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New York – Billionaire Soros Donates $100 Million To Human Rights Watch

By admin on September 7, 2010

New York – George Soros, the billionaire investor and philanthropist, plans to announce on Tuesday that he is giving $100 million to Human Rights Watch to expand the organization’s work globally.
It is the largest gift he has made, the largest gift by far that Human Rights Watch has ever received, and only the second gift [...]

Miami, FL – Palestinian National Attempting to Purchase 300 Weapons Arrested

By admin on September 6, 2010

Miami, FL – A Palestinian national has been arrested in South Florida after he was accused to attempting to purchase hundreds of stolen weapons.
Abdalaziz Aziz Hamayel, a Palestinian national with deep ties to the West Bank, was arrested and accused of trying to buy a large amount of weapons. According to a criminal complaint against [...]

Haifa – Why The Right Side Of Your Brain Doesn’t Like Arabic

By admin on September 6, 2010

Haifa – If you’ve ever struggled to learn Arabic or felt overwhelmed just looking its symbols, now you can blame science.
Researchers from the University of Haifa in Israel say intricacies in Arabic script are so complex that the right hemispheres of learners’ brains don’t even bother getting involved.
The university’s department of psychology and the Edmond [...]

Milwaukee, WI – Lambasting the GOP, Obama Proposes $50 Billion for Road, Rails and Runways

By admin on September 6, 2010

Milwaukee, WI – President Barack Obama Monday proposed a quick $50 billion boost in federal spending to rebuild roads, railways and runways – a move he said will create jobs and which Democrats hope will improve their election prospects in November.
Obama rolled out the Labor Day proposal at a speech to a friendly union audience [...]

Silver Spring, MD – Lawyer: Judge Violated Orthodox Jew’s Religious Freedom

By admin on September 5, 2010

Silver Spring, MD – In one of the cases kicking off its fall term, Maryland’s highest court is being asked whether a judge violated an Orthodox Jew’s right to religious freedom by holding a medical malpractice trial without him and his lawyer during a major Jewish holiday.
Lawyers for Alexander Neustadter of Silver Spring argued before [...]

Jerusalem – Using Private Eyes to Fight Problem of Agunahs

By admin on September 5, 2010

Jerusalem – For more than 2 1/2 years she was married to a man she describes as unfaithful, physically violent and emotionally abusive. For four years she struggled to get a divorce. But the rabbinical court ruled repeatedly that she needed to bring in “proof” of her husband’s infidelities.
“I had the names and addresses of [...]

Muslims take to Minnesota State Fair to fix image

By admin on September 4, 2010

Muslim residents hand out “Islam Explained” to fairgoers; want to show people they are “not terrorists.”
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Muslims take to Minnesota State Fair to fix image

Manhattan, NY – Printmaker Blends Jewish Images With a Nod to Pop Culture

By admin on September 2, 2010

Manhattan, NY – Chasidic artist Michael Mordechai Cohen celebrated his East Coast debut as he unveiled a series of pop-influenced spiritual prints at the J. Klaynberg Gallery in the New York City neighborhood of Chelsea.
Last week’s premier of Cohen’s “Don’t Mess With the Besht: Part II” – the title refers to the acronymic name [...]

Tel Aviv dental school accused of conducting experiments on humans, animals

By admin on August 30, 2010

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Tel Aviv dental school accused of conducting experiments on humans, animals

Israeli researchers discover evidence of feast dating back 12,000 years

By admin on August 30, 2010

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Israeli researchers discover evidence of feast dating back 12,000 years

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