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Complaints lead ministry to examine math tests
The Education Ministry said on Wednesday it will conduct an "organized examination" of the mathematics matriculation exam that took place on Tuesday afternoon, after students complained about the difficulty of the test.The ministry added that if the claims are found to be justified, it will deal with the matter so that no harm is done to students.After the test, students from ...
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Bar-Ilan honors Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Former Mossad director Efraim Halevy and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra were among those who received honorary doctorates from Bar- Ilan University on Tuesday night, as was South African immigrant, venture capitalist and philanthropist Morris Kahn.Also honored in the conferment ceremony on the lawns of the Dahan Family Unity Park were Nobel laureates Prof.Dan Shechtman and Prof. Edward ...
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Non-Orthodox Jews can use mikvaot for conversion
Deputy Religious Services Minister Eli Ben-Dahan said on Wednesday that ritual baths, or mikvaot, could be used by Conservative and Reform groups for their conversion process, even though the Chief Rabbinate does not recognize conversions conducted by non-Orthodox Jewish denominations.Ben-Dahan was speaking during a hearing of the Knesset Internal Affairs Committee, which was reviewing the ...
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Labor faction chairman Herzog forms lobby for IBA
Labor Party faction chairman Isaac Herzog has set up a Knesset lobby to protect the interests of the Israel Broadcasting Authority, for which he was responsible when he served as welfare and social services minister.Herzog formed the lobby in response to a report in ...
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J’lem to offer free checkups for hearing awareness
Jerusalem's Hadassah Academic College will conduct free hearing tests for the general public, performed by Hadassah University Medical Center ear-nose-and-throat specialists along with the college's clinical-communications students on Tuesday as part of National Hearing Awareness Day events.Events will be held on Tuesday, May 28 at starting at 8 a.m. in cooperation with various ...
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Jordan Red Cross tours J’lem women’s health clinic
A delegation from the Jordanian Red Cross came to Jerusalem on Wednesday to tour Bishvilaych, a nonprofit medical clinic for haredi and Modern Orthodox Jewish women in the capital's Givat Shaul neighborhood.Many traditionally religious women feel uncomfortable about being examined by male doctors and discussing intimate matters with them - and according to the heads of the clinic, ...
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Shalom Gas exports to be capped at 40
Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom intends to set the maximum natural gas export allocation at 40 percent rather than the expected 53% figure, he told Channel 2 on Wednesday night. As companies continue to explore and drill through Israel's eastern Mediterranean waters, export allowances have become a topic of contention across the country. The 282-billion cubic meter Tamar ...
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Smartphone app updates bus proximity in real time
Rather than pacing at a bus stop wondering why the 8 a.m. line still has yet to show up at 8:15, Israeli travelers are now able to take advantage of a smartphone application that provides updates about their bus's proximity in real time.The iPhone and Android app NetBus is the brainchild of four young men who came up with the idea during their army service and are equal partners in the ...
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Claims Conference leaders must resign now
Over the past few days, there have been additional mind-boggling exposures of further scandals, lack of transparency, cover-ups and ethical failures at the highest possible levels of the Claims Conference leadership and management. Unless these latest reports appearing ...
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Iran Hizbullah Are Propping Up Assad Says Britains Hague
Iran and its Shiite Lebanese ally Hizbullah are "propping up" President Bashar al-Assad and providing him with increasing support, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday. Britain would urge international powers to set a date in the next few days for an international conference to try to end the two-year-old conflict engulfing Syria and threatening regional ...
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Hezbollahs Fallen Soldiers - By Phillip Smyth
Where is the decision on Afghanistan? Amid comeback, Petraeus at center of Benghazi; Sexual assault prevention workers to get furlough reprieve; Whose fault is sexual assault? No pics of bin Laden; and a little bit more. - by Gordon ...
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Wedding 25000 Guests Huge Wedding Takes Place in Jerusalem
A wedding with 25,000 guests has taken place this week in Jerusalem. News of a wedding with 25,000 guests has stunned viewers across the globe, as the massive party was held in Jerusalem on Tuesday night.The massive wedding was for Shalom Rokeach, 18, and new wife Hannah Batya Penet, 19 – both reportedly from very well connected families.Rokeach is the grandson of the leader of the Hasidic ...
