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  • Syria asserts right to respond to Israeli violations

    They Syrian government has said that it holds the right to respond to any Israeli violation against its sovereignty. The Syrian foreign ministry, in a letter to the UN, Tuesday complained against the latest Israeli violation which took place earlier, Xinhua reported. The complaint was made in the wake of an Israeli military vehicle violating the cease-fire being observed between Israel and ...

  • British guilty of disguised anti-Semitism says Israeli minister

    Exclusive: A senior Israeli government minister has attacked British attitudes towards his country as "disguised anti-Semitism" and said that Britain was more hostile towards the Jewish state than other Western ...

  • With Hezbollah coffins Syria now exporting conflict

    HERMEL, Lebanon - On a country road in Lebanon's northeast, traffic is heavy; ambulances screech by, sirens blaring, and cars packed with mourners follow coffins as Hezbollah brings wounded fighters home from Syria, and its dead.With the bodies from the battle over the border at Qusair, comes the violence, as civil conflict between Syria's Iranian-backed ruler and Sunni rebels ...

  • ‘I won’t let Bikur Cholim close’ says Gamzu

    After years of financial trouble, Jerusalem's Bikur Cholim Hospital is now being run "impressively" by the capital's Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Health Ministry director-general Ronni Gamzu ...

  • US Jewish groups help out after Oklahoma tornado

    "Unfortunately, this isn't the first nor will it be the last disaster to hit Oklahoma, so we're setting up a fund to reflect that," says Rabbi Vered ...

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Le bonheur [DVD]

Le bonheur [DVD]

Much has been made about how shocking Le bonheur (Happiness) was to audiences when it first screened in 1965. However, shocking is not the right word because that implies something sudden and aggressive--an assault on the eyes and the sensibility in the vein of Un chien anda ... ...

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  • LA elects first Jewish mayor since 1878

    LOS ANGELES - This city chose Eric Garcetti as its first elected Jewish mayor in one a number of political contests on Tuesday that reflected the city's diversity, as well as its numerous variations of Jewishness.Garcetti, 42, and a veteran city councilman, defeated City Controller Wendy Greuel by eight points according to final results announced on Wednesday morning. He will take ...

  • A crisis over parking

    Israel isn't the only Western country debating the relationship between religion and the state. In fact, this is becoming one of the hottest issues across Europe and North America, brought to the forefront by changing demographics in the West: its social make-up becoming more and more multicultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious.Canada is certainly not immune, especially its ...

  • Forget ‘Start-up Nation’ please

    our Talkback policy . If you believe that a comment has breached the Talkback policy, please press the flag icon to bring it to the attention of our moderation ...

  • Media Comment The IBA’s ‘reformation

    This past Tuesday, the Knesset Economics Committee, chaired by Professor Avishai Braverman (Labor) discussed rehabilitating the Israel Broadcasting Authority.The IBA's leadership, chairman Dr. Amir Gilat and executive director Yoni Ben-Menachem, are to be complimented for having brought to almost full fruition a process that began almost a decade ago and was considered by many to be ...

  • Washington Watch Is Hillary inevitable

    It seems all we're hearing from the political mavens these days is how Hillary Clinton is not only the inevitable 2016 Democratic nominee but a shoo-in as the next president.That may be good news to Jewish Democrats - Clinton remains a popular figure among Jewish voters despite virulent efforts by the far Right to portray her as anti-Israel - but it is already producing mudslinging ...

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