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The survey found that Americans express warm feelings toward Jews, with half of US adults rating Jews at 67 degrees or higher on the 0-to-100 scale.
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The Singer family from Jerusalem made the unexpected discovery.
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The Messiah can't be too far away, if Yishai Fleisher was invited by the Gray Lady to explain how Israel can remain Jewish and democratic without the two-state solution.
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'France defines itself as secular,' Avital explained. 'It is agreed between all parties that they do not want any confusion between state and religion.'
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'The last time I was here, we stood together and looked at the burnt walls and the terrible graffiti. Today, I visit here again, and see the renewal of this historic, special, and holy place.'
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'People see it as a great opportunity to make a difference.'
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'This is one of the most exciting archaeological discoveries, and the most important in the last 60 years, in the caves of Qumran.'
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In no country did the number of respondents that disagreed with stopping all Muslim immigration surpass 32%.
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The visiting players will hold an exhibition match in Jerusalem with the Israeli Football team on Saturday evening, February 18.
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In computer science, 'Josephus' Problem' refers to Josephus Flavius' tale of how he survived a suicide pact at the end of the Siege of Yodfat.
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'This will lead to new discrimination. It will reflect very negatively on minorities.'
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In the US, Muslims are expected to double from 0.9% of the population in 2010 to 2.1% by 2050, based on recent demographic and migration patterns.
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Reporters were called in for closed meetings and told it would be for everyone's benefit to not stress that an Arab resident of Haifa committed a 'nationalistic' crime.
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Two years and a few months later, some of the good rabbi's blog post's recommendations have been adopted as policy by the Netanyahu government.
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You know what's the only country in the Middle East where the Christian community is thriving and prospering? Naturally – Israel. You're welcome, Bishop Lang.
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The PM noted that he got two-thirds of the Congress to support him, which 'I can't get in our country.'
Cairo has accused Hamas of aiding Islamic State terrorists against Egyptian police in Sinai, and wants Hamas to turn them in.
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The mention of both the sun and the moon led the three researchers to the conclusion that the text refers to a solar eclipse, during which the moon moves between the sun and the earth, blocking the sunlight.
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The imam of the Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque in Ramallah warned that moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would 'engulf the region in the flames.'
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The move comes as a growing number of people throughout Sicily are rediscovering their Jewish roots.
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Established at the site of the sultan's stables, the Mellah was segregated for Jewish dwelling in 1558 by the Saadi dynasty which ruled Morocco from 1549 to 1659.
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Engravings of a Seven-Branched Menorah and a Cross were Discovered by Hikers in an Ancient Water Cistern in the Judaean lowlands.
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The term 'Plague of Terrorism' is relatively recent, it depicts terrorism as an act of nature or, if you will, something whose source might be supernatural.
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'How would they welcome Christmas, but in tears and anxiety for their future!' one patriarch wrote.
Following the attack, Meri posted on Facebook a picture of himself with the killer with the caption: 'My praises to the Shahid.'
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'I stand here today to repeat in the clearest way: the State of Israel is deeply committed to ensure the religious rights of all faith communities in Jerusalem and throughout Israel.'
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'It’s so sad that at this time people should feel that they want to express themselves in such a negative way,' Chabad Rabbi Boruch Rabinowitz said.
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He did not mention that, had the Maccabees redeemed the Holy Temple today, they would surely have been condemned by the UN Security Council, with the US abstaining, because said Holy Temple stood in 'Occupied East Jerusalem.'
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The legislative initiative was defined by Abbas as a provocation which is likely to 'make the region plunge into an abyss.'
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At the same time, there is a creeping acceptance of intermarriages within the Conservative movement.
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'Hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens in the Galilee, Negev, Jerusalem and other locations in central Israel suffer routinely and daily from the noise caused by the PA systems of houses of worship.'
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The opening bid is $2,000. They expect to raise between five and eight thousand.
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A pro-Trump protester yelled at Sharon Kleinbaum, clergywoman of LGBT Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, 'You would have been on the side of Antiochus rather than Judah the Maccabee.'
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There are 250,000 Jews in Germany, but few Germans know a Jew personally, according to Rent-a Jew.
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According to the chief rabbis, the plan is to create a system whereby the conversions done by rabbis who meet the chief rabbinate criteria would be approved.
