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Rabbi Atlas thinks the world of Birmingham

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:50:06 +0000

Central figures: Rabbi Chanan Atlas and his wife NechamaBirmingham Central Synagogue has appointed Rabbi Chanan Atlas as minister, filling the vacancy left by the departure of Shlomo Odze to become associate rabbi at South Hampstead Synagogue. Read More »

The Economic Sabotage of the West

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Daniel Greenfield – By combining an opposition to free enterprise with an opposition to industrialization, the left has adopted not one, but two platforms that doom the economic survival of their host societies. Read More »

Runners ascend 86 flights of stairs in annual Run-Up

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Henry Kissinger Awarded Israel’s Presidential Medal

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:50:06 +0000

Jerusalem – Renowned diplomat Henry Kissinger, Human rights activist Judith Feld Carr, Chairman of Variety Israel Uri Slonim and famed Philharmonic Orchestra Director Zubin Mehta were awarded Israel’s Presidential Medal at a press conference held at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, Thursday. Read More »

The Most “Special” Tree Planters on Tu B’Shvat

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:48:09 +0000

Yuval Kids Plant Trees Yoni Kempinski Among those who took part in the Bnei Akiva youth movement’s tree planting events across the country on Wednesday were also members of the movement’s Shevet Yuval . The members of Shevet Yuval are students with disabilities who take part in regular activities as would any other group. Read [...]

Israeli accused of starting Chile wildfire strikes plea

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:48:09 +0000

Rotem Singer, the Israeli arrested in Chile in December on charges of starting a massive wildfire in the Torres del Paine National Park, will return to Israel after paying a fine of about $10,000 • The young Israeli will volunteer to help plant trees through the Jewish National Fund. Shlomi Diaz Rotem Zinger. Read More [...]

The Women on the 6th Floor

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:44:23 +0000

Paris, 1960. Jean-Louis (Fabrice Luchini, Potiche) lives a bourgeois existence absorbed in his work,… Read More »

J’lem: Man arrested in Armenian Quarter for alleged rape

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:42:10 +0000

Police indicted a 71-year-old man from the Old City of Jerusalem on Wednesday who is suspected of raping young girls in the Armenian Quarter. The man, Sharif Shawalha, owned a kiosk inside the Armenian monastery, and is suspected of raping at least four girls inside the monastery between 1999 and 2002. Read More »

Iranian Supreme Leader: Iran can destroy Israel in 9 minutes

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:42:09 +0000

Ali Khamenei’s strategist provided the legal and religious justification for the annihilation of Israel and the Jewish people. Read More »

Palestinian Authority stifles free speech

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Dor Alon to build 124-MW private power station

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:42:09 +0000

The $100 million power station will supply electricity to the Sugat factory and other enterprises in Kiryat Gat. Read More »

Raising a glass to growing sales

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:40:07 +0000

Red alert: Guests at the Kosher Food and Wine Experience learn about some of the wines being promotedMore than 600 people came in from the cold in central London on Monday evening for a warming taste of the best in kosher wine and spirits. The drinks were on Kedem Europe, which hosted the Kosher Food [...]

Christie: ‘I Admire Israel for the Enemies It Has Made’

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:40:07 +0000

In an address recently delivered to an AIPAC audience in New York, New Jersey governor Chris Christie articulated a responsible view of America’s role in the world, stressing the importance of us standing by our friends and taking action against our adversaries. Read More »

Israel can be Jewish and democratic

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:40:07 +0000

A response to Ben White. Read More »

Newly recruited Sharon hasn’t delivered goods in Livni campaign

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:40:06 +0000

Two weeks after son of former prime minister Ariel Sharon joins Tzipi Livni’s campaign, the chairwoman’s headquarters rampant with internal strife • Livni’s advisers say Sharon has failed to win over Mofaz supporters, with reports of heated exchanges between sides • Omri Sharon says advisers neglected political outreach for years. Read More »

Report: Mashaal, Hamas Quit Syria for Good

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:38:06 +0000

Poster of Khaled Mashaal at Gaza rally in 2008 Israel news photo: Flash 90 According to reports in the Arab media Thursday, Hamas top terrorist Khaled Mashaal, fearing to return to Syria, will be setting up shop in Qatar. Read More »

