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Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:59 |
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The Cuban government got a rare opportunity to put its position on a U.S. contractor jailed in Havana and on hostile U.S.-Cuba relations before an American audience Thursday when CNN's Wolf Blitzer interviewed a top...
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Written by Boston.com
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:33 |
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TEHRAN, Iran—At the gallows, the condemned prisoner Tuesday repeated the allegations Iran lodged against him: That he was trained by Israel's spy agency to carry out one of the first attack on Iranian scientists...
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Written by Arutz Sheva
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Monday, 14 May 2012 06:33 |
 Three grade school boys accidentally found six stolen Torah scrolls in an abandoned building where they wanted to establish a clubhouse.
The incredible story unfolded Sunday afternoon when nine-year-old Ariel Chaim...
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Written by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu for Arutz Sheva
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Sunday, 13 May 2012 04:25 |
Israel has decided to search for oil on the Golan Heights after 20 years of delay due to objections from Syria.
After Israel formally took sovereignty over the strategic area in 1980, the Petroleum Act was applied to the...
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International News
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Written by Yeshiva World News
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Friday, 11 May 2012 03:48 |
 In April 2012, about 354,000 visitors arrived in Israel, 19% more than in April 2011 and an increase of 12% in comparison to April 2010 – which was Israel’s record year for tourism. Another record was...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:46 |
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Touro College inducted 15 students into the annual class of Sigma Beta Delta, Inc. (SBD), the international business honor society on May 1 at a ceremony at the Lander College of Arts &...
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International News
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:44 |
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The Manischewitz Company has announced the 2012 Jewish American History Month Student Essay Contest. Manischewitz, a leading kosher food brand, has been a primary sponsor of JAHM for the past two years and this year is...
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International News
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:35 |
 On Sunday, April 1, MVP Basketball hosted its fourth annual yeshiva All-Star Day. The daylong program featured boys’ eighth grade, JV, and varsity and girls’ eighth grade, JV, and varsity all-star games. The...
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International News
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Written by Elad Benari for Arutz Sheva
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 03:08 |
 Kadima council chairman Haim Ramon informed party chairman Shaul Mofaz on Wednesday that he is resigning and leaving the party.
Ramon's resignation was due to his party’s joining a unity government with Prime...
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Written by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu for Arutz Sheva
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Wednesday, 09 May 2012 04:54 |
 A United Nations nuclear inspector from South Korea was killed in Iran in a car crash Tuesday. Iran’s government-controlled Iranians Student News Agency media said it was an accident.
Iran's Atomic Energy...
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Written by A. O'Sullivan for MediaLine
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Tuesday, 08 May 2012 03:32 |
 TZIPPORI, Israel – Mitch Pilcer grows olives and grapes on his farm in the ancient village of Tzippori in northern Israel. It’s an idyllic site, perfect for the bed-and-breakfast bungalows he’s built in...
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Written by NY Daily News
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Monday, 07 May 2012 03:38 |
Two Palestinian prisoners entering their 70th day in a mass hunger strike in Israel are near death, their conditions deteriorating from “bad to extremely worse,” according to their lawyer.
“I believe...
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Written by Los Angeles Times
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Monday, 07 May 2012 00:33 |
 JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Sunday he is moving to dismantle what has been considered one of the more stable coalition governments in Israel’s history and calling for early...
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International News
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Written by Yeshiva World News
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Friday, 04 May 2012 05:34 |
 Persons close to Aryeh Deri have leaked information to the press that he is actively working to launch his new political party after it became clear he will not unseat Shas leader Eli Yishai. After getting up from shiva...
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Written by David Lev for Arutz Sheva
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Thursday, 03 May 2012 05:52 |
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Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Thursday slammed former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, former Mossad head Meir Dagan, and former Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) head Yuval Diskin over their recent criticism of Barak's and...
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International News
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 03 May 2012 02:45 |
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Thousands in Israel participated in the levayah on Friday, April 20, of Rav Avrohom Solomon, zt’l, the legendary mashgiach of the Chevron Yeshiva Knesses Yisroel. Amongst the maspidim at the yeshiva campus on Givat...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 03 May 2012 02:36 |
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Yeshiva University-affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) will present its second annual yarchei kallah (Gathering for Torah Study) Program this Shavuos, May 25–28, at the Rye Town Hilton in...
