Jerusalem – President Shimon Peres said yesterday that if it were up to him, all Jews would observe the Sabbath and work only six days a week – “as the Torah commands.”
Speaking on an official visit to the predominantly ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, Peres said he was proud that the state and the IDF [...]
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Jerusalem – Peres: If It Were Up To Me All Jews Should Keep Shabbos
New York – Brooklyn Democrat State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz has introduced a bill that would ban the use of salt in New York restaurants – and violators would be smacked with a $1,000 fine for every salty dish.
“No owner or operator of a restaurant in this state shall use salt in any form in the [...]
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New York – New Bill to Ban Use of All Salt in Restaurant Cooking Called ‘Absurd’
New York, NY – Rush Limbaugh is drawing ire for a racist (and factually inaccurate) comment he made about Gov. David Paterson on the heels of the resignation of New York Congressman Eric Massa.
Rosh said David Paterson will be playing “massa” if he appoints Massa’s replacement. The comment was a reference to slavemasters and Paterson [...]
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New York, NY – Rush Limbaugh Makes Racist Quip About Governor Paterson
Barcelona – A Spanish court has sentenced a bookshop owner to two years and nine months in prison for spreading racist propaganda, justice officials said Monday. Pedro Varela spread ideas favourable to genocide that denigrated Jews, blacks and other groups, the court said.
He apparently did this through the books he sold at his Barcelona bookshop, [...]
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Barcelona – Spanish Bookshop Owner Given 33-month Prison Sentence for Incitement Against Jews
Krakow, Poland – Three of the five suspects involved in the theft of the “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign have to reckon with prison sentences of up to 36 months.
According to Boguslawa Marcinkowska, spokesperson of the Prosecutor’s Office in Krakow, the three thieves accused of stealing and damaging the sign confessed to the crime and are [...]
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Krakow, Poland – Sentence Without Trial for Auschwitz Sign Thieves
By Rabbi Pesach Lerner
Even a cursory glance at the facts which Yair Hoffman totally ignores in his article, “Re-examining the Pollard Issue” (www.5tjt.com <http://www.5tjt.com> – March 4, 2010) reveals a case which Appellate Court Justice Steven Williams described as “a fundamental miscarriage of justice.” Jonathan Pollard is currently serving his 25th year of a life [...]
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Refuting “Re-examining The Pollard Case” — A Blood Libel Against Jonathan Pollard
Venezuela – A report by the human rights watchdog of the Organization of American States warns of a possible “threat to the life and physical integrity of the Jewish community in Venezuela” due to the Chavez regime’s violations of the political and human rights of its citizens.
In a lengthy report, the Inter-American Commission on Human [...]
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Venezuela – Serious Threat to Life and Physical Integrity of the Jewish Community
Nashville, TN – Nearly 65 years ago a group of American soldiers advancing through Germany came upon a train loaded with 2,500 starving Jewish prisoners.
For Frank Towers, who was serving as the liaison officer in the 30th Infantry Division, the day he organized a convoy to take those people to freedom was just another day [...]
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Nashville, TN – Reunion Puts Holocaust Survivors Together With Liberator
Long Island, NY – Four police departments, two helicopters, one plane and dozens of plows teamed up to get a Long Island woman to her liver transplant surgery – just in the nick of time.
Cancer patient Maryann (Mack) Steinbock’s doctor called late Thursday night to tell his patient her year of waiting was over. A [...]
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Long Island, NY – Snowstorm Liver Transplant a Miracle for a Jewish Woman
Engagement of Estee Yurowitz & Aryeh Kunstler