The Secular Media Vs. Religious Liberty

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:38:06 +0000

Brent Bozell – The Obama administration is waging war on Christianity. Somehow, the networks haven’t seen this as newsworthy.On Jan. Read More »

Chabad Of GW Finds Home For The 3rd Time

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It’s an oasis at GW. That’s how Rabbi Yudi Steiner describes the newest and third location of Chabad of GW University in Washington, DC ● “Chabad GW outgrew the apartment a long time ago and really needed a landmark. [The new center] is one place that is recognizable. Read More »

The Iron Lady

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:32:11 +0000

A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a foc… Read More »

Histadrut Strike Update – (4: 00pm IL)

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:30:08 +0000

While treasury and Histadrut national labor federation officials continue to report the nationwide strike has ended after they resolved the core issues, the sides have hit a snarl. Read More »

Rio celebrates 80 years of samba school parades

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Ofer unit to sell Jerusalem Hamashbir Zion Square building

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Melisron is asking NIS 170 million for the new Hamashbir department store building. Read More »

Labor Court extends deadline for deal to end strike

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:30:08 +0000

At 3 p.m. Thursday, National Labor Court President Judge Nili Arad agreed to give the Treasury and the Histadrut until 6 p.m. to submit a further joint report of their progress, and asked them to also notify the court of their position regarding the Treasury’s request to stop the strike. Read More »

WJR aiding Mumbai

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:30:07 +0000

A £230,000 grant from World Jewish Relief will help 400 Mumbai Jews with disabilities to find better jobs and enjoy an improved quality of life.Around 1,200 non-Jews will also benefit from the Building Enabling Communities project, focusing on training, advice and contact-building. Read More »

Dutch Chief Rabbi Speaks At Oxford

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:28:17 +0000

Chief Rabbi of the Netherlands, Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs , spoke to the Oxford University Chabad Society this week at the Slager Jewish student centre on the subject of European anti-Semitism and the future of Dutch and European Jewry ● He argued that Read More »

Medical condition of Rabbi Elyashiv deteriorates

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:28:17 +0000

The health of the revered leader of Israel’s Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox Lithuanian community suffers another setback • Haredi media outlets report the next 24-hour period as “critical” to the rabbi’s recovery. Yehuda Shlezinger and Israel Hayom Staff Rabbi Elyashiv [Archive]. Read More »

Pharaoh …

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:28:16 +0000

As part of our master, the Pharaoh is a symbol of human pretension divinize, saying “My Nile is my own and I have created.” There is no greater danger of such a conception, that licenses will be autoconvince to dispose at will of the people and their lives (and the world and its resources!). Read [...]

Govt.: Sudan, Ivory Coast Refugees Can Go Home Now

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:26:04 +0000

African infiltrators Israel news photo: Flash 90 Israel has refrained from deporting refugees from the Ivory Coast in recent months because of unrest there – but now that the situation in the country has improved , Israel has informed refugees from that region that they need to go home. Read More »

Chabad Of Greenwich Celebrates Success

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:20:07 +0000

Chabad of Greenwich, Connecticut, directed by the Shluchim Rabbi & Mrs. Yossi Deren , hosted their annual fundraising Gala Dinner on Motzoei Shabbos ● Hundreds of Jews from all walks of life joined to give support to their Shluchim and the great work they do. Read More »

Schalit receives presidential welcome in Paris

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:20:07 +0000

Gilad Schalit and his parents meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy • Sarkozy praises Gilad’s parents’ “determination and their dignity in the face of the ordeal and the anguish.” Daniel Siryoti, The Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff French President Nicolas Sarkozy alongside released-soldier Gilad Schalit. Read More »

Noam’s fans in high places

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:20:07 +0000

Education Secretary Michael Gove, London Mayor Boris Johnson and Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks sent admiring messages to the annual gala dinner of the Noam Primary School. Read More »

3.1 magnitude earthquake shakes North; no injuries

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:20:07 +0000

A small earthquake struck northern Israel on Thursday. Measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale, it sent tremors through the area between Safed and Tiberias. A number of people contacted the police following the earthquake to say they felt the tremors, but no resulting damages or injuries were reported. Read More »

