Brooklyn, NY – New York City Council candidate and education advocate, David G. Greenfield described the state’s plan to erase its budget deficit by borrowing more money, a scam. Instead, he called for the state to curb spending, which has continued to skyrocket even as revenues have decreased. He slammed the influence of special interest [...]
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Brooklyn, NY – Council Candidate Greenfield Bashes State Budget Plan
Jerusalem – Chief Rabbi of Israel Yona Metzger sent a calming message to the Muslim world Monday, amid tensions over the inauguration of the Hurva Synagogue in Jerusalem.
Metzger and Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz both set the mezuzah at the synagogue jambs earlier in the afternoon.
“Pay no attention to malicious slander. All we are doing [...]
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Jerusalem – Chief Rabbi: Talk of 3rd Beis Hamikdash A Lie
Jerusalem – The city of Jerusalem has planned a pilot program to reuse water from mikvaot (ritual baths). The water from each mikva will be purified daily and returned by the next morning.
Jerusalem municipal officials are working with the Health Ministry and the Religious Affairs council to assure that the project will be conducted in accordance [...]
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Jerusalem – City Project Will Recycle Mikvah Water for Reuse
Israel to take issue with the Latin American country’s close relations with Iran.
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Brazil’s president here for 1st time
The feeling among senior officials is that the US administration is this time very serious about forcing Netanyahu to either cancel or postpone the Ramat Shlomo project indefinitely.
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Analysis: For PA, Ramat Shlomo brouhaha is a godsend
United Kingdom – As the Nazi bureaucrat responsible for sending at least two million Jews to their deaths, Adolf Eichmann was one of the most evil men in history.
But newly released documents yesterday revealed that British efforts to hunt for one of the chief architects of the Holocaust were called off in early 1947, less [...]
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United Kingdom – Newly Declassified: British Allowed Mass Murderer Adolf Eichmann to Escape
Rabbi Tzvi Rosen, Star-K Kashrus Administrator; Editor, Kashrus Kurrents
Meticulous, scrupulous and passionate are terms that describe the fervor, zeal and seriousness displayed by the kosher consumer regarding Pesach kashrus in general, and Pesach matzohs in particular. The kosher consumer has become more sophisticated and savvy with each passing year. Kosher consumers are willing to pay [...]
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Machine Matzos: Timing is Everything
Abbas reportedly halts indirect negotiations due to Ramat Shlomo plans.
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Amr Moussa: Talks on hold
Brooklyn, NY – Abraham Tischler, who excited the media and the people of the 44th Council District with his energetic campaign to become the youngest member of the New York City Council, threw his support behind Joe Lazar today and urged his supporters to do the same. Tischler wasted no time in announcing his endorsement [...]
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Brooklyn, NY – Former Council Candidate Tischler Endorses Joe Lazar For City Council
Yantarny, Russia – The Holocaust memorial in the seaside Russian town of Yantarny is out of the way. A bumpy road leads down a hill, toward the chilly waters of the Baltic Sea. Climb over a rope, walk around a restaurant and there are a few stones arranged like a pyramid and, nearby, a long [...]
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Yantarny, Russia – Village Haunted By A Hidden Holocaust Past