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International News
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Written by Haaretz
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:52 |
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The Haifa District Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal submitted by Professor Uzzi Ornan, who sought to compel Israel’s Interior Ministry to recognize his citizenship based on the fact that he was born in Israel,...
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International News
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Written by Foxnews.com
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 04:22 |
Iran has hanged a man who was sentenced to death for the 2010 killing of a nuclear physicist, state TV reported Tuesday.
Majid Jamali Fashi, who had been accused of being an agent of the Israeli spy agency, Mossad, was...
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International News
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Written by Jerusalem Post
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Monday, 14 May 2012 02:07 |
 Six renowned scientists and music greats win this year’s Wolf Prize—considered second only to the Nobel Prize in prestige and one that has often served as predictor of the Nobel—on Sunday at the...
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International News
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Written by Yeshiva World News
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Sunday, 13 May 2012 04:21 |
 According to a Kol Berama Radio report, Maran Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita showed “significant improvement” on Shabbos based on statements from his doctors.
The posek hador does not...
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Written by Maayana Miskin for Arutz Sheva
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Friday, 11 May 2012 03:34 |
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Two weeks ago the Defense Ministry submitted a report in the decades-old case of the “23 on the boat” that said the fate of 23 Palmach fighters sent on a mission to Libya remains unknown. However, historian...
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International News
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:45 |
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On April 17, the New York State Osteopathic Medical Society (NYSOM) brought close to 100 DOs and osteopathic medical students to the state capital for “DO Day in Albany.” DO Day was held in conjunction with...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:43 |
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Representatives from 12 Jewish matchmaking organizations from North America and around the world met on Wednesday, April 25 on Yeshiva University’s Wilf Campus for the inaugural meeting of the Jewish Matchmaking...
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International News
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Written by Rabbi Yair Hoffman
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 03:45 |
 The Ramah Shulchan Aruch (OC 493:2) that on LaG BaOmer we engage slightly in Simcha – joy. Commemorating LaG BaOmer is a serious matter. The Mogen Avrohom cites the Kavanos HaArizal that discusses a certain...
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International News
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Written by Lenny Ben David and Arutz Sheva
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Wednesday, 09 May 2012 05:30 |
 In a surprise middle-of-the-night move, Prime Minister Netanyahu formed a coalition with the Kadima party, nixing the idea of early elections that he had announced just a day earlier.
Bibi's political gambit was done...
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Written by NY Times
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Tuesday, 08 May 2012 03:41 |
 JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the chairman of the opposition Kadima Party struck a deal early Tuesday morning to form a unity government, a surprise move that staves off early elections and...
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Written by New York Times
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Tuesday, 08 May 2012 03:22 |
 JERUSALEM — Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals for the release of two Palestinian prisoners who have been on a hunger strike for 69 days to protest their incarceration without formal charges...
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Written by CNN
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Monday, 07 May 2012 03:32 |
 (CNN) -- A 70-year-old U.S. citizen kidnapped in Pakistan last year has made an emotional plea to President Barack Obama to meet al Qaeda's demands in order to save his life, according to a video released on several...
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Written by Matan Davidson
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Sunday, 06 May 2012 07:59 |
 The future president of France will be chosen today and Rav Aharon Yehudah Leib Shteinman Shlita is encouraging French Yeshiva students to vote for Nicolas Sarkozy.
It will certainly be a tight race between the front...
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Written by Jerusalem Post
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Friday, 04 May 2012 05:27 |
 Two fierce rivals in the Likud, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and activist Moshe Feiglin found themselves saying the Kaddish memorial prayer together in the afternoon Minha service at Netanyahu’s Jerusalem...
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Written by 5TJT Staff
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Thursday, 03 May 2012 02:48 |
 On Monday, March 12, a gala luncheon was held at the Young Israel of Wavecrest and Bayswater in honor of longtime resident Fay Feuer’s 100th birthday. With her two sons and their families at her side, some 75...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 03 May 2012 02:43 |
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As the 2012 presidential race kicks into high gear, nationally-acclaimed conservative talk show host, film critic, and political commentator Michael Medved shared his insights and predictions about election outcomes with...
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International News
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Written by M.C.
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Thursday, 03 May 2012 02:34 |
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I was 10 months old when my mother was diagnosed with cervical cancer. My childhood was spent mostly watching my beloved mother die. When I was seven, she passed away, leaving me, my sister, and my dad with a big hole in...
