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Jerusalem Needs Buses on Shabbat

Dozens took part in a protest rally held in Jerusalem on the weekend, over Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz’ persistent refusal to allow public transportation across the city on Shabbat.As part of the protest, led by the Hiddush Movement which advocates religious freedoms and equality, and the youth forum Bama, a “stranded tent” was erected in the city’s Shlomzion Hamalka Street ...

‘Jerusalem is Jewish,’ Say Protestors in New York

Over 40 demonstrators representing such organizations as Americans For a Safe Israel (AFSI) and the Human Rights Coalition Against Radical Islam (HRCARI) gathered at the Israeli Consulate in New York City Friday to express their outrage over the intended “Global March on Jerusalem” – an effort by Islamic states and their proxies to delegitimize Jerusalem as the eternal capital of ...

Jerusalem hassidic leader was held ‘captive for years’

A scandal that is rocking the Breslov community of Shuvu Banim has taken another twist, with its spiritual leader Rabbi Eliezer Berland’s return to his Jerusalem home from his hiding place in the North on Saturday night, after breaking away from 10 years of captivity, during which he says he was little more than a marionette controlled by his son ...

Jerusalem cops make first arrest in ultra-Orthodox wars

An indictment was filed Thursday against a key member of an extremist ultra-Orthodox faction following a “reign of terror” in Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim neighborhood.The indictment of Yosef Meir Hazan was a victory for police in their ongoing war against the Sikarikim, an extremist ultra-Orthodox faction. Hazan, 21, is thought to be one of three leaders of the group’s young guard. ...

Jerusalem – Charedi Leadership Considering a Reduction in Protests after Accident

Click to EnlargeThe haredi leadership is considering a significant reduction in or complete prohibition against holding protests after a trash bin shoved onto Route 1 during a Jerusalem demonstration seriously injured a motorcyclist and his passenger. Following the road accident Wednesday, criticism against the rallies within the haredi community has increased, especially since extremist elements in the Eda Haredit commit ...

Jerusalem Arabs View ‘Eruv’ as New Political Border

Jews and Arabs have found a new issue over which to argue — the “eruv” that marks the limits where Jews can carry objects on the Sabbath without violating a Torah prohibition. The eruv can be a natural boundary, such as a river or cliff, but in urban areas it often is a high wire. It has been the focus ...

Japan’s Nuclear Rescuers: ‘Inevitable Some of Them May Die Within Weeks’

Workers at the disaster-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan say they expect to die from radiation sickness as a result of their efforts to bring the reactors under control, the mother of one of the men tells Fox News.The so-called Fukushima 50, the team of brave plant workers struggling to prevent a meltdown to four reactors critically damaged by the ...

Japan horror: Officials run out of coffins, body bags as 2,000 corpses are found on shoreline

A grim tide of bodies began washing ashore Monday in Japan.The people who were suddenly sucked out to sea by Friday afternoon’s 3-story-high tidal wave were being returned by the waves, battered and drowned.More than 2,000 bodies washed up on the beaches of the Miyagi Prefecture, officials said.Funeral homes and crematoriums were overwhelmed, and officials ran out of body bags and coffins.Read ...

Jack Black Puts on a Hebrew Show

Like so many parents these days, comedic actor and musician Jack Black is having a lot of stress about getting his kids into a good school. Last week, he told Conan O’Brien that he recently resorted to some desperate measures — well, at least desperate Jewish word dropping — to impress the admissions people at a local Jewish day school ...

J Street head in Israel to lobby Knesset over group’s commitment to Israel

The leftist pro-Israel lobby J Street launched a petition and letter writing campaign on Sunday calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to treat J Street and other pro-peace movements as allies.The Knesset committee is scheduled to debate this Wednesday whether J Street is sufficiently “committed” to Israel to be called a pro-Israel organization.J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami, who arrived in ...

iYarzheit: Jewish Technology to Remember

The latest bit of Jewish technology to help the absent-minded was born of a need for compassion: meet the iYarzheit.Created by a South African-born immigrant to Sydney, Australia, the application calculates, stores and reminds users of the anniversaries of the deaths of friends and relatives. Especially helpful for busy business people and those whose memories might be fading, the software ...

IU student missing: Parents fly from New York to search for their daughter, Lauren Spierer

Lauren Spierer, a 20-year-old IU student, has been missing since 4:30 a.m. Friday. The Bloomington Police Department, family, friends and local residents continue to search for her. Spierer is 4 feet 11 inches tall, weighs between 90 and 100 pounds and has blue eyes and blonde hair just below the shoulder, according to fliers posted throughout Bloomington.She is from Westchester County ...