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Palestinians have little faith in John Kerrys efforts to restart peace talks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a joint news conference with his Jordanian counterpart, Nasser Judeh, not pictured, in Amman Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States and its Arab and European allies will step up their support for Syria’s opposition to help them ';fight for the freedom of their country'; if President Bashar ...
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Iran calls attention to aggressive plans of the U.S. and Israel
"Some Persian Gulf countries are supporting U.S. plans in the region and it harms the countries of the region", the Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran, the national parliament, Alaedin Boruyerdi said on Saturday (27th). Crimes and discord are the buzzwords of the ...
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British guilty of disguised anti-Semitism says Israeli minister
Exclusive: A senior Israeli government minister has attacked British attitudes towards his country as "disguised anti-Semitism" and said that Britain was more hostile towards the Jewish state than other Western ...
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With Hezbollah coffins Syria now exporting conflict
HERMEL, Lebanon - On a country road in Lebanon's northeast, traffic is heavy; ambulances screech by, sirens blaring, and cars packed with mourners follow coffins as Hezbollah brings wounded fighters home from Syria, and its dead.With the bodies from the battle over the border at Qusair, comes the violence, as civil conflict between Syria's Iranian-backed ruler and Sunni rebels ...
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‘I won’t let Bikur Cholim close’ says Gamzu
After years of financial trouble, Jerusalem's Bikur Cholim Hospital is now being run "impressively" by the capital's Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Health Ministry director-general Ronni Gamzu ...
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US Jewish groups help out after Oklahoma tornado
"Unfortunately, this isn't the first nor will it be the last disaster to hit Oklahoma, so we're setting up a fund to reflect that," says Rabbi Vered ...
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LA elects first Jewish mayor since 1878
LOS ANGELES - This city chose Eric Garcetti as its first elected Jewish mayor in one a number of political contests on Tuesday that reflected the city's diversity, as well as its numerous variations of Jewishness.Garcetti, 42, and a veteran city councilman, defeated City Controller Wendy Greuel by eight points according to final results announced on Wednesday morning. He will take ...
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A crisis over parking
Israel isn't the only Western country debating the relationship between religion and the state. In fact, this is becoming one of the hottest issues across Europe and North America, brought to the forefront by changing demographics in the West: its social make-up becoming more and more multicultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious.Canada is certainly not immune, especially its ...
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Forget ‘Start-up Nation’ please
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Media Comment The IBA’s ‘reformation
This past Tuesday, the Knesset Economics Committee, chaired by Professor Avishai Braverman (Labor) discussed rehabilitating the Israel Broadcasting Authority.The IBA's leadership, chairman Dr. Amir Gilat and executive director Yoni Ben-Menachem, are to be complimented for having brought to almost full fruition a process that began almost a decade ago and was considered by many to be ...
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Washington Watch Is Hillary inevitable
It seems all we're hearing from the political mavens these days is how Hillary Clinton is not only the inevitable 2016 Democratic nominee but a shoo-in as the next president.That may be good news to Jewish Democrats - Clinton remains a popular figure among Jewish voters despite virulent efforts by the far Right to portray her as anti-Israel - but it is already producing mudslinging ...
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Encountering Peace Who is not a peace partner
On Monday the Knesset Caucus for Israeli- Arab peace was launched, attended by about one-third of the Knesset Members and with more than 250 citizen supporters in the audience.This caucus of MKs strives to be the largest in the 19th Knesset based on support of what is believed to be the official position of the government and the prime minister. Two states for two peoples is the central ...
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Another battle of hearts and minds
The al-Dura incident was the defining moment of the second intifada. It occurred on September 30, 2000, which is considered the first day of the second intifada.Although the process leading up to it was long and included political milestones such as Camp David, and violent incidents such as Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount, the large-scale fighting only began immediately ...
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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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