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  • Israel, Syria pursue nuclear Mideast

    Is the Middle East about to go officially nuclear?

    Dual announcements Tuesday by bitter rivals Israel and Syria that they want to pursue atomic power plants could complicate the diplomatic storm over Iran's...more

    Published: March 9 AT 8:13 PM
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  • Jews, Muslims worry body scanners violate their religion

    Canadian lawyer Kerry Gearin plans to fly to Washington, D.C., this summer for a conference on Islamic family law, but the full-body scanners being deployed in some U.S. airports make her wonder if she will be forced to leave...more

    Published: March 9 AT 10:21 AM
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  • Biden, in Israel, Says U.S. Will Support Those Who 'Take Risks for Peace'

    U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday praised Israel for agreeing to renew the Middle East process and pledged that the United States would always “stand by those who take risks for peace.”

    “Historic peace will...more

    Published: March 9 AT 10:12 AM
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  • Sephardi chief rabbi feels 'deceived' over amendment to change conversion rules

    Chief Sephardi Rabbi Shlomo Amar feels he was "deceived" by Yisrael Beiteinu, but still supports in principle amending the law that governs conversions, his associates said yesterday. Until Sunday, MK David Rotem...more

    Published: March 9 AT 10:11 AM
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  • Rabbi Found Guilty of Sexually Abusing Teen

    The Borough Park rabbi/travel agent accused in hundreds of incidents of sexual abuse was convicted yesterday of molesting a 16-year-old student. Baruch Lebovits could be sentenced to 32 years in jail, after being found guilty on...more

    Published: March 9 AT 10:11 AM
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  • Local Jews say group’s ban on lox has no bite

    Local Orthodox Jews say they have no interest in the new ban on lox served up by an out-of-state group of ultra-Orthodox rabbis that claims parasitic worms sometimes found in the fish makes it non-kosher.

    “I think...more

    Published: March 9 AT 10:10 AM
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  • Far-right contender for Austrian presidency forced to denounce Nazism

    A far-right contender to become Austria's head of state was forced to denounce the Nazis today, promising to uphold a national ban on denying the Holocaust after previously insisting that it was a matter of free speech.more

    Published: March 9 AT 10:10 AM
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  • Britons honoured for holocaust heroism

    Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the creation of the award last year on a visit to the former Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. Two surviving recipients, Sir Nicholas Winton and Denis Avey, will be given their medals...more

    Published: March 9 AT 10:09 AM
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  • Some American Jews sit out recession in Israel | Reuters

    Fed up with the tough job market, some young American Jews are choosing to wait out the recession in Israel, where the government heavily subsidizes their stay while they intern, learn Hebrew or volunteer.

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    Published: March 8 AT 3:58 PM
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  • Interpol expands search for Dubai killing suspects

    Interpol announced Monday it is issuing notices to help search for another 16 suspects believed linked to the January killing of a Hamas leader in Dubai.

    The organization will now help investigators in Dubai try to...more

    Published: March 8 AT 2:43 PM
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  • 'Rachel's Tomb was never Jewish'

    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday continued his verbal assault on Israel, according to Saudi paper Al Wattan, which quoted him as saying that that al Aksa Mosque, the Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel’s Tomb...more

    Published: March 8 AT 9:51 AM
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  • Turkish Police Accost Sabbath Worshipers in Synagogue

    A Turkish newspaper reports that police burst into an Istanbul synagogue during recent Sabbath services and demanded worshipers’ ID’s. The Turkish Milliyet newspaper reported that the Muslim government in Turkey appears to be...more

    Published: March 8 AT 9:50 AM
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  • Center to pay $150,000 to settle lawsuit over Holocaust museum expansion

    The Simon Wiesenthal Center has agreed to pay $150,000 to a neighborhood group that opposes its planned Museum of Tolerance expansion to avoid going to court in the long-running dispute. Most of the money will cover legal fees...more

    Published: March 8 AT 9:49 AM
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  • Women cause fewer accidents than male drivers, study says

