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“Higher” Education in Jersey Could Mean Medical Marijuana Classes

A New Jersey lawmaker who was instrumental in helping pass a medical marijuana law back in January is now suggesting that the state’s premier university become a national center for research and curriculum into the plant and its benefits. Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer) is already cooperating with Republican Governor Chris Christie’s administration to delay implementation of the law by 90 ...

High School Students Punished for Facebook Accounts

There was much commotion and confusion in the halls of Beis Rivkah High School today, as the school administration cracked down on the possession of Facebook accounts by students.Every girl in the 11th grade who possessed a Facebook account – about half the girls in each class – was individually removed from class and given a slip of paper with ...

High Court should not intervene in Knesset decisions

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday said that the High Court of Justice should “not intervene in the Knesset’s legislative process.”Lieberman made the comments in connection to the newly passed Boycott Law, which could potentially be overturned by the High Court. A petition against the law was submitted to the High Court by Gush Shalom on Tuesday.Read More: @ jpost.comYou might ...

High Court says law encourages haredim not to learn core studies

A panel of nine Supreme Court Justices headed by President Dorit Beinisch deliberated on Tuesday over a petition against a law that leaves haredi yeshivas independent yet allows them to continue to receive State allocated resources without being subjected to the Education Ministry’s programs.Although Beinisch and the other justices criticized the fact that core studies are not included in the ...

Hezbollah calls for boycott of UN tribunal

The leader of Hezbollah called Thursday on all Lebanese to boycott the U.N. tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of a former prime minister, saying all information gathered by the team was being sent to Israel.Sheik Hassan Nasrallah spoke Thursday, a day after a crowd of women attacked two U.N. investigators and a Lebanese interpreter as they gathered evidence at a ...

Hezbollah-backed Najib Mikati tapped as new Prime Minister of Lebanon

Lebanon President Michel Suleiman appointed Hezbollah-backed Najib Mikati as the country’s new prime minister on Tuesday, a move that triggered mass protests amongst supporters of caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri.Najib Mikati, a Sunni Muslim from Tripoli, won the nomination of 68 members of parliament of the country’s 128-member assembly.Speaking after the appointment, Mikati said he would start talks to form ...

Hevron Rabbi’s Tomb Found after 118 Years

Searchers recently found the tombstone of Rabbi Shaul Yehudah-Lieb Hacohen Liebin, a leader in the Chabad-chassidic community of Hevron who passed away 118 years ago. Over the course of time, the memory of his exact burial place was lost.The tomb was found on the Mount of Olives (Har Hazeitim) in Jerusalem.Rabbi Leibin’s descendants will gather Friday to hold a memorial ...

Hevron Jews in Ancient Lag Ba’Omer Custom

Jews in the biblical city of Hevron were able to fulfill an ancient custom on Thursday, the holiday of Lag Ba’Omer. They entered the Palestinian Authority-controlled sector of the city to visit the tomb of Otniel Ben Kanaz.Ancient books describing the Jewish community of Hevron note that it was customary to visit the tomb. “On Lab Ba’Omer afternoon, they would ...

Hevesi Sentencing Postponed For Medical Reasons

Former State Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who was originally going to be sentenced Monday in an influence-peddling case, has been hospitalized in Virginia.A source tells NY1 that the 71-year-old is undergoing a routine medical procedure.Nonetheless, he was forced to skip the appearance in State Supreme Court in Manhattan.The judge in Hevesi’s case today transferred the task of sentencing him to another ...

Herzl, Chaplin and Dietrich / Jewish Memorabilia to be Auctioned in Jerusalem

A small notebook, leather bound, prepared for the participants in a students’ ball in Vienna in 1883 is one of more than 600 historical Jewish memorabilia that will be auctioned on Thursday in Jerusalem.The names of different dances were printed in the notebook. On a line under each dance name, the student signed his name when he danced with the ...

Hershy Friedman Of Agri-Star Takes Over Shaya Boymelgreen’s Shares In Azorim

Canadian Jewish property developer Hershy Friedman has rescued Mizrahi Tefahot Bank from the Azorim Investment, Development and Construction Ltd. swamp. Friedman will buy Shaya Boymelgreen’s 63.8% stake in the real estate company for NIS 300 million, which gives Azorim a valuation of NIS 470 million. Azorim’s current market cap is NIS 517 million.Friedman is to pay NIS 100 million cash ...

Heroism of Jewish Rescuers Honored

We have all heard about the Righteous Among the Nations, non-Jews who saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust, but many of us are unfamiliar with the stories of Jews who risked their lives to save fellow Jews during World War II.In a unique annual commemoration ceremony held Monday as Israel marked Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, 28 Jewish ...