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At Ra’anana school a different kind of Tikun Shavuot
For a school that strives to develop a sense of community among a diverse group of students and parents, it was no surprise that Meitarim Ra'anana's traditional annual Tikkun Shavuot epitomized its pluralistic educational philosophy.Educators, who came from Israel and the US, represented secular, orthodox and traditional viewpoints.This year's program, the ninth since the ...
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Exposed A devastating new Claims Conference scandal
Candidly Speaking: It is now clear that, despite repeated previous appeals over many years by outside parties urging the Claims Conference to impose more effective supervision, gross negligence was the order of the ...
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Washington Watch Whose Israel is this
I was in high school when I went to Indianapolis for my first regional AZA Conference. I almost didn't make it back alive because of what happened that Shabbat. I couldn't believe it when the rabbi called a woman to open the ark. A woman! But that wasn't all. I was shocked when she pulled back a corner of the curtain, pushed a button, a motor began to whir, the curtain parted, ...
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Sheep attack hiker on Israel National Trail
A hiker was hospitalized after a sheep attacked him Saturday on the Israel National Trail, authorities said. The attack occurred near Kfar Qara, south of Haifa, Ynetnews.com reported. The hiker, a 56-year-old man, was conscious and was able to call for help on his cellphone. Paramedics treated the hiker at the scene and he was then transported to the Hillel Yaffa Hospital in Hadeera. He had ...
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Assad Israel supporting terror groups in Syria
Syrian President Bashar Assad accused Israel of "directly supporting terrorist groups" in Syria, referring to rebels fighting against his regime, in an exclusive interview with Argentinian ...
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Livni No chance Israel can reach peace deal with Hamas
In an interview with Army Radio, the justice minister, who is also responsible for peace talks, responds to Erdogan's call for Palestinian unity saying that the Turkish PM's perception of Hamas is ...
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Arab Killed in Gaza Tunnel Collapse
An Arab youth was killed when a tunnel linking Egypt to Gaza collapsed on Saturday, Arab medical sources said. "Mussa Ghonaim, 26 years old, was killed in the tunnel collapse south of the town of Rafah," the sources said, according ...
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Powerful Blast Reported in Damascus
Syrian state TV has reported a powerful explosion has hit the nation's capital, causing an unknown number of casualties. State TV said Saturday evening that the blast shook the Damascus neighborhood of Ruken al-Deen late Saturday. Residents confirmed to news wires that they heard a large explosion. No further details were immediately available. Israel ...
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German Minister Meets Fayyad
Germany's foreign minister said on Saturday his country was prepared to help create conditions for a resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Guido Westerwelle, on a two-day visit to Israel and the PA, was quoted by a foreign ministry statement as saying "Germany is ready to help create a climate of confidence" that would permit talks to ...
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Israel warns against Russian arms supply to Syria
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Saturday that advanced weapons supplied by Russia to war-torn Syria could end up in the wrong hands and be used against the Jewish ...
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Amos Gilad S-300 can reach Hezbollah via Syria
The advanced S-300 Russian air defense system, which Moscow has pledged to deliver to Syria, could reach Hezbollah and beyond, a senior defense official warned on Saturday.Amos Gilad, head of the security-diplomatic branch of the Defense Ministry, told Channel 2, "These weapons are dangerous. If Hezbollah and Iran support Syria, why shouldn't they [the Syrians] transfer these ...
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Arabs Riot Call for Third Intifada
correspondent said some of the demonstrators were carrying banners which called for a "third intifada," or anti-Israeli uprising. The "First Intifada" began in 1987 and lasted into the early 90s. The so-called "Second Intifada" was in fact a massive pre-planned terror war launched by Yasser Arafat, Hamas and other enemies of Israel in 2000 and lasting into the ...
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Assad Rebels Attacked Radar Helping Israel
Syrian strongman Bashar Assad said in a weekend interview to an Argentinean newspaper that Israel is assisting the rebels fighting to topple his regime. "Israel is directly supporting the terrorist groups in two ways," he said. "Firstly it gives them logistical support, and it also tells them what sites to attack and how to attack them." Assad also told ...