    "On average, men drive faster than women, overtake other vehicles more often, are more likely to drive while under the influence of alcohol." Forget the clichés about women being bad drivers. Statistics prove that in...more

    Published: March 8 AT 9:43 AM
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  • Tennessee reunion puts Holocaust survivors together with liberator

    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,...more

    Published: March 8 AT 9:42 AM
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  • In Gary Krupp, a Jewish Ally in Debate Over Pope Pius XII

    t home here on Long Island, he is Gary L. Krupp, medical equipment dealer, now retired after a career of ups and downs. He shares one car and a small house in a no-frills neighborhood with his wife, Meredith, and wryly describes...more

    Published: March 8 AT 9:40 AM
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  • EU's Catherine Ashton wants to visit Gaza during upcoming visit in the region

    EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said Saturday she hopes to get into the Gaza Strip during her Middle East trip this month, as Europe pushes for renewed peace talks.

    Ashton said she plans to travel to...more

    Published: March 8 AT 7:59 AM
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  • ‘Ajami’ Co-Director Says He Does Not Represent Israel

    Since everything in Israel ultimately boils down to politics, it was only a matter of time before “Ajami,” the Israeli movie nominated for an Oscar, would be thrust into the fray. And what a better time to do so than hours...more

    Published: March 8 AT 7:58 AM
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  • US anti-Semitism envoy slams UN ‘double standards’ on Israel

    US anti-Semitism envoy slams UN ‘double standards’ on Israel The US has decided to reengage with the UN’s Human Rights Council in order to pressure the body to fulfill its mandate, President Barak Obama’s special envoy on anti-Semitism told a London audience.

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    Published: March 8 AT 7:05 AM
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  • N.Y. governor approves funding to fight Orthodox sex abuse

    N.Y. governor approves funding to fight Orthodox sex abuse New York Gov. David Paterson approved a plan to give $500,000 in state money to help identify and treat sex abuse victims in New York’s Orthodox Jewish community. Paterson backed the expenditure from the state's Department...more

    Published: March 8 AT 7:05 AM
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  • '51% believe complaints against Rabbi Elon'

    The Takana forum claims Rabbi Mordechai Elon sexually exploited his students, but did not go into detail about the suspicions against him. The rabbi himself has said this was nothing more than a "blood libel" but did...more

    Published: March 8 AT 7:04 AM
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  • Israel rips anti-Zionist tribunal in Barcelona

    The Israeli Embassy in Madrid likened a recent meeting in Barcelona of well-known anti-Zionists as a "lynching."

    The Russell Tribunal on Palestine, held March 1-3 and largely funded by Barcelona City Hall,...more

    Published: March 8 AT 7:04 AM
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  • Jewish group declares lox unkosher because of parasite, causes uproar

    Jewish group declares lox unkosher because of parasite, causes uproar A group of ultra-Orthodox rabbis is waging a schmear campaign against a staple of the Jewish diet: lox. Smoked salmon should no longer be considered kosher, they say, because the fish often contain parasitic worms. But some...more

    Published: March 8 AT 7:03 AM
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  • Weiss will not ordain Orthodox female rabbis

    Weiss will not ordain Orthodox female rabbis Rabbi Avi Weiss has backed away from the idea of ordaining women as Orthodox rabbis under the term “rabba.” Weiss, a prominent Modern Orthodox rabbi who guides the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale in the Bronx, had taken heat from...more

    Published: March 8 AT 7:02 AM
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  • MI5 papers show Britain feared Nazi 'spyclists'

    MI5 papers show Britain feared Nazi 'spyclists' Clouds of war were gathering over Europe, and the English police officer was concerned. A group of black-clad Germans had been spotted heading for London — by bicycle. Newly declassified British intelligence files reveal the...more

    Published: March 8 AT 7:02 AM
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  • Vice President Biden on goodwill trip to Israel

    Vice President Joe Biden was due to arrive Monday in Israel on a mission to mend relations after a rocky first year for new administrations in both countries.

