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Jews in Moscow and Boston

Source: Jerusalem Post, Nov 10 2012, 2:09pm CST

Is it better for the Jews in Moscow than in Boston? Just my asking the question will start Grandpa Sharkansky spinning in his grave. I never knew the man, but I know that he left the Czar's realm in 1880, part of the first wave of ...

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12 hours ago

Guns and Moses

Source: Travel Blog  |   May 20 2013, 3:29pm CDT

Looking back over my trip to Israel and Jordan, there a few mental postcards I keep. Here are a few of them: Two things stood out for me in Jerusalem: first was the large number of Haredim (ultra-Orthodox Jews,) and the large number of defense forces in ...

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3 days ago

Women of the Wall

Source: Dissident Voice  |   May 17 2013, 10:38am CDT

There was this Israeli man who from time to time put a slip of paper in the cracks between the stones of the Western Wall, asking God for favors – as Jews have been doing for centuries. They believe that the gates of heaven are located ...

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27 weeks ago


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"We've been following the comments . . . prompted us to have some extensive conversations here internally. . . to understand how this happened and to make sure that it doesn't happen again."


Source: Jerusalem Post

 

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4 days ago

Scots And Jews: Braveheart, Meet Ben Yair

Source: Arutz Sheva  |   May 17 2013, 2:18am CDT

Despite his anti-Semitic streak, Mel Gibson is a talented actor and director. I really would like to like the guy. Too bad he still sees Jews as the Devil's spawn. One movie, in particular, was truly amazing: “They ...

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4 days ago

Russia Raises Stakes In Syria

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 16 2013, 6:48pm CDT

By Adam Entous and Julian E. Barnes in Washington and Gregory L. White in MoscowRussia has sent a dozen or more warships to patrol waters near its naval base in Syria, a buildup that U.S. and European officials are t ...

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4 days ago

Moscow Region Head Calls for CIS Migrant Visa Regime

Source: RIA Novosti  |   May 16 2013, 11:01am CDT

MOSCOW, May 16 (RIA Novosti) - The Moscow Region acting governor has called for introduction of a visa regime for citizens of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) travelling to Russia, in response to the ...

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5 days ago

Israeli artist Sovar Lerner sees harmony in a teapot

Source: Christian Science Monitor  |   May 15 2013, 4:05pm CDT

Israel, a crucible of immigrants from places as diverse as Ethiopia and Lithuania who live interspersed with an indigenous 20 percent Arab minority, simply can't be boiled down into a monolithic Jewishness. Just ...

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6 days ago

Majority of Israelis back Women of Wall

Source: Ynetnews  |   May 15 2013, 1:47am CDT

VIDEO – The majority of Israeli Jews support the Women of the Wall group, according to the latest monthly Peace Index poll released by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) and Tel Aviv University following recent altercat ...

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6 days ago

Living, breathing faith

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer  |   May 14 2013, 7:57pm CDT

Despite the number of cooks in the kitchen, preparations to create a Shabbat dinner were moving smoothly. That's no small feat, and this was no small event - not just because the Mangels are a family with eight childre ...

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6 days ago

Putin and Netanyahu meet to discuss Syria

Source: China Post  |   May 14 2013, 3:10pm CDT

MOSCOW--Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday that focused on the situation in Syria, amid concerns that Moscow could soon provide Damascus with advanced missiles. Israe ...

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