Dubai – Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa has defended meeting a group of U.S. Jews saying the dinner gathering was neither held in secret nor broke any policy, according to a Gulf News report on Thursday.
The minister from the Gulf kingdom, which like most Arab states has no diplomatic relations with Israel, [...]
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Dubai – Bahrain Minister Defends Meeting U.S. Jews
Austria – A DNA test on a farmer running for political office living in a remote area of Austria has revealed that the 46-year-old man is one of the last living relatives of Adolf Hitler, the Austrian magazine News reported.
The man, thought to be a cousin of the German dictator, was horrified to learn the [...]
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Austria – DNA Study: Dozens of Living Austrians Related to Hitler
Jerusalem – Dozens of rabbis and educators convened Wednesday evening at Jerusalem’s Begin Center to discuss the Mordechai Elon affair, which has caused a storm within Religious Zionism. The participants will discuss formulating an “ethical code” that will determine what is allowed and forbidden in rabbinic activities.
The document is aimed at preventing “compromising situations” and [...]
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Jerusalem – Israeli Rabbis Meet To Form Ethics Code For Rabbinic Activities
Jerusalem – Confrontation broke out in the Western Wall today, as Haredi worshippers protested an attempt by members of a women’s organization to conduct a massive prayer session at the holy site by calling out “not-Jews” and “Nazis,” Army Radio reported on Friday.
About 200 members of the “Women of the Wall” organization arrived at the [...]
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Jerusalem – Confrontation Between Charedim and ‘Women of the Western Wall’
New York, NY – The movement to ban smoking in New York City has grown so quickly that no place seems immune — certainly not restaurants or bars, and public beaches and parks may not be far behind. Now the efforts are rapidly expanding into the living room.
More landlords are moving to prohibit smoking in [...]
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New York, NY – Landlords Move to Ban Smoking in Apartment Buildings
Iowa – Postville city leaders, residents and business owners agree the community’s economy has hit bottom. What isn’t clear is how fast and how far the recovery will go.
An immigration raid in May 2008 shut down kosher meat processing plant Agriprocessors, the town’s largest employer. The loss of jobs, was followed by an exodus of [...]
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Iowa – Jobs, Optimism Return to Postville After Raid
Columbus, OH – A woman being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she’d won the lottery and would pay for everyone’s purchases, police said, but she ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax.
Angry customers threw merchandise around and looted, leaving the store [...]
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Columbus, OH – Riots At Burlington Coat Factory Customers Go On Shoping Spree As Hoax Lottery Winner Offers To Pay
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New York – An emergency meeting was held last week Thursday at the Spinka hall on 56th Street in Boro Park and attended by scores of Admorim and Roshie Yeshiva and Rabbonim at the request of the Spinka Rebbe Shlita.
The invited guests’ affilated organizations are located in the New York metropolitan area, and have a [...]
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Asifas Rabbonim & Yeshiva Administrators Held In Boro Park
New York – Mayor Bloomberg is still the undisputed educator-in-chief of New York City public schools!
The state Senate passed legislation today by a 47-8 vote renewing mayoral control of the Big Apple’s vast education system serving 1.1 million students. Gov. Paterson said he will sign the long-awaited measure into law.
The legislative action follows an extensive, [...]
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New York – Big Win For Bloomberg: State Senate Passes Mayoral Control Of New York City Schools