    During the three-day visit, Biden is expected to consult...more

    Published: March 8 AT 7:01 AM
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  • Chelsea Clinton To Have A Jewish Wedding: Interfaith Ban?

    Chelsea Clinton To Have A Jewish Wedding: Interfaith Ban? Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, is going to have a Jewish wedding. Clinton is to marry Marc Mexvinsky, who happens to be Jewish. President Bill Clinton and his daughter...more

    Published: March 6 AT 7:46 PM
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  • A Disappointing Documentary About Nazi Propaganda

    A potentially fascinating topic is given a disappointing treatment in Felix Moeller's documentary portrait of German filmmaker Veit Harlan and his infamous 1940 anti-Semitic film "Jew Suss."

    Rather...more

    Published: March 6 AT 7:46 PM
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  • Jerusalem Pitches Goldstone Report as Threat to U.S. And Its Allies

    In a newly emergent theme, American supporters of Israel are stressing the possible damage that the Goldstone Report on Israel’s Gaza operation may cause to America’s military efforts worldwide. As the report, sponsored by the...more

    Published: March 6 AT 7:45 PM
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  • N.Y. Jews accuse Be'er Sheva Kabbalist of massive fraud

    "The day my daughter died, I decided to bury him," said Menachem Ellowich, an ultra-Orthodox resident of Brooklyn, referrring to Rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira, a kabbalist from Be'er Sheva. A few weeks ago, a man armed...more

    Published: March 6 AT 7:43 PM
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  • A Jewish Ritual Collides With Mother Nature

    Last Saturday morning, as a blizzard sputtered out its last squalls over Passaic, N.J., Chaya Leah Smolen sent her husband and several children off to synagogue. She issued the children a message that might seem to contradict...more

    Published: March 6 AT 7:43 PM
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  • U.S. Enriches Companies Defying Its Policy on Iran

    The federal government has awarded more than $107 billion in contract payments, grants and other benefits over the past decade to foreign and multinational American companies while they were doing business in Iran, despite...more

    Published: March 6 AT 7:43 PM
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  • Joe Biden’s job: Reassure Israelis on President Obama

    When Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Jerusalem on Monday, he will be just the latest senior Obama administration official to travel there in an almost continuous stream of high-level consultations aimed at keeping Israel and...more

    Published: March 5 AT 2:46 PM
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  • Egypt completes restoration of Maimonides shul

    After a year-and-a-half of careful restoration work by the Egyptian authorities, the Maimonides Synagogue in Cairo is set to be rededicated on Sunday.

    The 19th-century synagogue and adjacent yeshiva, which stand on...more

    Published: March 5 AT 2:36 PM
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  • Andy Warhol: Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century In Retrospect

    Ten Portraits of Jews of the 20th Century: In Retrospect" is a hard show to love. It's also hard to hate. That wasn't always the case.

    The exhibition at the D.C. Jewish Community Center's Ann...more

    Published: March 5 AT 2:27 PM
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  • Jewish leaders work furiously to preempt European adoption of Goldstone Report

    The Goldstone report could next week receive its most meaningful international endorsement yet, according to Jewish leaders who are working to block a possible adoption of the controversial document by the European...more

    Published: March 5 AT 12:50 PM
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  • Yiddish is no joke

    A tiny, interactive Yiddish theatre in the form of a karaoke machine? Could be the first line of a Yiddish joke. Or perhaps it's a bit of mordant Yiddish commentary on the fate of a language that was in daily use among...more

    Published: March 5 AT 11:46 AM
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  • Rabbi’s sexual abuse trial opens

    The alleged victim took the stand as the sexual molestation case against a rabbi began in a New York courtroom.

    Rabbi Baruch Lebovits, 59, who owns a travel agency in Borough Park, is accused of sexually molesting a...more

    Published: March 5 AT 9:05 AM
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  • 15 cops, dozens of Palestinians hurt in Temple Mount clashes

    Clashes broke out between Israeli police officers and Muslim rock throwers at the end of Friday prayers on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem following a sermon on a recent Israeli decision to include two West Bank shrines on a list...more

    Published: March 5 AT 9:04 AM
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  • Moishe House bringing community to Budapest Jews

    When 29-year-old Eszter Susan announced on Facebook last September that she had moved into a Moishe House, few of her friends knew what she was talking about.

