A real estate agent is hired to find a rentor for someone’s apartment. The rentor is found but during the negotiations the rentor and the owner decide that instead of renting the apartment the rentor will purchase it outright. The agent sees before him a windfall profit since the commission for a sale […]
A religious educational program funded by a billionaire and banned twice by the Education Ministry is still being taught in more than 70 Israeli schools.The program, called “Zman Masa,” or “Journey Time,” is paid for by the foundation of Lev Leviev, a Russian-born Israeli real estate and diamond magnate, who says he hirrified by what […]
The weapons were purchased with the help of funds from Iran and Syria. In 2007 alone, Hezbollah is believed to have received anti-tank weapons and rocket launchers worth $800 million (€516 million) from Tehran. The weapons were delivered overland through Syria. Spiegel.de
“Germany: Our responsibility for Holocaust commits us to Israel” haAretz
“The arrest of almost 400 immigrant workers in a raid earlier this month of Agriprocessors, Inc., a meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, shows that something is wrong with our immigration system.(skip) But let’s dig deeper. Raids in Postville and at Swift & Company’s six meat processing plants in Marshalltown, Iowa, last December as well as […]
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Young Israel of Kings […]
As Zionism took root in Palestine, European Yiddish was employed within a dominant Hebrew context. A complex relationship between cultural politics and Jewish writing ensued that paved the way for modern Israeli culture. This enlightening volume reveals a previously unrecognized, alternative literature that flourished vigorously without legitimacy. Significant examples discussed include ethnically ambiguous fiction of […]
Dr Hans-Joachim Sewering, 92, a former SS member, was honoured for “services to the nation’s health system”.he doctor has always denied sending children to Eglfing-Haar, a facility south of Munich where it’s alleged physically and mentally handicapped children were killed.espite the allegations, Dr Sewering enjoyed a brilliant career and is a former head of […]
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef : “Conversion Courts are too stringent”
“The Talmud (Sanhedrin 99-100) relates that the patriarch Abraham rejected Timna, who wished to become his concubine. Instead, Timna married Eliphaz, Abraham’s great-grandson through Esau, and gave birth to Amalek, the Jewish people’s archenemy.” Jpost
The controversy surrounding the giyur beis din headed by Rav Chaim Druckman […]
“We’d recommend Amazon illustrate the notice with photographs of Governor Paterson, Assembly Speaker Silver, and Senate Majority Leader Bruno, so that New York book buyers know exactly whom to blame. Under what logic, we wonder, does the state, or for that matter, the city impose no sales tax at all on clothing or footwear […]
OU weighs in on Agriprocessors scandal
“We have to see where the facts take us,” he said. “If [the Rubashkins] are found to be criminally liable, then we would have no choice but withdraw the supervision.” OU Jstandard.com
Upd: OU Pushed for Sholom Rubashkin Ouster @ page 3 JewishStar.pdf
It is at the insistence of the Orthodox […]
Iraqi police officers demonstrate their strength and nerve during a graduation ceremony in the southern city of Karbala on Monday. Special forces officers graduated from several divisions — including the police — at their training ground head quarters. Spiegel.de