Iran …

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:18:05 +0000

Slowly, inexorably, perhaps (perhaps not), people and institutions are positioning themselves on the Iranian issue. The watershed is clearly between the moral and economic issue. Every day, new voices make their choice on which side to stay. Read More » Automatically translated from Italian »

Kisharon centres could shut in service revamp

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:12:15 +0000

Learning disability charity Kisharon could close day centres in Hackney and Golders Green to facilitate users’ greater integration within the mainstream community. Read More »

Lindenstrauss distributes final draft of Carmel Fire report

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:12:15 +0000

The State Comptroller, Judge Emeritus Micha Lindenstrauss, sent the final draft of his detailed report about the Carmel Fire to ministers and officials on Thursday. Read More »

Denial

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:10:17 +0000

Now, in France, denying the extermination of the Armenians is a crime punishable by imprisonment. I think it is a step of great importance, and finally got due recognition to the victims and to the historical truth, and that breaks a taboo, or misunderstanding, to which the international community also lent itself too often. Read [...]

A Fruitful Tu B’Shvat at Cheder at the Ohel

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:10:17 +0000

Cheder at the Ohel students enjoyed an amazing program for Tu B’Shvat. Read More »

Pre-indictment hearing to continue in Lieberman corruption case

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:10:17 +0000

Attorneys for Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman will argue he was not involved in fraud, breach of trust, money laundering and witness harassment • Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein to decide whether foreign minister will stand trial and have to resign from government. Read More »

Thursday Morning News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:02:20 +0000

An Israeli who entered PA-occupied Kalkilye on Wednesday night was taken by PA forces to the border and handed over to IDF officials unharmed. ** Two yeshiva students leaving a Tu B’Shevat tisch hosted by Rav Morgenstern at King David’s Tomb on Har Tzion were arrested on suspicion of “insulting a religion”. Read More »

Traders: Iran paying for grain with gold, oil

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:02:20 +0000

PARIS/HAMBURG – Iran is seeking to close grain purchases using gold and oil as payment, and has paid in yen for a large volume of wheat in its first deal since western sanctions against Tehran started choking imports of food staples, European wheat exporters said. Read More »

WATCH: Iran sends toy spy drone to Obama

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:00:44 +0000

Iran is sending a U.S. drone it captured in December home – with a small makeover. Mocking requests from the U.S. administration to return the drone, a local toy company plans to send a miniature pink model of the RQ-170 Sentinel to U.S. President Barack Obama. To see the video, click here . “We wanted [...]

Izabo to represent Israel in Eurovision

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:00:44 +0000

Indie rock band to perform in 57th annual Eurovision song contest set to take place in Azerbaijan. Izabo picked over Svika Pick, Maya Buskila Indie rock band to perform in 57th annual Eurovision song contest set to take place in Azerbaijan. Read More »

£4m fund will help survivors in need

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:00:44 +0000

A £4 million fund was launched this week to provide essential support to UK-based Holocaust survivors and refugees from Nazism.The Six Point Foundation has been established with some of the money generated by the disposal of the assets of the Otto Schiff Housing Association, which worked with survivors. Read More »

Mobile app co Appoxee raises early stage funding

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:58:19 +0000

The company will use the capital to develop the next version of its mobile user relationship management suite, and for international sales and marketing efforts. Read More »

Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran’s nuclear scientists, U.S. officials tell NBC News

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:58:19 +0000

Rock Center with Brian Williams – Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran’s nuclear scientists, U.S. officials tell NBC News . Rock Center with Brian Williams – Thu Feb 9, 2012 6: 16 AM EST Mehdi Marizad / Fars via AP file A car that was bombed by two assailants on a motorcycle in [...]

