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Louis Farrakhan has blamed the Jews, among others, for President Obama’s difficulties. He claims the “white right” is trying to make Barack Obama a one-term president.  Speaking to an estimated 20,000 followers of the black nationalist movement at the United Center on Sunday, the 76-year-old Farrakhan said, “The white right is trying to set Barack up [...]

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Farrakhan Blames Obama Woes On Jews and Whites

With over $1 b. in US government loans, Israel’s BrightSource will build the world’s largest solar energy project in California, doubling the solar thermal electricity produced in the US today.
BrightSource Energy plans to build the world’s largest solar energy project in the world.
They clinked glasses and toasted for two seconds, and then it was back [...]

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Israeli BrightSource Gets a Billion Dollars

Just over a quarter of American adults now read news on their cell phones, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.  The survey results being released by the group Monday offer another sign of how people are changing they way they get information. Technology has been reshaping the news business and the [...]

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Survey: 26 Percent of Americans Get News Via Phone

[Video and photos below.] Following the mesibas Purim at Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, on Motzoei Shabbos (see video and photos of the first night here), the simchas Purim continued last night at the yeshiva with live music and lively dancing. A band from Neginah Orchestra, led by Gadi Bodinger on keyboard and Yehudah [...]

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Video, Photos: Motzoei Purim at Beth Medrash Govoha

Following the assassination of a Hamas operative, Dubai police will attempt to identify Israelis traveling on foreign passports by assessing their physical features and manner of speaking upon arrival, the police chief said today.Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim said travelers suspected of being Israeli will not be allowed into the Gulf country even if they [...]

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Dubai Will No Longer Allow Israelis Into the Country

[VIDEO & PHOTO LINKS BELOW] We at YWN have obtained exclusive videos where you can see the two front-runners for city council:  education advocate David Greenfield and retired civil servant Joe Lazar and debating each other on key issues of importance to the community. Out of respect for your time, we are focusing on the [...]

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Activities at ‘Atnachta’ in Efrat provide experience-based learning of the Bible for school children.

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Efrat Bible Education Center Takes Visitors Back in Time

New York – There is a growing tendency among the Torah world to reject technology and innovation. The rejection has reached an extremeness bordering on a Talibanesque fundamentalism, unseen throughout our history. A good case can be made that this rejection runs counter to true Torah Judaism, and should not be subsumed under [...]

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New York – Editorial: Our Growing Insanity Runs Counter to True Torah Judaism

A novel concept puts Jewish children in Samaria in video contact with their counterparts in four Diaspora schools. They sang Purim songs together.

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Live Video Links Yesha with Schools in LA, NY and Australia

[VIDEO & PHOTO LINKS BELOW] While the rest of the world has been experiencing quite wintry weather, this past week in Eretz Yisroel was unusually warm, fooling many plants and flowers into thinking that spring came early this year. As a result, flowers and trees across the country have been blossoming, along with the critters [...]

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PHOTOS & VIDEO: Early Spring in Eretz Yisroel