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Op-Eds

The Orthodox Union Gets It Right On Women Rabbis

By Rabbi Gil Student

Over the past decade, the RCA issued resolutions disapproving of ordaining women or hiring ordained women. Now the OU has joined them.

Judea & Samaria / News Briefs / Settlements / The Knesset

Zionist Union MK Broshi Visits Amona Community

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

MK Brosh said, “I hope that the Zionist Union will support any government decision to legalize the structures.”

Interviews and Profiles

Living In Terror In The Soviet Union: An Interview With Rabbi Hillel Zaltzman

By Elliot Resnick

My father went to a school in a neighborhood with no Jews and told my teacher, “My son is a sick boy who must relax two days a week – Saturday and Sunday.”

Business and Economy / Government / News Briefs / Politics

Histadrut Strike Averted, Deal Reached

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Histadrut strike which was set to shut down Israel has been averted.

Israel / News Briefs / Travel

Airline Strike Ends after Deal with El Al

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Histadrut national labor union has called off its planned shutdown of Ben Gurion Airport Tuesday morning, and workers of Israeli airlines have ended their strike following a special agreement between the government and El Al. The agreement was signed Monday evening in Israel, less than two hours before the Labor Court was to meet […]

News Briefs / Religion / The Courts

Polish Court Rules Against Ritual Slaughter

By JTA

The court killed a Polish government allowance for Jewish and Muslim slaghtering.

This Ongoing War

Palestine Committe of Arab Lawyers Union Honors Attorney Who Murdered Children

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

One of the world's respected associations of lawyers has just made a special award in honor of one of its deceased members. Her career was not long. But it was not the quality of her legal work that earned her the award. She received it for killing 21 civilians and injuring 50 in a Haifa restaurant. The award about which we are writing was presented in the form of a plaque to the family of Hanadi Jaradat, formerly from Jenin in the Palestinian Authority territory, "on the sweet anniversary of her martyrdom."

Interviews and Profiles

Mendelevich: ‘Educating Young Jews Is at the Core of my Being’

By Fern Sidman

In Unbroken Spirit: A Heroic Story of Faith, Courage and Survival (Gefen Publishing), the newly released English translation of his memoir, internationally renowned former Soviet refusenik Rabbi Yosef Mendelevich tells a compelling story of struggle and victory. He spoke to The Jewish Press during his recent U.S. book tour.

Interviews and Profiles

An Anglo in the Knesset: Catching Up with Jeremy Saltan

By Jewish Press Staff

Saltan: "A big reason why I started the 'Knesset Jeremy' blog was to help Anglos learn about the political process by giving them information in English on every bill and every MK’s speech. I hope this will lead to Anglos learning more about the Israeli political process and help them take an active part and integrate."

Global / Israel

Germans to Pay Holocaust Restitution to Former Soviet Union Victims

By Malkah Fleisher

In what the Holocaust Claims Conference is calling a “historic breakthrough”, the German government decided on Monday at pay restitution to victims of Nazi Germany now living in the former Soviet Union.

Book Reviews

Title: When General Grant Expelled the Jews

By Harold Holzer

Title: When General Grant Expelled the Jews Author: Jonathan Sarna Publisher: Schocken

News Briefs

Nationwide Local Authorities Strike Ends

By Jewish Press Staff

Two-day old strike ends after paralyzing local services in Israel.

News Briefs

Seven Likud Mayors Break Local Authorities Strike

By Jewish Press Staff

The nationwide strike enters its second day, as the Union of Local Authorities seeks to maintain unity.

MUSSAR – Avi Ganz

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Serials

Freedom Is the Ownership of Time

By Itamar Frankenthal

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