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Poll – Palestinians support Abbas, fear Hamas economically
JERUSALEM – A new poll in the West Bank and Gaza Strip suggested that if elections were held now, Palestinians would re-elect President Mahmoud Abbas with 49.9 percent support compared to only 2...
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Youlus pleads guilty
Rabbi Menachem Youlus, the Maryland rabbi who has referred to himself as the “Jewish Indiana Jones,” pleaded guilty in a federal court in New York on Thursday to mail and wire fraud. He admitted i...
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Florida primary is first big showdown for the Jewish vote
With Newt Gingrich gaining ground on frontrunner Mitt Romney, the stage is set for a crucial Jan. 31 Republican presidential primary in Florida. By playing a significant role in that day’s outcome,...
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Israelis are eager to recreate the botanical grandeur of their homeland.
ZICHRON YA’AKOV, Israel — Rare plants enthusiast Moshe Weiss often contrasts Israel’s agricultural perspective with Hawaii’s strict policies that keep nonindigenous plants from infiltrating a fragi...
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Seeds of change in Israel
ZICHRON YA’AKOV, Israel — Rare plants enthusiast Moshe Weiss often contrasts Israel’s agricultural perspective with Hawaii’s strict policies that keep nonindigenous plants from infiltrating a fragi...
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Israelis hint at summit
Jerusalem – Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators appeared to have made slight progress in fragile talks hosted in Jordan, with the two sides expected to meet again January 25 with a possible l...
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Lew replaces Daley at White House
Jacob “Jack” Lew has been tapped by President Barack Obama to become the next White House chief of staff. Lew, 56 and an Orthodox Jew, will be the second Jewish chief of staff in this administrati...
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Jewish groups angry at Santorum for ignoring other faiths
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is under fire for telling Boston radio listeners last Thursday that “we always need a Jesus guy” in the campaign, the Jerusalem Post reported. Variou...
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Apple could open Israeli center and acquire Israeli company
Apple and Israel are in business. According to the Israel Business News, Apple Inc. plans to open a development center in Israel focusing on semiconductors. This was announced after the Israeli f...
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Ads upset American Jews
An Israeli government ad campaign, encouraging expatriate Israelis to return the Jewish state, was withdrawn last week after igniting a furor among American Jews who found the ads demean American J...
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Orthodox filmmakers explore tough issues
Lazar, an Orthodox American man transplanted to Jerusalem with his wife, is a bit of a schlemiel. He has trouble holding a job. He tries to be a tour guide for English speakers, but no one will hi...
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Israel's Netanyahu has his defenders, detractors
After disparaging Benjamin Netanyahu in what they thought was a private conversation, President Barak Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have been widely criticized, and their allegiance to...
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews are increasingly joining the Israeli work force and the IDF.
DENVER — Advocates for Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews in the workplace and the army point out a subtle, yet important distinction between integration and inclusion. Though more than 50 percent of Is...
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Palestinian statehood bid falters
by Staff and wire reports
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The Palestinians' statehood bid in the United Nations appears to be doomed. Several news media outlets were reporting Wednesday that the United Nations Security Council has not reached a consensus...
Behind the ‘Military Dimension to Iran’s Nuclear Program’
by Masha Rifkin
JointMedia News Service
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Iran has been secretly working on developing nuclear weapons since 2003, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced for the first time Nov. 8 in a long-awaited report sent to the 35 member st...
Israeli killed as Gaza rockets hit school, homes
by The Israel Project
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JERUSALEM – An Israeli father of four was killed on Saturday night after being hit by shrapnel from a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip. Ami Moshe, 56, was driving home when a siren sounded in his ...
How the day unfolded: A minute-by-minute timeline
by Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JointMedia News Service
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After nearly five and a half years in Hamas captivity in Gaza, without a single visit from the Red Cross, a doctor or his family, Gilad Shalit returned to Israel on Tuesday and at press time was on...
Occupy Wall Street protests taking on a Jewish flavor
by Dan Klein and Danielle Fleischman
JTA
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NEW YORK -- Rachel Feldman originally had meant to attend a traditional synagogue Kol Nidre service. Aimee Weiss hadn’t found a place to daven but was looking for something more interesting than a ...
Cabinet approves deal
by Uriel Heilman
JTA
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NEW YORK — If Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is freed in the prisoner-exchange deal with Hamas that was approved by Israel's Cabinet in a 26-3 vote late Tuesday night, it will raise two immediate que...
Libyan Jewish exile to leave country
by JTA
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A Libyan Jewish exile attempting to restore Tripoli's main synagogue will leave the country following angry protests. David Gerbi, who arrived in Libya from Italy this summer when Libyan leader Mo...
Weil’s ‘Life with a Star’ pairs Holocaust reality with inspiring hope
by Hilary Daninhirsch
For the Chronicle
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Jiri Weil was one of the most remarkable Jewish writers that you’ve never heard of. Indeed, the Czechoslovakian-born author was underappreciated and relatively unknown outside of his native countr...
Biden agrees to meeting on Pollard
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NEW YORK (JTA) -- Vice President Joe Biden has agreed to meet with Jewish communal leaders to discuss the case of Jonathan Pollard. Biden made the commitment at the end of a Rosh Hashanah receptio...
The Jewish Zen of Steve Jobs
by Jason Miller
JTA
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WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. -- Social networking sites began buzzing immediately after word spread of the death of Apple Inc. visionary Steve Jobs Wednesday evening. Rabbis took time out of their busy p...
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