    Six months later the rambling, high-ceilinged apartment...more

    Published: March 5 AT 9:04 AM
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  • Cops: 12-Year-Old Mugger Targeted Hasidic Jews

    A young boy who apparently targeted Hasidic women in Williamsburg was nabbed by police Tuesday morning shortly after mugging a mother, who was pushing her baby in a stroller.

    Shy-kym Samuels, 12, is accused of...more

    Published: March 5 AT 9:04 AM
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  • Elderly Jewish Man’s Killer Gets Maximum Sentence

    A man convicted of robbing and murdering an 81-year-old Orthodox Jewish man received the maximum prison term.

    William Hill, 28, was sentenced Monday to 25 years to life in the murder of Jacob Gerstle, who was a...more

    Published: March 5 AT 9:04 AM
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  • Chile synagogue destroyed in quake, Masorti movement says |

    The Masorti synagogue in Concepcion was destroyed in the earthquake that rocked Chile, the Masorti Olami said.

    The head of the international Masorti organization, Rabbi Tzvi Graetz, has been circulating an e-mail...more

    Published: March 5 AT 9:03 AM
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  • British Jews take action against hate speech on college campuses

    The Board of Deputies of British Jews has drawn up an action plan to combat the spread of extremism and hate speech on university campuses in the UK, which is at risk of turning into a pandemic, the ‘Jewish Chronicle’ reports....more

    Published: March 5 AT 9:03 AM
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  • HMO withdraws sponsorship for Shabbat race under Haredi pressure

    The Maccabi health maintenance organization has withdrawn sponsorship from tomorrow's 10-kilometer race in Kfar Sava amid demands by the city's Haredi leaders to reschedule the event to a day other than the Sabbath.more

    Published: March 5 AT 9:02 AM
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  • Exclusive: U.S. vows to assign blame if Israel-PA talks fail

    The United States government has committed to playing a role in indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and promised that if the talks were to fail, the U.S. will assign blame and take action, according to a...more

    Published: March 5 AT 9:02 AM
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  • Stance on Israel to face scrutiny in GOP debate

    California's three Republican candidates for U.S. Senate debate for the first time today, and one of the hottest issues will be a subject that rarely is contentious in GOP campaigns: support for Israel. Few politicians...more

    Published: March 5 AT 9:01 AM
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  • Israeli military calls off raid after soldier posts details

    The Israel Defense Forces called off a raid after one of its combat soldiers posted information about the operation, including the time and place, on Facebook, the IDF said Wednesday.

    "On Wednesday, we are...more

    Published: March 4 AT 7:07 PM
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  • Campus ‘Apartheid Week’ Drew Little, Varied Response

    “Do you suffer from ANIS?”

    That’s ANti-ISrael Fixation Syndrome, according to a caustic poster produced by one pro-Israel group in response to Israel Apartheid Week, a global pro-Palestinian event that began on...more

    Published: March 4 AT 10:26 AM
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  • Getting clean and sober in the Jewish community

    Like the term teetotaler, the notion that Jews can't be alcoholics or addicts is a bit quaint.

    It's also a myth that can be an obstacle on the often painful but ultimately exhilarating path to recovery.more

    Published: March 4 AT 10:26 AM
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  • Jew haters don't always make it obvious

    Look, we Jews know we could instantly put a stop to the sixth annual festival of international Jew-hatred known as Israeli Apartheid Week.

    It’s now going on at 40 universities around the world and has the dubious...more

    Published: March 4 AT 10:25 AM
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  • Growing Tea Party Movement Is Still a Great Unknown on Israel

    The Tea Party movement, a loose conglomeration of conservatives angry over government spending, is considered one of the most influential groups on today’s American political scene.

