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Earlier in the week, Jerusalem Kosher News reported the Eida Chareidis removed its supervision from two Jerusalem pizza shops, Pizza Lahit (44 Yirmiyahu Street) and Pizza Shai (1 Amos Street), both in the Geula area.
Now for the explanation – About a year ago, the Eida learned the stores used the ‘call forwarding’ feature during busy [...]

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Eida Chareidis Nabs Jerusalem Pizza Scam

At least five firefighters were injured in a fire at a private residence in downtown Brooklyn.
Fire officials say none of the injuries are life-threatening.
Two of the firefighters were taken to Bellevue Hospital in serious but stable condition, while three others were taken to Cornell Medical Center with minor burns.
The two-alarm fire at 192 Concord St. [...]

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At Least 5 Firefighters Injured In Brooklyn Blaze

After much suffering, the bachur Yosef Banda, one of the three youths imprisoned in Japan for drug smuggling, landing in Eretz Yisrael close to midnight, meeting with his parents and family for the first time in two years. The young prisoner arrived escorted by two Japanese policemen.
Seeking to avoid the large media presence at the [...]

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Yosef Banda Lands in Eretz Yisrael From Japan

Despite intense lobbying efforts from Jewish groups and attempts by the Christian-Democrats to prevent a vote, the European Parliament adopted Wednesday in Strasbourg a joint resolution urging “both sides” to follow up the Goldstone Report’s conclusions by conducting “investigations within five months”.
The resolution, tabled by the four political groups – the Socialists, Liberals, Greens and [...]

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European Parliament Endorses Goldstone Report

Decades of vaccination and prevention efforts may have the hepatitis viruses on the run, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC researchers tracked individuals’ levels of antibodies to various hepatitis strains. Antibodies are a kind of immune system record of exposure to a particular pathogen, either through [...]

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Vaccination, Prevention Is Beating Back Hepatitis

Brothers Admorei Abuchatzera Shlita visited with Rav Chaim Pinto upon his election as the new sephardi chief rabbi of Ashdod on Tuesday.
Following the election, Rav Elazar Abuchatzera Shlita visited R’ Pinto’s home during the evening, spending over two hours with the rav. On Wednesday, Rabbis David Abuchatzera (Nahariya) and Refael Abuchatzera (Ashdod) arrived, spending over [...]

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Admorei Abuchatzera Visit Ashdod’s Newly-Elected Chief Rav

There can be no argument, Defense Minister Ehud Barak is more than committed to enforcing the 10-month construction freeze throughout Yehuda and Shomron, but the Labor Party leader seems to be addressing this challenge as a labor of love.
Just this week, Barak has called for an additional NIS 15 million, seeking to hire additional inspectors [...]

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Construction Freeze Supersedes Security Concerns

84 new immigrants arrived in Eretz Yisrael on Wednesday morning from Ethiopia. Over 800 Ethiopians have arrived in Israel since the beginning of 2010. An additional 150 members of the community are expected to arrive in Israel from Ethiopia by month’s end.
By the end of March, close to 1,000 olim will have arrived in Israel [...]

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84 Olim Arrive from Ethiopia

In what is a most embarrassing and worrisome case, it is permitted to report that a northern Israel Police weapons storage facility was robbed. Akko Magistrate’s Court Justice Rachamim Tzemach complied with a police request to place a gag order on the details of the theft and ongoing investigation. Deputy Chief of Police Ilan Franco [...]

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Israel Police Armory Robbed

Ten months following his sentencing in a Japanese court, one of the three Bochrim imprisoned in a harsh Japanese prison, Yosef Banda is scheduled to arrive in Eretz Yisrael on Wednesday evening, (March 10th), where he will serve the remainder of his sentence, according to numerous reports.
The process of persuading Japanese officials to permit his [...]

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Yosef Banda Leaves Japan En-Route To Eretz Yisroel