The 'burkini ban' was enacted in response to Islamist terror attacks in France and concerns about the integration of France’s Muslim minority, France’s highest court just deemed it unconstitutional
You can buy, sell and find what you need in the Jewish Press Classifieds section.
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He failed to mention the arrests and indictments by Israel of an international charity administrator and a UNDP employee, who confessed to directing millions of dollars to Hamas — which is why all those ruined buildings are yet to be rebuilt.
It creates a fun and meaningful experience for the kids, in which they can make new friends and explore essential Jewish values.
Rostow, co-author of the November 22, 1967 UN Security Council Resolution 242, resolved that under international law: “Jews have the same right to settle in the West Bank as they have in Haifa.”
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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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I am asking you, in this neighborhood, (and beyond if you want to share), paint something positive on your trashcan!
Scottish Police threatened to arrest anyone waving Palestinian flags during the Hapoel Be’er Sheva/Glasgow Celtic. match. There were not a few flags – there were hundreds. And the police did nothing
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Jerry Nadler stuck his neck out as the only Jewish Congressman to support Obama's nuclear deal with Iran — which did not earn him the DNC staff's respect.
The leader told W., “If you're not off the streets in a few seconds when I come back, that will be the end of you,” and began to walk away.
By Jason Maoz
Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, pioneer in Jewish outreach, founder of the international Hineni organization, and Jewish Press columnist for more than fifty years, passed away Tuesday at the age of 80.
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Although it's puzzling why Burger didn't tweet in English, or ask someone at the paper's English language website to help him translate, the panicky urgency of the tweet is unmistakable.
Though Pollard has finally been "sprung," he is still being punished-as a Jew. The system has taken away the thing that is dearest to him--his observance of the Jewish Sabbath.
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Back on February 11, 2015, the Australian ABC network reported on Nechama Bendet's testimony to the Royal Commission that day, admitting it was a mistake that Yeshivah College had never apologized directly to Manny Waks, a student who had been sexually abused by a guard.
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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.
The excavated synagogue in Susiya dates from the 4th to the 7th century CE and was in continuous use until the 9th century CE.
The Wilfs, both Joe and Harry, were not just philanthropic donors to the RCA, stressed Herson, but took an active role in the continued growth of the educational institution.
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The fact that the first two of these organizations is completely Orthodox, while the third varies from one campus to another has irked many, in Israel and abroad.
Whenever new Russian immigrants arrived in Worcester, Goldie Michelson helped welcome them.
Thousands of RJJ alumni were, or are still, active in important leadership roles in Jewish life and Jewish communities in the U.S. and Israel.
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Jerusalem Arabs habitually boycott the elections, some out of resentment of the Jewish takeover back in 1967, most because they fear retribution.
He mentions the threatening atmosphere of anti-Semitism in Mussolini's Italy and his concern for his wife and children.
The story of bookstores in the U.S. in general – not just Jewish bookstores – is a pretty bad one.
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On October 25, 2006, special prosecutor Alberto Nisman formally accused the government of Iran of directing the AMIA bombing, and the Hezbollah militia of carrying it out.
According to Mekorot, there is currently a water shortage of 7000 to 9000 cubic meters a day in Judea and Samaria.
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WAG is actually showing two Jewish artists who dabble in the surreal, Warkov and Marc Chagall.
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Democratic incumbent Steve Cohen won the Tennessee 9th Congressional District primary vote by a whopping 86%.
Dr. Goldman went from testifying as an expert witness to being the defendant. Could it have been because of his yamulke?
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The patient retained the services of Amir Attaran, an Iranian-American Professor of Law, who filed a complaint on her behalf with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, for discrimination on the basis of sex and family status.
By Ann Goldberg
After several sleepless days, the team had been able to speak with the Guamanian and United States funeral homes, the airline, and the widow.
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"I don’t find anything that is good about being Jewish in Scotland." (F, 60s, Glasgow)
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Bohm escaped Nazism in 1939 when she was sent to England to finish her schooling, armed with a Leica camera handed to her by her father as she was departing.
Jewish college students face a climate of intimidation on several California campuses, and campuses around the country
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Jews competed in the most coveted sporting competitions throughout Europe, including the Olympics.
