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Israeli forces kill 4 in Gaza

Israeli forces killed at least four Palestinians during anti-rocket operations in the northern Gaza Strip.

The air force and ground troops went into action Sunday after Palestinian terrorists fired three rockets into Israel from the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun.

An air strike killed three…

Is David Copperfield a mensch or a menace?

 

When he celebrated his bar mitzvah in New Jersey, David Seth Kotkin was already an accomplished magician who probably had dreams of becoming another Houdini. A short stint in college was followed by huge success on the stage. The name evolved into David Copperfield, and through larger-than…

Debbie Schlussel Decides Who The “True” Jews Are

Still think there’s not a conspiracy among conservatives to intentionally say the most silly, offensive thing possible without getting Imus’ed?

Well, “radio talk show host” Debbie Schlussel tops Coulter, and it’s gotta be a secret contest, considering there is no f–king way anyone is that …

Salam Fayad, Hero of Israel

Sometimes terror doesn’t have to pay. Reports last week that Fatah Prime Minister Salam Fayad had paid the annual salaries of members of Hamas’s army in Gaza caused US Congressman Eric Cantor to shoot off a livid letter to Fayad.

Cantor, the third-ranking Republican in the House of Represe…

Foxman: CBS ‘facilitating’ anti-Semitism

The Anti-Defamation League accused the CBS network of “facilitating” anti-Semitism for comments made on a reality television show.

“Big Brother” features strangers living together in a house, with an Internet feed providing live, round-the-clock coverage of their conversations. In one conversatio…

Ramp Up On UK Boycott Seen As ‘Academic’

American Jews and their allies ramped up a campaign this week against a British union promoting an academic boycott of Israel aimed at pressuring it to end its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza — even as some British Jews said the union’s drive was going nowhere.

Several London community l…

Survivors deserve more

 

Olmert’s decision to boost assistance to Holocaust survivors grossly inadequate

Let’s talk numbers. According to the recommendations submitted by the professional committee tasked with finding solutions to the distress of Holocaust survivors, more than NIS 2 billion (roughly $450 mil…

Israelis marry older

Every Jewish mother’s dream is to see her children find their life partner, get married, and have children – preferably sooner rather than later in life.

Despite this, data gathered by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics ahead of Tu B’Av – a Jewish holiday of love similar to Val…

All have a bit of the Jewish within us

The world despised and hated the Jewish nation. Down through the centuries it is recorded that people and nations have tried the Jews with extermination.  Yet while many claim that they have a Hatred for the Jewish nation, they also follow the Jewish laws and believe in the same theology that God h…

Can we use an egalitarian ketubah together with the traditional Aramaic one?

Question:
My fiancée and I will soon be married. We are currently looking at ketubot. We plan to use the traditional Aramaic text. However, we are considering a more modern/egalitarian English text to be placed alongside the traditional Aramaic text. Does the usage of a modern/egalitarian text in t…

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