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PM Modi Wishes Israeli Counterpart Netanyahu On Jewish New Year
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended wishes to his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, people of Israel and Jewish community across the world on the occassion of Rosh Hashanah.
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Like Anne Frank, Polish Girl Kept War Diary. It Remained Locked For Years
As the Nazis strengthened their grip on Europe in 1939, Renia Spiegel, a 14-year-old Jewish girl in Poland, turned to a new companion. "Today, my dear Diary, is the beginning of our deep friendship," she wrote on Jan. 31 that year. For more than three years, Renia documented her life in more than 650 handwritten and densely filled pages.
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Israel Set To Approve First New Settlement In 20 Years
Israel's government on Thursday appeared set to approve the construction of a new Jewish settlement in the West Bank for the first time in 20 years, despite fierce opposition from the Palestinians and a recent request from the White House to hold back on settlement activity.
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Palestinian Assailant With Knife Shot Dead In West Bank: Israel
A Palestinian armed with a knife attempted to stab an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday and was shot and killed, the Israeli army said.
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United Nations Chief Takes Aim At Israel Over New Settlements
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday criticized Israel's new plans for Jewish settlements in the West Bank and spoke of growing Palestinian frustration after 50 years of Israeli military rule.
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Bursts of Chaos and Horror, Once Again
A Parisian year that began with the bloodshed and chaos of the terrorist attacks at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and later at a Jewish grocery now had an even deadlier coda: With events still fluid and exact details unclear, the authorities said more than 100 people had been killed in a series of attacks across Paris. And dozens of people ...
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World's Oldest Bible on Show as British Museum Tracks Egypt's Religions
The world's oldest bible is among 200 objects tracing Egypt's religious evolution in an exhibition at London's British Museum, which opens Friday and spans the 1,200 years since Cleopatra's death.
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Clashes Rock Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound
Palestinians clashed with Israeli police at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound today just hours before the start of the Jewish New Year, police and witnesses said.
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Apple Kuchen for a Sweet Jewish New Year
I have been playing with variations on an apple kuchen recipe for years. This year, I added candied ginger, a touch of honey in the batter and a honey glaze.
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In Hezbollah Children's Magazine, Not Fairies But Fighters
Produced by Lebanon's Hezbollah movement for the last 11 years, "Mahdi" aims to teach a new generation the militant Shiite group's ideology of "resistance" to the Jewish state.
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Clashes Erupt at Flashpoint Jerusalem Holy Site
Clashes broke out in and around Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Wednesday just hours before the start of the Jewish New Year holiday.
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US Holocaust survivor meets Polish saviour 70 years on
A Jewish boy who hid from the Nazis in a hayloft reunited after 70 years in New York on Wednesday with the Polish son whose parents risked everything to save him.
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Wives hired rabbis to kidnap, torture husbands: US prosecutors
A pair of Orthodox Jewish rabbis hired themselves out for years to unhappy wives who wanted their husbands kidnapped and beaten until they agreed to divorces, federal prosecutors in New Jersey said on Friday after arresting 10 men they said were involved in the scheme.
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Computers piecing together jigsaw of Jewish lore
Technology to be used to help reassemble more than 100,000 document fragments collected across 1,000 years that reveal details of Jewish life.
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New York Orthodox counselor gets 103 years for sex abuse
A respected religious counselor in New York City's ultra-orthodox Jewish community was sentenced on Tuesday to 103 years in prison for molesting a girl who came to him with questions about her faith.
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PM Modi Wishes Israeli Counterpart Netanyahu On Jewish New Year
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended wishes to his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, people of Israel and Jewish community across the world on the occassion of Rosh Hashanah.
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Like Anne Frank, Polish Girl Kept War Diary. It Remained Locked For Years
As the Nazis strengthened their grip on Europe in 1939, Renia Spiegel, a 14-year-old Jewish girl in Poland, turned to a new companion. "Today, my dear Diary, is the beginning of our deep friendship," she wrote on Jan. 31 that year. For more than three years, Renia documented her life in more than 650 handwritten and densely filled pages.
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Israel Set To Approve First New Settlement In 20 Years
Israel's government on Thursday appeared set to approve the construction of a new Jewish settlement in the West Bank for the first time in 20 years, despite fierce opposition from the Palestinians and a recent request from the White House to hold back on settlement activity.
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Palestinian Assailant With Knife Shot Dead In West Bank: Israel
A Palestinian armed with a knife attempted to stab an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday and was shot and killed, the Israeli army said.
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United Nations Chief Takes Aim At Israel Over New Settlements
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday criticized Israel's new plans for Jewish settlements in the West Bank and spoke of growing Palestinian frustration after 50 years of Israeli military rule.
-
Bursts of Chaos and Horror, Once Again
A Parisian year that began with the bloodshed and chaos of the terrorist attacks at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and later at a Jewish grocery now had an even deadlier coda: With events still fluid and exact details unclear, the authorities said more than 100 people had been killed in a series of attacks across Paris. And dozens of people ...
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World's Oldest Bible on Show as British Museum Tracks Egypt's Religions
The world's oldest bible is among 200 objects tracing Egypt's religious evolution in an exhibition at London's British Museum, which opens Friday and spans the 1,200 years since Cleopatra's death.
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Clashes Rock Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound
Palestinians clashed with Israeli police at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound today just hours before the start of the Jewish New Year, police and witnesses said.
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Apple Kuchen for a Sweet Jewish New Year
I have been playing with variations on an apple kuchen recipe for years. This year, I added candied ginger, a touch of honey in the batter and a honey glaze.
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In Hezbollah Children's Magazine, Not Fairies But Fighters
Produced by Lebanon's Hezbollah movement for the last 11 years, "Mahdi" aims to teach a new generation the militant Shiite group's ideology of "resistance" to the Jewish state.
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Clashes Erupt at Flashpoint Jerusalem Holy Site
Clashes broke out in and around Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Wednesday just hours before the start of the Jewish New Year holiday.
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US Holocaust survivor meets Polish saviour 70 years on
A Jewish boy who hid from the Nazis in a hayloft reunited after 70 years in New York on Wednesday with the Polish son whose parents risked everything to save him.
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Wives hired rabbis to kidnap, torture husbands: US prosecutors
A pair of Orthodox Jewish rabbis hired themselves out for years to unhappy wives who wanted their husbands kidnapped and beaten until they agreed to divorces, federal prosecutors in New Jersey said on Friday after arresting 10 men they said were involved in the scheme.
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Computers piecing together jigsaw of Jewish lore
Technology to be used to help reassemble more than 100,000 document fragments collected across 1,000 years that reveal details of Jewish life.
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New York Orthodox counselor gets 103 years for sex abuse
A respected religious counselor in New York City's ultra-orthodox Jewish community was sentenced on Tuesday to 103 years in prison for molesting a girl who came to him with questions about her faith.