Eric Greitens received a PhD from Oxford, founded a nationally-renowned nonprofit, and survived combat as a Navy SEAL. Whether he can survive Missouri politics remains to be seen.
By Paul Gherkin
If only Jewish Democratic leaders had an Iota of Pride in Being Jewish as they have for the gay community.
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The Post, in its unique fashion, used the story to rehash the NYPD bribery scandal involving accusations against the Shomrim.
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The State Dept. announcement completely ignores the Israeli government's effort on behalf of Israeli Arabs in Jerusalem
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Mugaga Treva, 4, is the son of Nantabo Esther, a member of Namanyonyi Synagogue, one of the Abayudaya Synagogues in Uganda.
It is the presence of the Jewish mother, with her selfless role in engendering harmony and peace, that is the fiercely burning flame within the holy light of the Jewish people.
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Louis C.K. noted that the word “Jew” is “the only word that is the polite thing to call a group of people and the slur for the same group."
Newport had been financially devastated during the Revolution, when the British occupied the town and seized ships and other resources.
Nearly a year after her confrontation with Nesenoff, Thomas admitted her apology was disingenuous, telling writer David Hochman that she really didn’t regret her anti-Jewish, anti-Israel statements.
“When someone needs help, you be there for them,” said Elaine. “And that's how you will repay me.”
A look into the the Jewish Quarter in Toledo, Spain.
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July marks the two-year anniversary of the Oregon Jewish Museum's merger with the Oregon Holocaust Resource Center.
By Hank Sheinkopf, Ronn Torossian
Israel must always be a bi-partisan issue and sadly we’ve recently seen that historic bond between Israel and the Democratic Party erode and weaken.
While it is not the purpose of this article to present a dissertation on the Torah’s views on evolution, suffice it to say this is a very controversial topic and that strong arguments exist on both sides.
People who find BDS terrible, effectively engage in BDS themselves by avoiding visiting the incredible, and very Zionist, accomplishments of Ariel and Ariel University.
Magda's dreams is an Egypt that is cosmopolitan and tolerant, that embraces the breadth of humanity that Egypt embodied in recent memory.
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In the presence of family members of the abducted three youths taken by Hamas murderers in July 2014, thousands of local residents celebrated their memory at the Oz v'Gaon Nature Preserve.
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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.
Mitchell Geller was inducted as a Jewish chaplain; a rabbi and a beard go hand in hand. To tell a rabbi to take off his beard would be akin to telling a Catholic Father to remove his collar.
The defeat of the Japanese there provided an important foundation for our ultimate victory over Japan, and the battle became a symbol of the great sacrifices made by our fighting forces during the war.
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For the first time since the Holocaust the famous tunnel used by the prisoners of Ponar to escape from the Nazis had been located using new technologies for underground predictive scanning.
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“Israel is responsible to protect and strengthen Jewish identity and affinity for Israel among each and every Jew everywhere in the world."
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The Billy Crystal Program for Peace through the Performing Arts is dedicated to promoting a humanistic society based on dialogic relations and peaceful coexistence between Jews and Arabs in Israel.
While honoring his deceased relatives through his work, Sendak simultaneously mocked those survivors with whom he grew up.
By Jason Maoz
“He had a strong connection to Torah and was very respectful of Torah scholars,” he added. “He was self-educated man who was well read and business savvy.”
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Sharansky: “This is the single greatest expression of the Jewish people’s solidarity with French Jewry.”
By Rhona Lewis
With their skills in finance and trade, and the network they naturally shared with European Jews, they played an important economic role in the sugar trade and the shipping industry.
By dvora
Gammill urged taking advantage of the laws that are already are on the books, and advised university students to be aware of the policies and governing rules on campus so that they can determine if the rules are being violated.
In the specialized corner of filmmaking that creates Jewish music videos, Finkelman has earned a reputation as a visionary.
By Paul Gherkin
The commandment of Shmita is not to just let the land lie fallow every seven years, but like the Sabbath, it is to remember that the land is God’s gift to the Jewish people.
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The food co-ops operate as social business ventures, offering consumers significantly less expensive groceries and investing profits in local social empowerment initiatives.
By Jeff Dunetz
All my life I had this overwhelming desire to go to Jerusalem, especially the Temple Mount. I never understand why--until I stood in its presence a few years ago.
