Amar Bill Buried By Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's Opposition
The so-called Amar bill was defeated on Wednesday afternoon, after it became clear that Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef opposed the legislation.
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The so-called Amar bill was defeated on Wednesday afternoon, after it became clear that Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef opposed the legislation.
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Portable Synagogue Debuts On Israel's Route 6
Amid safety concerns for road-weary Israelis prone to pulling over on the side of the road to pray, a portable “mobile” synagogue has made its debut on Israel’s Route 6 between the Baqa and Iron interchanges.
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Jewish Restaurant Firebombed, 2nd Such Attack In Recent Months
Two molotov cocktails were thrown into a Montreal eatery early Friday morning, making it the second such attack on Jewish-owned restaurants in under a year.
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Women-of-Wall To Read From Torah At Kotel Coming Sunday
The Women of the Wall campaign group met with Minister of Religious Services Naftali Bennett and the Deputy Minister Eli Ben-Dahan Wednesday afternoon as part of efforts to reduce tensions over the combustible issue of prayer rights at the Western Wall.
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Overflow Crowd Attends Moving Tribute To The King Of Cantors (Exclusive 1Hr. Replay Video)
A standing-room-only crowd attended an event last night celebrating the 80th anniversary of the passing of the greatest chazzan of all-time at the very Shul where he was Bal Tefillah for five years.
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Kosher Meets Industrial Food At Enzymes, Acids
Orthodox Rabbi Pinchas Herman’s duties have him rappelling inside a two-story-tall stainless steel tank at a factory that makes enzymes for food products.
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Brawl Breaks Out Among Berlin Jewish Community
A meeting of the elected leadership of the conflict- ridden Berlin Jewish community –Germany’s largest with 10,500 members – spilled over into physical attacks on Thursday due to disputes over the 2013 budget.
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In-Fighting In Israeli Government Drives Researcher To Trace Ultra-Orthodox "Work" History
In a TABLET Magazine (http://bit.ly/10qBPZC) piece, Relgious Labor, Elliott Horowitz says that the in-fighting in the current Israeli government led him to research the history of Hasidic work history in Eastern Europe before the Holocaust.
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Police Reopen Cold Case About Death Of 15-year-Old Yeshiva Student Chaim Weiss
Police are reopening a cold case regarding the death of a 15-year-old rabbinical student from Staten Island.
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Jewish Community Gets Security Bill For $7,500 From Internet-Use Rally In Ramapo
Organizers for the May 9th “Dangers of the Internet” rally at Provident Bank Park in Ramapo will be presented with a $7,500 bill from the Ramapo PD for security costs during the event.
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Extort Plot in Orthodox Jewish Community KOd – it Wasn’t Kosher
Elimelech Horowitz's extortion of a wealthy Hasidic family was exposed by defense lawyer George Farkas. Horowitz vowed to repay $35,000 to the Herzog clan, and they opted not to press charges.
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Rabbi Lipman: People Have A Skewed View Of Yesh Atid
In an interview that aired last night on Zev Brenner’s Talkline program, Knesset member Rabbi Dov Lipman spoke about a number of topics including the recent controversy sparked by his words on introducing basic secular education in Chareidi schools, the Women of the Wall and his thoughts on drafting Chareidim into the Israeli army.
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Yeshiva "Glasses" Ban Results In Exchanges And Retail Inspections
Updating a VIN News (http://bit.ly/14fbe4o) story surrounding a reported “ban” on trendy glasses being worn at a local yeshiva, one local optical shop is reporting a large number of exchanges, while another says it has been visited by school officials intent on designating acceptable eyewear for its yeshiva students.
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Rosh Yeshiva Publicly Retracts Statements Calling Lipman A "Rasha"
R’ Aharon Feldman, Rosh Yeshiva of Ner Israel, issued an apology of sorts to Knesset member Rabbi Dov Lipman, after condemning Lipman for his remarks on revamping the Israeli chinuch system by adding English and math classes.
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World Jewish Leaders Urge Hungary To Crack Down On Jobbik
The World Jewish Congress urged Hungary on Tuesday to crack down on the far-right Jobbik party and called on governments in Europe to consider banning neo-Nazi parties threatening democracy and minority rights.
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Jewish Groups Call On Glenn Beck To Apologize For Depicting Bloomberg As Nazi
Leaders of the Anti-Defamation League and B’nai B’rith are calling on Glenn Beck to apologize for his depiction of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg as a Nazi this past weekend at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston.
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Jewish Meeting Highlights Anti-Semitism In Hungary
Right-wing extremists shout Nazi salutes and attack a man they believe is Jewish. Black-booted militants frighten aging Holocaust survivors. Writings of authors linked to a pro-Nazi regime are recommended reading for school children. Hungary is seeing a rise in anti-Semitism, something the prime minister is now vowing to fight.
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Rabbi Amsalem: They Did unto Yishai as He Did Unto Me
Former Knesset member Chaim Amsalem reacted, Sunday, to the ouster of Member of Knesset Eli Yishai from the leadership of the Shas party by saying Yishai was put through the same revolving door that Yishai put him through. Interviewed on Arutz Sheva’s Hebrew Journal, Rabbi Amsalem said, “The moment that members of the house of Rabbi Ovadia Yoseph - meaning his son, daughter-in-law and Ariel Attias - decided that the grace of Eli Yishai, the revolving door also revolved on him….”
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Halachic Analysis: Social Media On Shabbos
It was a bizarre exchange last Monday between Israel’s new finance minister, Yair Lapid, and Moshe Gafni, Member of Knesset for the Degel HaTorah party, who is now in the opposition. Gafni attacked Lapid for posting on Facebook on Shabbos.
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Court: Women Not Violating Law By Wearing Talis At Western Wall
In a groundbreaking ruling, the Jerusalem District Court upheld an earlier decision of the Jerusalem Magistrates Court that women who wear prayer shawls, tallitot in Hebrew, at the Western Wall plaza do not contravene “local custom” or disturb the public order, and should not be arrested.
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Boxer Dmitriy Salita Says He 'May Quit Boxing'
Orthodox boxer Dmitriy Salita has found it increasingly hard to line up fights and says it may be time to look in other directions.
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New Mikvah Donated by Sholom & Pessy Jacobs
The Jacobs family sponsored a new Mikvah in loving memory of their grandparents, Cecil, Anne Eskovitz, and Ada Jacobs.
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Egyptian Jewish Leader Buried In Rundown Cemetery A Sign Of Dwindling Community
The late leader of Egypt’s dwindling and aging Jewish community was buried Thursday in one the oldest cemeteries in Egypt, the once-sprawling burial ground she tirelessly worked to restore but which has now suffered looting and is drenched in sewage water and strewn with trash.
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Photos: Another Mezuza Torched In Williamsburg As Investigation Continues
For the second consecutive day, vandals have struck Williamsburg with another mezuza burning incident just around the corner from the site where eleven mezuzas were desecrated yesterday.
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Polish Magazine Cover Features Angela Merkel As Concentration Camp Victim
As the latest salvo in a diplomatic war of words over the depiction of Polish resistance fighters as “anti-Semitic” by a recent German mini-series, a respected Polish magazine is running a cover photo featuring German Chancellor Angela standing behind barbed wire and dressed as a concentration camp victim.