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In the Karlin-Stoliner Rebbe's opinion, a draconian, sweeping prohibition on electronic communications creates a situation where many break the law in secret and are exposed to dangerous content.
Thousands of Israeli Ethiopians marked the Day of Sigd in Jerusalem this week. It's an echo of the First Temple era.
Three more Israeli Arabs are going to prison for trying to create an ISIS-linked cell in Israel and plotting terror attacks.
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'Anti-Semitism, hatred, internal strife are all ancient elements of our historical destiny – always problematic. […] We must therefore look for a way out; we must be brave to remain within our destiny. If Judaism is a tragedy, let us live it.'
The film Hate Spaces dissects the issue of gross indifference towards American Jews on universities nation-wide.
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According to a 2004 Chicago Tribune article, Muslim American Society is another name for the US chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Meanwhile, Rabbi Amihai Eliahu is accusing the entities behind the move of attempting to cleanse the IDF of its religious warriors.
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According to Klein, ZOA's experience and analysis of Breitbart articles confirm Bannon’s and Breitbart’s "friendship and fair-mindedness towards Israel and the Jewish people. To accuse Mr. Bannon and Breitbart of anti-Semitism is Orwellian."
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The original Muezzin bill was tabled and the Knesset ordered a report that said mosque loudspeakers have been around since loudspeakers had been invented, recommending a dialogue with the Muslim authorities.
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If you had to find the one Hasidic Rebbe that would attract President Elect Donald Trump's attention, it would have to be Reb Israel Friedman of Ruzhin.
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"In Judaism buildings aren’t so important, they are places that we use… but we move, we move a lot."
Jerusalem Jews protested having to endure the loud sound of the Islamic call to prayer, even during their sleep.
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It is impossible to paint lipstick on either of these pigs, but in the competition between Halloween and Christmas over which of the two holidays is more dangerous Halloween wins out, hands down.
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Using the great, eye opening Pew study of 2013, Cohen points out that the signs of Jewish life in intermarried Jewish families are fast diminishing.
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"The money that modern forgers and dealers can make on modern forgeries is astronomical, consistently in the five and six figure range. The motivation is strong."
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My Genizah is a hard-edge, personal commentary on the making of the Jewish archive from the documents of the Genizah.
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To be fair, the media, Jewish and otherwise, have yet to catch Abedin in a scandalous anti-Israel statement, the kind that White House staff resignations are made of.
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Bidders are required to agree to place the object on public exhibition, as per a stipulation by the Israel Antiquities Authority, which designated the artifact a "National Treasure" of Israel.
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On December 5, 2012, clashes broke out outside the Ittihadiya presidential palace between Muslim Brothers and protesters that left 11 Egyptians dead.
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Trump's view on third-trimester abortion conflicts with mainstream Jewish halakha.
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"Most of the people who write about him don't [know him]. I do. So that gives me an ability to shrug off the things that I read about him that are wrong."
UNESCO has adopted the controversial resolution advanced by the Palestinian Authority obliterating the historic link between Judaism and Jerusalem's holy sites.
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For the duration of the next year, the quota for duty-free fresh meat imports will be doubled.
Tzohar 'Praying Together' attendees all receive the same prayer book to make it easier to follow along.
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Much of his work consisted of de-constructing the prevailing approach viewing Rabbinic Judaism as a single religious movement within which the various Rabbinic texts were produced.
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While the congregation hastily made its way out of the building, Rabbi Liberow and a few of the congregants were able to get the Torah scrolls and prayer books out.
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The guidelines are intended to prevent the spread of disease, as well as minimize animal suffering.
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The new group encourages its constituencies "to pursue guidance from its own rabbinic authorities and to continue the spirit of mutual respect and dignity that Jewish practice demands and engenders."
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A kind of Jerusalem fever gripped much of the world from about 1000 to 1400. Across three continents, thousands made their way to the Holy City—from Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions alike.
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Zamiri and his sons have invented the Wine pomegranate which is seedless, fire-engine red and sweet beyond belief.
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Hundreds of letters are mailed to Israel annually addressed to "God," "Jesus," "Our Dear Father in Heaven" and "the Western Wall."
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The official request claims that the July 15 coup attempt was carried out under Gülen's "command and control."
Over 20 religious leaders from east Asia arrived in Israel Monday for a four-day summit in Jerusalem.