Even after 49 years it appears the Temple Mount isn't in our hands.
The story of Air Force Chaplain Rabbi Geller's options concerning his beard: "Either you go to the barber shop or you go to jail."
By Rachel Moore
The Mayberg Family Foundation is hosting its annual Jewish Education Innovation Challenge (JEIC) retreat. The challenge offers finalists 12 minutes to pitch their projects to a panel of judges,
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A Wednesday decree issued by Shabak truly sounded like part of the mad hatter's party in Alice in Wonderland.
By Mark Schulte
As of 2016, the Nobel contingent from New York City public high schools stands at 42 (37 of them Jews).
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Fridman, who has four children, the youngest is 10 and the eldest 22, told his Russian audience he wants his children to follow in his footsteps and create something on their own.
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While Clinton and Trump are essentially tied, Bernie Sanders whips Trump by double digits in almost every single major poll.
The thirty-eight year old mother of six, two of whom were adopted, no longer “enjoyed life,” as reported by her grief-stricken neighbors.
Most Mechanchim currently struggle on the salaries they are paid. How should the Torah world address this shameful situation?
Shifra Hoffman fills in for Tamar Yonah and explains the role that the Jewish people, especially those in America, are supposed to play in the world's arena.
By dvora
Israel’s Jewish-American detractors represents both the divide among American Jews and Israelis, and a trend in US among millennials away from Israel and towards the Palestinians.
Goldie Michelson, 113, is the oldest American and oldest Jew in the world.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
As Jews became defined by religion, Christians could work to convert them--You can change your religion but you cannot change your race
By Donny Fuchs
The haunting sirens of this season do indeed resonate with me, and I have no cynicism for the custom, only for the failure of leadership to learn the lessons.
By J. E. Dyer
One passenger – a Holocaust survivor – said that the police’s treatment of them was similar to the behavior of Nazi Germany’s SS during World War II.
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The building, located near the site of the murders, will be home to 3 or 4 Jewish families and some Yeshiva students.
While we need to continue being vigilant and circumspect, we should also look on the bright side and appreciate why these are great times for Jews.
Friedman believed that while monopolies and oligarchies are injurious to everybody, these systems are particularly ruinous for Jews and for Israel.
For 30 or 40 years, Jewish university professors who might have prevented the landslide against Israel have kept their wimpy little mouths closed.
HUC-JIR’s Cohen said that Israel is generally not a major factor in most Jews’ voting decisions because “each political perspective sees its candidate as doing right by Israel.”
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Burle Marx’s art inhabits a rare space between the rational and the lyrical. Nature’s variability was for him a liberating force.
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The top Jewish state school is the University of Florida, with 33,720 undergraduates out of whom 6,500 or 19% are Jewish.
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"If I post something from Adele or Taylor Swift, you can bet it'll be gone in a few hours."
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While flying a combat mission over Serbia in 1999, Goldfein was shot down when his F-16 was hit by a surface-air-missile.
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The Army approved the overnight stay of the settlers of Evyatar, who agreed to be evacuated the next day.
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The family’s attorney is E. Randol Schoenberg, who helped Maria Altmann successfully recover Gustav Klimt's "Woman in Gold," from the Belvedere Museum in Vienna.
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The secret romance-fling apparently took place in 1994, two years after his highness had separated from Princess Diana.
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The arresting officer declared: "On the Temple Mount I decide what's prayer."
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“As Jews, we have a responsibility to ensure that, where possible, our charity extends beyond our own community to people who we may never meet but who are so deserving of our help,” Chief Rabbi Mirvis said.
Trump's Jewish daughter says she does not contemplate politics now, at age 34, but ask her when she is 50.
Police threw Yehudah Etzion off the Temple Mount for "praying" because he held out his hands.
The Taub Center noted a link between being religious and being satisfied with aspects of living, but that it does not necessarily apply to non-Jews. Hareidim live longer
"A swastika is not mere vandalism — it is a symbol of hatred," said the synagogue rabbi. In Brooklyn, a man punched a college student in the face because he is white and Jewish.
The Minister of Education told Jewish legislators from around the world and visiting in Jerusalem that assimilation "keeps me up at night."