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Palestinian activists sue Israel for the return of 6000 books
Anahid Melikian, left, and her niece Anahid Melikian Helewa have tried to find out about their family's books from the Israeli Embassy in Ottawa. Marianne Helm for The ...
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Lapid working to pass civil gay marriage in Israel
Finance Minister Yair Lapid is working to build a "coalition within the coalition" to create a civil alternative to religious marriage in Israel, including gay marriage.In a question and answer session on his Facebook page Thursday night, Lapid told a questioner that he was "definitely" planning on advancing the civil marriage ...
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Israel Women and the Wailing Wall
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 directly above the Wall, making it easy for their missives to arrive quickly. The man always wondered what all the other petitioners were requesting from the ...
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PA continues crackdown on Palestinian journalists in W.Bank
In past week Palestinian Authority security forces interrogated, detained two journalists, despite promises to honor freedom of media; interrogators forced reporter to provide them with email and Facebook ...
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Enraged by kidnapping Egypt police keep Gaza border closed
Policeman says crossing will remain closed until the seven remaining kidnapped hostages who were taken by Islamic militants are freed and the Interior Minister comes to listen to security ...
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Netanyahu Putin to Discuss Syria Weapons Sale
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Following reports of the delivery of missiles and advanced anti-missile batteries to Syria, Israel announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to meet with Russian Premier Vladimir Putin soon to discuss the issue. The Prime Minister's Office would not confirm when the visit would take place or any details about it, but one official who spoke on condition of ...
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Syria Islamist fear drives Israel to back Assad survival
Israel would prefer President Assad to survive his country's bloody two-year insurgency if the alternative were a takeover by rebels infiltrated by Islamic extremists, Israeli officials said yesterday. Intelligence sources said that an intact, but weakened, Assad regime would be preferable for the country and the whole troubled region. "Better the devil we know than the ...
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Report Israel pays $127K for bedroom on PMs jet
A public flap has erupted after the Israeli government spent more than $127,000 to build a bedroom for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and his wife Sarah on a flight to attend the funeral of British former prime minister Margaret Thatcher in ...
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Israeli restaurateur goes viral with online meltdown
An explosive American TV appearance by an Israeli expat and his wife, and their subsequent aggressive online reaction, have gone viral and made headlines in the US news. Samy and Amy Bouzaglo let rip at critics in a spectacularly public fashion after they and their restaurant in Scottsdale, Arizona was panned by Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares reality show. Ramsay had few good ...
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Syrian rebels claim Assad chemical weapons use
The Syrian opposition claimed on Saturday that the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons in Damascus and in the northern Syrian city of Saraqeb, Israel Radio reported quoting Saudi owned Al-Arabiya news network. Al-Arabiya reported that the dozens of people wounded in the attacks were suffering from breathing difficulties, the radio said. The ...
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Report Israel prefers Assad survive Syria conflict
Israeli intelligence officer tells 'Times of London' that Israel prefers a "devil it knows than demons it can only imagine"; another source said Assad's staying power had been ...
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Lisbon to hold first Jewish film festival
Hundreds of people were expected to attend Lisbon's first-ever Jewish film festival next week.The three-day festival, entitled "Judaica: 1st exhibition of cinema and culture," was scheduled to open on May 22 at Lisbon's main art cinema, Cinema Sao Jorge, and will include 15 Jewish and Israeli documentary and feature productions, according to a report by the Jornal Digital ...
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Biggest construction project in Israeli history
The Port of Ashdod is the gateway to the economy of Israel, it has played a central role in the development of the state and will play a central role in future development, hence the reason for an ambitious $500 million expansion project currently underway in two stages (in the picture, green represents stage 1 and brown stage 2).
The Port of Ashdod is currently undergoing the largest construction project ever undertaken in the history of Israel. In 1999, Israel news media reported that the government wanted to double the cargo capacity of Ashdod, an ambitious construction project was therefore envisioned, involving the building of new piers, new docks, warehouses and cargo handling equipment. It was to take place in two stages, with the total project costing around $500 million. Read more
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