Rudd weighs in on Syrian unrest

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:58:19 +0000

COMMUNAL leaders have welcomed the Australian Foreign Minister’s announcement that he was imposing fresh sanctions on Syria in the wake of the escalation of violence perpetrated by the regime in recent days and the failure of the UN to pass a resolution censuring President Assad. Read More »

Judge hails mugger catchers

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:50:07 +0000

A judge has praised the efforts of seven Shomrim volunteers who caught gang members who mugged a man at a bus stop in August.The Shomrim group stopped the gang escaping by car and held the robbers until police arrived. Read More »

Terrorist Released in Shalit Deal Rearrested

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:50:07 +0000

A terrorist released in the exchange for captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit was arrested last week in the town of Dura in Judea and Samaria, the IDF’s official newspaper, BaMahane, reported Wednesday. Ayman Sharouna, who was freed with 27 years remaining on his prison sentence, was arrested on suspicion of engaging in terror-related activity. Read [...]

Chile prosecution ‘suspends procedure’ against Rotem Singer

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:50:07 +0000

Chile’s state prosecution on Wednesday dropped charges against an Israeli backpacker suspected of accidentally starting a massive brushfire in the Torres del Paine national park last month. Read More »

Bloodletting underway in Syria, as rebels falter – CBS News

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:48:07 +0000

Bloodletting underway in Syria, as rebels falter – CBS News . It’s a bloodletting in Syria. Civilians are facing tanks. There’s every indication the dictatorship is moving to crush, once and for all, the eleven-month-old rebellion against the 40-year dictatorship of the Assad family. Homs, a city of 1. Read More »

Egypt: We won’t be swayed by US threat to cut aid

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:48:07 +0000

U.S. wants Egypt to drop travel bans on at least 19 U.S. citizens involved in NGO investigation, but Cairo says it cannot intervene in the probe • “Egypt will apply the law … in the case of NGOs and will not back down because of aid or other reasons,” army-appointed Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri says. [...]

Kissinger, Mehta awarded Israel’s Presidential Medal

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:48:07 +0000

President Shimon Peres announced new initiative meant to honor individuals who contribute to society, Israel’s global image President Shimon Peres announced new initiative meant to honor individuals who contribute to society, Israel’s global image Read More »

NBC: Israel Uses Terror Group To Kill Iranian Nuclear Scientists

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:42:13 +0000

Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel’s secret service, U.S. officials tell NBC News, confirming charges leveled by Iran’s leaders. Read More »

Peace Now targeted in latest ‘price tag’ attack

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:42:13 +0000

Extremists vandalized again in Jerusalem in an apparent “price tag” attack against Peace Now’s Jerusalem offices. The extremists sprayed “No leftists, no terror attacks” on the fence outside of the office, located in the German Colony neighborhood. Police opened an investigation. Read More »

ynet to fire 4 journalists initiating unionization

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:42:13 +0000

The Journalists Union today announced that it would fight the layoffs being implemented by ynet. Read More »

Iran able to attack US anywhere in the world, Iranian envoy says

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:40:11 +0000

Iranian envoy to Moscow says that Iranian people are united and therefore they can strike U.S. interests around the world • Sanctions against Iran begin to have an effect: Iran unable to pay international suppliers of basic food staples • Gallup poll: 48% of Iranians report economic distress. Read More »

West must not intervene militarily in Syria

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:40:11 +0000

Editor’s note: Ed Husain is a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Author of “The Islamist,” he can be followed on Twitter via @Ed Husain (CNN) — Some of the bravest, noblest women and men I have met are members of the United States armed forces. Read More »

Mill Hill school wins extra approval

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:40:11 +0000

Barnet planners have once again approved a proposal for permanent premises for the Etz Chaim Jewish Primary in Mill Hill after a procedural failure by the council invalidated the original application. Read More »

Tel Aviv takes its sausages to a whole new level

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:38:04 +0000

Haaretz travel and City Mouse Online present you with the five best places to get a hot dog in the White City. The humble sausage: a food so traditional, so warm and comforting. A simple package wrapped in a bun, topped with a little bit of sweet and tangy, the sausage is the ultimate street [...]

‘Iran must attack Israel by 2014′

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:38:04 +0000

‘Iran must attack Israel by 2014… JPost – Iranian Threat – News . By JPOST.COM STAFF 02/09/2012 11: 34 Khamenei strategist releases document providing legal, religious justification for annihilation of Jewish people. Read More »