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Written by Voice of America
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:40 |
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The European Union this week continued the international condemnation of Israel's policy of building settlements in largely Palestinian areas. The enclaves are a stumbling block to restarting peace talks between...
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International News
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Written by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu for Arutz Sheva
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 04:15 |
Suspected neo-Nazis in Germany attacked an “I Like Israel” booth in Germany and wounded two women and one man Saturday. One of the attackers was arrested, according to European Jewish Press (EJP).
The...
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Written by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu for Arutz Sheva
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Monday, 14 May 2012 01:55 |
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Iran upheld on a death sentence against a man convicted for assassinating a nuclear physicist two year ago, and 13 others may face the same fate after having been found guilty on Sunday for working for the Israeli...
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International News
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Written by HaAretz
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Friday, 11 May 2012 05:29 |
 Egyptian presidential hopefuls Amr Moussa and Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh said in a televised debate on Thursday that Israel is an adversary and enemy, and pledged to review Egypt’s peace treaty with the country.
The...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:48 |
 Photo By Ivan H. Norman
On Sunday, May 6, Five Towns supporters of Yeshiva Shaare Tzion came out to hear from Rav Tzvi Flaum, rosh yeshiva, and Rabbi Yaakov Reisman, mara d’asra of Agudath Israel of Long Island. The...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:44 |
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Judge Judith Kaye, former Chief Judge of the State of New York, will be the keynote speaker at the Touro College Division of Graduate Studies commencement ceremonies to be held on June 4 at Lincoln Center’s Avery...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:41 |
 On May 3, graduating seniors of Yeshiva University’s Syms School of Business received heartfelt congratulations and career advice from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the 2012 Annual Syms School of Business...
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Written by Arutz Sheva
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 03:24 |
 The Lehava anti-assimilation organization has launched a new campaign, which features a fake invitation to a wedding between a Jewish woman and an Arab man. The campaign is aimed at raising awareness of the dangers of...
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International News
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Written by HaAretz
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Wednesday, 09 May 2012 05:05 |
 Most Israelis believe the Likud-Kadima unity deal was driven by personal and political considerations rather than the national good, and few believe the new 94-MK coalition will carry out the promises its leaders made...
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International News
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Written by Arutz Sheva
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Tuesday, 08 May 2012 03:34 |
 The “Golden Dawn” neo-Nazi party shocked Greece by winning 7 percent of the vote in this week’s election, casting a dark shadow on Athens.
Those who have betrayed the homeland must now be afraid,"...
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International News
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Written by Yair Ettinger for HaAretz
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Monday, 07 May 2012 03:59 |
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The ultra-Orthodox parties began their election campaign last week with an attempt to close ranks in the Lithuanian (non-Hasidic ) camp. Members of Knesset Moshe Gafni and Uri Maklev of Degel Hatorah (the partner of the...
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International News
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Written by Elad Benari for Arutz Sheva
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Monday, 07 May 2012 00:36 |
A planned terror attack in Israel was thwarted on Sunday evening, for the third time in several days.
According to a report on Channel 2 News, Border Polices officers arrested a 17-year-old Palestinian Authority Arab teen...
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International News
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Written by Guy Bechor for YNET
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Friday, 04 May 2012 05:42 |
 Quietly, underwater, Israel is turning into a maritime power like the United States and Russia, with an armada of advanced submarines. Germany recently agreed to provide Israel with a sixth Dolphin submarine; the Jewish...
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International News
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Written by Matzav.com
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Thursday, 03 May 2012 05:54 |
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The Kaliver Rebbe, Rav Menachem Mendel Taub, is engaged. The Rebbe, who is the seventh in a direct paternal line to the founder of the Kaliver dynasty, Rav Yitzchok Isaac of Kaliv, a disciple of Rav Elimelech of...
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International News
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Written by Rachel Hirshfeld
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Thursday, 03 May 2012 02:46 |
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There was speculation, even outrage, amongst the Jewish blogosphere, as to whether President Barack Obama sent his condolences to Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu following the death of his father, Ben-Zion...
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International News
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 03 May 2012 02:37 |
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Marking its 40th anniversary, Ohr Somayach International, based in Jerusalem, has launched a North American five-city day of learning/yom iyun tour: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, and Baltimore. The inspirational...
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