“A central Moscow subway station reopened this week after a painstaking, yearlong restoration of its initial Stalin-era luster, complete with gilt-trimmed words of praise to the Soviet dictator spelled out around the vestibule’s rotunda that add new fuel to debate about his role in Russian history. ” more@NYTimes.com
“The State Department is trying to persuade the Libyans to steer clear of New Jersey. “We’re expecting that we’ll be able to come to some sort of agreement where all of these sensitivities are respected,” spokesman Ian Kelly said Wednesday. But New York City is defiantly anti-tent. A few weeks ago, Libya’s government asked if […]
“BERLIN - AUGUST 27: Original construction plans of the Auschwitz and Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps lie on a table shortly before the arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Benajmin Netanyahu at the Axel Springer publishing house on August 27, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Bild newspaper head Kai Diekmann presented the plans as a gift for the Yad […]
A lawyer in New York has sued the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet following its article accusing Israeli soldiers of smuggling dead Palestinians’ organs.The Israeli lawyer Guy Ophir, based in New York, has submitted a civil action to the New York State Supreme Court, the TT news wire wrote. He’s claiming $7.5 million in damages against Aftonbladet […]
“DEIR ABU MESHAL, West Bank (Reuters) - Of all the cottage industries you might expect to find in the Israeli- occupied West Bank, the crocheting of Jewish skullcaps by Palestinian hands seems one of the oddest. But creating the colourful cap, known in Hebrew as a “kippah”, keeps hundreds of women busy in villages like […]
“Dr Collins added: “He used to always tell the story of a little sardine tin thrown away by a German camp guard around the time of Hanukkah. “Ernest picked it up and they used the oil left in it to make a little light.” more@BBC.co.uk
“Q: How was it possible to establish the State of Israel when the Gemara (Ketubot 111a) says that it is forbidden to rebel against the nations of the world?
A: While the Gemara in Ketubot does mention the prohibition of rebelling against the nations of the world, it is not found in the law codes – […]
” “The men here, their families remain upstate, so they’re looking for some good, reasonably priced food, and for some company,” said Rabbi Shlomo Weiss, who broke bread one recent weeknight with perhaps a dozen other men in the basement of a large building on 53rd Street near 13th Avenue that is usually used for […]
“An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man, who attempted to block traffic at a central Jerusalem road, is pushed away by an Israeli police officer during a protest against a public parking lot that is open on the Jewish Sabbath August 22, 2009. ” DayLife.com
“If this case was dealing with another population other than frum chareidi women, those responsible would most likely be the subject of a police investigation, Kikar Shabbat reports, but since this is the case, the modesty religious sensibilities of this segment of the population may be trampled, with impunity. According to the report, this is […]
“An Egyptian worker carries out restoration work at Moses Maimonides Temple, the first Jewish temple to be built in Egypt during the 19th Century, in Cairo August 20, 2009, Dr. Zahi Hawas, the Secretary General of the Higher Antiquities Authority inspected the restoration project of the temple on Thursday, Moses Maimonides, also known as Rabbi […]
“Mr. Netanyahu has kept the move to block new construction quiet because any hint of a freeze would jeopardize support from the nearly 300,000 Jewish settlers who live in the West Bank. Mr. Netanyahu’s withdrawal of Israeli forces from the city of Hebron more than a decade ago undermined trust with the ideological core of […]
