campaign earnings, the largest in several...
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| All-star brouhaha in Beachwood |
A decision made in April to cancel this year’s recreation league baseball All-Star games in Beachwood has whipped up a recent firestorm of attention from parents and the media.For the past...
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| Coming to a living room near you... |
living room, toddlers crawl around the floor while couples in their 20s introduce themselves to each other. Other couples and singles in their 50s and 60s mingle, discussing everything from Middle...
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| Gazans shell Israel despite truce |
(JTA) n Palestinian terrorists shelled Israel from the Gaza Strip, breaching the almost week-old truce in the territory.Islamic Jihad fired at least four rockets at Sderot on Tuesday, lightly...
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| Shalit captured two years ago |
(JTA) Israel marked two years since Gilad Shalit’s capture.June 25 was the second anniversary of a June 25, 2006, raid in which Hamas-led gunmen abducted Shalit, a conscript tank crewman, to...
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| Spain, Germany may seek Demjanjuk’s extradition |
An international human-rights organization has asked a Spanish court to indict John Demjanjuk and three others and seek their extradition from the U.S. to stand trial for Nazi-era war crimes against...
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| Olmert averts Knesset challenge |
(JTA) Ehud Olmert averted a crisis in Israel’s coalition government over a motion to dissolve the Knesset.Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s Labor Party,...
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| Iran Says 4 Iranians Who Disappeared In Lebanon In 1982 Are Alive In Israel |
BEIRUT, Lebanon - An Iranian diplomat said Thursday that four Iranians who disappeared in Lebanon in 1982 are alive in Israel and called for their release. All the information Iran has indicates the...
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| After attack, Israeli Jews fear for security |
(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)Israeli border police are seen outside the house of Palestinian Hussam Dwikat, 29, who carried out yesterday's attack in Jerusalem, at the family house in the east...
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| Art Exhibit Making Us Debut Aims To Shatter Stereotypes Of Islamic Women |
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - In the months following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi and her friend Aliki Moschis-Gauguet noticed that the only depictions they saw of...
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| Israeli VP suggests Israel should cut off more Arab neighborhoods from Jerusalem |
JERUSALEM - Israel should cut off outlying Arab neighborhoods from Jerusalem, Israel's vice premier proposed Thursday, a day after a Palestinian construction worker from one of these districts went...
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| For first time, Israeli rabbi to attend Saudi-sponsored interfaith meet |
in Madrid at the invitation of Saudi Arabia. It's the first invitation of its kind.The invitation could potentially be the first step in wider contacts between the kingdom and Israel, Rabbi David...
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| Jewish school is cleared of bias |
A Jewish school has been cleared of an accusation that its entry criteria racially discriminated against an 11-year-old boy it refused to admit. The JFS in north-west London rejected him because...
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| Rowan to leave the JC |
During the course of his tenure, the Jewish Chronicle was a given a radical redesign. However, circulation figures continued to fall and the paper often came under fire for its critical coverage of...
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| UCU hit by resignations |
A respected Philosophy lecturer this week became the latest academic to leave the University and College Union over its controversial conference motion which backed a boycott of Israel. Eve...
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| British Salute To Israel Parade Debuts |
(JTA) – Some 20,000 people attended Britain’s first ever Salute to Israel parade and rally Sunday.The program opened with a parade from London’s famous Ritz Hotel to Trafalgar...
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| DFAT investigating reports of Aussie terror victim |
THE Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is investigating reports that an Australian woman was injured in a terrorist attack overnight in Jerusalem.Three people were killed and 45 wounded...
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| Police called after AJAX game |
Adam Kamien POLICE were called to a potentially dangerous situation on Saturday night when violence erupted after an under-19s football game between AJAX and Bentleigh at Albert Park.AJAX players,...
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| Community looks closely at the cost of Jewish education |
NAOMI LEVIN WITH the cost of good quality Jewish education rising all the time, some of the Jewish community's largest donors have started working behind-the-scenes on strategies to provide effective...
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| Jews synchronize prayer worldwide for soldier |
JERUSALEM — Thousands of Jews around the world conducted synchronized prayer vigils Wednesday (July 2) for the safe return of Israel's captured soldiers, most notably Cpl. Gilad Shalit, who was...
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| More Than 50 Years Later, Still a Classic |
In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Jewish state, ErgoMedia has released on DVD what could be called the first classic of Israeli cinema: 'Hill 24 Doesn't Answer.' At the time of the film's...
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| Remembering A Vacation That Made History |
Many of us tend to think of our vacation as an inalienable right, up there with life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But history suggests otherwise, making it abundantly clear that the...
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| Jerusalem Bulldozer Rampage Kills Three, Injures Dozens |
RAMPAGE IN JERUSALEM: A Palestinian went on a rampage in a bulldozer in Jerusalem killing three and injuring dozens before being shot dead by an Israeli...
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| Survey on Mideast Conflict Finds That Most Oppose Taking Sides |
A new survey of international opinion on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict found that respondents in most countries favor their governments not taking sides. The survey, conducted by...
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| What Kind of Interviewer Confuses Hamas and Hummus |
They took us down winding stone stairs and through long corridors, ostensibly to have some make-up dabbed on our noses for the cameras, in fact to meet the interviewer and test his disguise. We...
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| Zionists Win Effort To Keep Seats, Sway |
A number of Zionist groups have won a battle to keep their influence at the American branch of a prominent Jewish organization. The American branch of Jewish National Fund, a storied organization...
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| Israeli Star Shines on the New York Stage |
If Americans carry a national stereotype about Israelis, it probably revolves around images of a tough-talking, hummus-fed group of cynics. Tel Aviv-born actress Meital Dohan did little to disabuse...
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| What We Have Lost |
While giving a lecture in Central Oregon recently about my novel 'The World To Come,' whose story incorporates the works of many Yiddish writers, I was asked a remarkable question by someone in the...
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| Tensions Mount Over Lithuanian Probe |
A meeting between Jewish communal officials and Lithuania's prime minister did not dispel increasing tension over Lithuania's investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Jewish partisans...
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| What Can We Do for You |
Ehud Olmert's appearance at the annual meeting of the Jewish Agency for Israel in late June was a boilerplate appearance for a prime minister, but what came out of his mouth when he got to the podium...
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| Prisoner Deal Scrambles Jewish State |
Haifa, Israel - As Israel awaited final word on its prisoner exchange with Hezbollah, the country was torn by an unusual debate reflecting the painful dilemma facing the government. Rather than...
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| Three dead in terror attack |
The city of Jerusalem was left in shock today after an Arab construction worker killed three people and wounded over 50 others when he drove his bulldozer on a trail of destruction down the...
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| Building a New Israel, Activist by Activist |
it's called, a song to peace — was banned by the chief of the IDF Central Command. It might have been relegated to 'Kumbaya' status; instead, it became an anthem, most famously sung by Miri Aloni,...
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| Congress Delivers Promised Israel Aid Bump Despite Budget Deadlock |
Washington - While almost all federally financed programs were denied any funding increase for the coming year, aid to Israel from the United States will increase thanks to a legislative loophole and...
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| The Origins of Ashkenaz |
Sol Schindler of Bethesda, Md., writes: 'Paul Kriwaczek tells us in his book 'In Search of Zarathustra: Across Iran and Central Asia To Find the World's First Prophet' that the Hebrew word ashkenazi...
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| Civil Rights Legend Stumps for Obama Among Brooklyn, New Jersey Jews |
On June 29, Brooklyn showed that New Hampshire is not the only place for unity these days. Coming fast on the heels of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's show of Democratic Party solidarity in...
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