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US ‘deeply concerned’ over Israeli settlement expansion

The US on Monday expressed concern over Israel’s approval of 942 housing units in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood as well as the approval of master plans for several West Bank settlements that is expected to lead to increased building in those areas.“The United States is deeply concerned by continuing Israeli actions with respect to settlement construction,” ABC News quoted White House ...

US court: Catholic woman must live as Orthodox Jew

It has been centuries since the divide between church and state has been in place but recently it seems that religion has been taking center stage in divorce courts across the United States. This time, the state has ruled that ultra-Orthodox Judaism must be followed by a pair of Catholics. Laura Derbigney, a Hispanic Catholic woman, has been placed under ...

US Could Have Helped Jews During World War II

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on Thursday rebuffed US criticism about the restitution of Jewish property seized after World War II, saying that Americans should have put their concerns into action during the war.“If the United States wanted to do something for Polish Jews, then a good moment would have been 1943-44, when most of them were still living and when ...

US, Canada Issue Special Stamps for Chanukah

The United States and Canada have issued stamps ahead of the eight-day Chanukah festival, which begins Tuesday night on December 20.“This year, for the first time, all of our holiday stamps are being issued as ‘forever’ stamps,” said Stephen Kearney, executive director of Stamp Services for the U.S. Postal Service and quoted by the San Francisco JWeekly.“These popular stamps rank among ...

US bloggers blamed for ‘Jewish conspiracy’

The scandal-plagued bloggers at the US think tank Center for American Progress (CAP) were blamed for triggering last week an outbreak of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish sentiment by asserting that Orthodox Jews in Israel are responsible for a film denigrating Muslims.After the blog post appeared on the think tank’s website, ThinkProgress, an employee scrubbed the anti-Jewish language from the post without ...

US Army lets rabbi keep beard

Rabbi Menachem Stern of Brooklyn has won his legal battle against the US Army and will be able to join the military as a chaplain without having to shave off his beard.Rabbi Stern, a graduate of Chabad-Lubavitch yeshivot, received preliminary approval for a reserve commission in the US Army in 2008, but his swearing-in was delayed due to his refusal ...

URGENT! EMERGENCY TEHILLIM

URGENT TEHILLIM REQUESTRabbi Hershel Reichman’s daughter is right now undergoing emergency brain surgery from complications after giving birth.Please daven for:Batya Shira bat ChasidaPlease say a perek of tehillim and ask at least one friend to do the same.May Batya Shira have a complete recovery, refuah shleima, and may we only know simchas.Thank you,Hally Goldstein and the Naaleh familyReaders found more ...

Update On Rabbi Eli Hecht, Sitting in Spanish Prison

A radio host from Radio Kol Rega, a regional radio program in northern Israel, has been following the unfortunate story of Rabbi Eliyahu Hecht. Last week he interviewed Rabbi Yehuda Dunin, a representative of the committee that was established to secure Hecht’s freedom from the Spanish jail where he is currently being held.Ami Cabri is a longtime host of the ...

Unprecedented Achdus in the Study of the Alter Rebbes Shulchon Oruch

This past Sunday thousands of yeshiva Bochurim gathered for “Shaarei Horaah’s” annual Kinus, the organization which encourages the study of the Alter Rebbes Shulchon Oruch lead by Rabbi Chaim Shmerler the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Oraita.Throughout the year 2,350 Bochurim undertook the study of Halachos according to a Seder set by the Rabbonim of Shaarei Horaah under the guidance of ...

Unpaid bill makes holy site go dark

It’s a lesson that the rabbis who manage one of Israel’s most popular Jewish pilgrimage destinations have now learned the hard way: Even holy sites have to pay the electric bill.The tomb of Moses Maimonides, one of Judaism’s pre-eminent sages, has been plunged into darkness because of a debt to the electricity company totaling $11,500.Rabbi Israel Deri, one of the ...

University of Cali Rejects Anti-Semitism Resolution

The California State Assembly approved a resolution calling on colleges and universities in the state to combat anti-Semitism on Wednesday, however the University of California says it will not support the resolution.The symbolic resolution was approved unanimously by the state Assembly on Tuesday, according to the San Fransisco Chronicle – because the resolution says “no public resources will be allowed ...

UNIFIL: IDF did not cross Blue Line

Lebanese soldiers shot and killed an Israeli battalion commander earlier this month in an unprovoked attack along the northern border, according to a report sent Wednesday to the IDF by UNIFIL on the organization’s investigation into the attack.The report was submitted to the IDF and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). UNIFIL confirmed its preliminary conclusions that the IDF soldiers had not ...