    For liberals and conservatives...more

    Published: March 4 AT 9:55 AM
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  • First Orthodox Woman Rabbi is ordained in NY

    Last week, Rabbi Avi Weiss, senior rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale (HIR) and founder of the Yshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School, named Sara Hurwitz "Rabbah" the feminine version of "Rabbi"...more

    Published: March 4 AT 9:54 AM
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  • Embattled Jewish Agency To Promote Identity Over Aliyah

    Natan Sharansky knows he’s disturbing the status quo. Days before the most recent meeting of the Board of Governors, the body that oversees the Jewish Agency for Israel, Sharansky, its relatively new chairman, declared that the...more

    Published: March 4 AT 9:53 AM
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  • Austrian far-right icon eyes presidency

    A woman who has criticized anti-Nazi law and is married to an extreme rightist is running for president in Austria, and critics contend her candidacy could tarnish the reputation of a country still marred by its connection to...more

    Published: March 4 AT 9:51 AM
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  • US rabbi charged with sexually abusing teen

    The Jewish community in Brooklyn is ablaze following an indictment filed against a rabbi charged with sexually assaulting teenagers. A 22-year-old man testified in court for the first time Wednesday and said that the rabbi lured...more

    Published: March 4 AT 9:51 AM
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  • Prosecutors seek prison terms for Auschwitz theft

    Prosecutors say they are seeking prison terms of up to 2 1/2 years for three Poles who confessed to stealing the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the former Auschwitz Nazi death camp.

    Krakow...more

    Published: March 4 AT 9:50 AM
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  • Holocaust Survivor Speaks at WMU

    Many people’s tattoos have significance. Irving Roth’s—A-10491—serves as a grisly reminder.

    Holocaust survivor and author, Irving Roth, brought his memories of Auschwitz to life Tuesday, Feb. 9th at Western Michigan...more

    Published: March 4 AT 9:50 AM
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  • A Synagogue's Unorthodox Revival

    When Rabbi Josh Strulowitz set out to rebuild a rapidly shrinking Jewish congregation, it seemed like a long shot.

    Mr. Strulowitz leads Adath Israel, one of the few Modern Orthodox synagogues in the Bay Area. In...more

    Published: March 4 AT 9:48 AM
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  • #Kosher supermarket plans to become nation's largest

    Seven Mile Market, a kosher supermarket in Pikesville that has drawn Jewish residents and others from around the region, plans to move and double in size - likely making it the largest operation of its kind in the nation.more

    Published: March 4 AT 9:40 AM
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  • Goldstone report at EU parliament: ‘one sided’ resolution could affect Israel-EU relations, Jewish leader says

    On the eve of a discussion on the Goldstone Report in the European Parliament in Brussels, European Jewish Congress President Moshe Kantor warned that a negative resolution "could affect Israeli-European relations."more

    Published: March 3 AT 9:44 AM
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  • Signs hung overnight against 'kosher' buses

    Dozens of young people protesting the separation between men and women on public transportation in Jerusalem toured a number of cities Tuesday night where they hung signs in protest of the "mehadrin lines" that...more

    Published: March 3 AT 9:40 AM
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  • Swastika found carved into turf at Lakewood Country Club

    Authorities are looking into the appearance of a crudely carved swastika on a putting green at the Lakewood Country Club.

    The 8-foot-by-8-foot symbol was removed from the turf after it was discovered early Sunday...more

    Published: March 3 AT 9:36 AM
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  • Jerusalem Mayor Delays Demolition Plan

    The mayor of Jerusalem agreed Tuesday to delay a plan to demolish some Palestinian homes to build a complex that would provide new apartments for the residents. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had asked the mayor, Nir Barkat,...more

    Published: March 3 AT 9:35 AM
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  • Dubai police chief says to seek Netanyahu arrest

    Dubai's police chief plans to seek the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the head of Israel's spy agency over the killing of a Hamas leader in the emirate, Al Jazeera television reported. Dahi...more

    Published: March 3 AT 8:44 AM
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