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A petition to "Stop Quebec Bill 59" says the bill "criminalizes criticism of Islam and anything considered an Islamic practice (Honor killings, honor rape, female genital mutilation, female oppression, and beating of wives and children)."
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For the record, Iran now believes there are three Satans: the Great Satan (US), Little Satan (Israel), and Puny Satan (Saudi Arabia).
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Deri's staff has also been instructed to craft an atomic solution, to be used only if the coalition is certain to collapse.
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Frankie Snyder said he succeeded in restoring the ornate tile patterns “using geometric principles, and through similarities found in tile design used by Herod at other sites.”
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Amsalem suggested that the clash over the railroad works over the past two Shabbat days was mostly about politics.
The Global School Twinning Network was awarded the Jerusalem Unity Prize for its work in promoting unity between worldwide Jewish communities and Israeli society.
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This year, Jews will mourn both the losses of 9/11 and the bastardizing of our sacred tradition by semi-literate nomads with no respect for the truth.
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Jerusalem Police are so fearful of Arab rioting that they have begun to target Jews who are merely engaging in action that might potentially anger the Arabs — regardless of the fact that the action is absolutely legal.
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Inspector Norman Haslett of the PSNI said the attack was “a particularly sickening incident, which we are treating as a hate crime.”
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Less than a majority of respondents believe that the scheduled local elections are important; the rest believe that they are somewhat important or not important. Only 47% are confident the elections will be held as scheduled.
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A report on the effort says successful achievements included “buy-in of individual bishops to more publicly voice support of economic and racial justice messages."
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On May 19, 1943, Germany was declared Judenrein (clean of Jews), with no Jewish high schools. Now we're back to three, and counting.
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Seeing a beautiful or exceptionally gifted person arouses awe and admiration, explains Rabbi Melamed, but they also might arouse envy.
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The state of mind of "I can't do it" is the cause of defeat. That's the root of the destruction, said march organizer Yehudit Katsover.
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Of course, no Jew has even mentioned Al Aqsa mosque, because Jews, especially religious Jews, prefer to attend their services in a synagogue, thank you very much.
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"A terrible poison is spreading," the French PM cautions. "Slowly, insidiously, against the background of influences from abroad ... developed against a model of society which contradicts the Republic and its values."
The young men "shared" their lives on Facebook, proving they were not living Chareidi lives, as they had claimed to the IDF.
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Viewing this plotting session of a murder, one is reminded of similar scenes involving mobsters and Hamas terrorists, except the godfather is in a talit and the gangsters wear shtreimlach.
The ISIS terrorists slit a priest's throat and wounded a second person in the church.
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Shira's father said that "such a clear, strong, firm, and public official statement calling for moderation, tolerance, and acceptance of others is something that the State of Israel needs today maybe more than anything."
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Many, if not all these "controversial" responses by Rabbi Krim can be easily explained within the context in which they were provided.
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Images portray Noah’s ark and animals, chaotic parting of Red Sea
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"We should have a big water problem but we don't, we have a water surplus. We have a water surplus because we've developed ingenuity to overcome this."
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In making our selection we looked for true pioneers, people who arrived when a certain situation was at point A, and due to their investment over a lifetime, things moved on to B or even higher in the alphabet.
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Earlier this year, CAIR said Trump's repeating the story about US General John Pershing executing Muslim prisoners in the Philippines using bullets dipped in pig's blood was endangering American Muslims.
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Confino's experience caught the attention of the former Archbishop of Canterbury, who called on government to intervene to stop the rise of “poisonous hate" on campuses.
Jerusalem Mayor Barkat is set to fire the ancient cannon to end the Islamic Ramadan fast.
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“The mask, and now the gate in which it was embedded, are continuing to fire our imaginations."
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The Raelians use the swastika as a symbol of peace, which has kept them from being allowed into Israel, where they wished to establish an embassy for extraterrestrials.
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"It's time to expose the truth behind this shocking episode, an episode that is a black stain on the history of the State of Israel."
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Accusing other Muslims of being takfiris is a sectarian slur, used heavily since the start of the Syrian Civil War in 2011.
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"A man who turns his wife into an aguna and refuses to obey the judges' order to stop abusing her is not truly a man who values halakha and maintaining a Jewish lifestyle."