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Munich, Germany – Airline Stops Rabbi for ‘Suspicious’ Shofar

By admin on September 2, 2010

Germany – An Israeli rabbi narrowly escaped arrest after being stopped by security officers at Munich airport for carrying a shofar.
Airport officials pulled aside the man, in his late 50s, and asked him to explain the religious article while arriving on a flight from Tel-Aviv on Monday night. He was visiting his daughter who lives [...]

PA Carries Out ‘One Of Largest Arrest Waves Of All Time’ Following Terror Attack

By admin on September 1, 2010

Palestinian security forces carried out one of the largest waves of arrests in the history of the West Bank following Tuesday’s shooting attack near Hebron, in which four Israelis were killed, a Palestinian source said on Wednesday.
According to the source, more than 300 people identified with Hamas have been arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces [...]

Long Island, NY – Man In 1988 Child Molestation Conviction Might Be Innocent

By admin on August 18, 2010

Long Island, NY – A team of prosecutors and a panel of law enforcement, legal and social science experts are being assembled to reinvestigate the case of a man convicted in 1988 of sexually abusing children, according to a statement issued on Tuesday by the Nassau County District Attorney’s office.
“A prosecutor’s job is not to [...]

Jerusalem – 22 Young Poles with Newly Discovered Jewish Roots Arrive in Israel

By admin on August 16, 2010

Jerusalem – A group of 22 young Poles who recently discovered their Jewish roots arrived in Israel yesterday, August 15, 2010, for a special three-week educational seminar organized by Shavei Israel. The participants, most of whom were raised Catholic and are now in their 20’s, came from an array of cities throughout Poland, primarily Krakow, [...]

New York, NY – In Weather Chaos, a Case for Global Warming

By admin on August 16, 2010

New York, NY – The floods battered New England, then Nashville, then Arkansas, then Oklahoma – and were followed by a deluge in Pakistan that has upended the lives of 20 million people.
The summer’s heat waves baked the eastern United States, parts of Africa and eastern Asia, and above all Russia, which lost millions [...]

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New York, NY – City Cemeteries Face Gridlock

By admin on August 15, 2010

New York, NY – Thouse of us among the living all know New York City can be maddeningly expensive, whether one is shopping for a $40 million mansion on Fifth Avenue or a $2,500 studio walk-up in a former tenement on the Lower East Side.
For the dead, however, virtually no amount of money will [...]

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Even in China, it’s all Hebrew to me

By admin on August 12, 2010

Shanghai once gave refuge to Jews fleeing Nazis.
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Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 2 Elul

By admin on August 12, 2010

Rav Yitzchak Bar Sheshes, the Rivash (1326-1407). Born in Barcelona. The son of Sheshes Perfet, Rav Yitzchak is considered a student of Rav Shlomo ben Aderes (the Rashba) as he followed his teachings, though he actually studied under the Ran. He wrote commentaries on the Talmud, Torah and halachos and served as Rav of Saragossa. [...]

Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 1 Elul

By admin on August 11, 2010

Rav Dovid Hanaggid ben Avrohom ben Rambam (1224 or 1233-1300). Rav David lived in Eretz Yisrael for a number of years then moved back to Egypt where he died. His remains where brought back to Israel and he was buried in Tiberias in order to be next to the grave of his Grandfather.
Rav Chanoch Henach [...]

Why are there no Israeli superheroes?

By admin on August 8, 2010

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