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French Jewish Students Taking Twitter to Court

France’s main Jewish student union reportedly has petitioned a Paris court to order Twitter to divulge details about users who post anti-Semitic comments.Attorney Stephane Lilti, who represents the Union of French Jewish Students, or UEJF, told the French news agency AFP on Tuesday that a hearing is set for January 8 in a Paris court.In October, the UEJF asked Twitter ...

French Consul Injured After Israeli Raid On Gaza

France’s consul to the Gaza Strip, his wife and 13-year-old daughter were injured during an Israeli air strike on Sunday night, French foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said.Valero told reporters the three were hit by shrapnel at their residence in Gaza, which is located 200 meters from the site of an Israeli missile attack, he added.“France condemns the consequences of ...

Fraud in Rabbinic Ordination Tests

Five men are suspected for fraud and impersonation after attempting to take a rabbinic qualification exam instead of their classmates on Wednesday. They admitted they were paid thousands of shekels by Yeshiva students to take the exam in their place, since they were not properly prepared. Following the complaint, the police suspects a larger network of fraudulent Yeshiva students is ...

Frankfurt Ripped for Honoring Jewish-American Scholar Who Backs Israel Boycott

Protests are mounting against plans by the city of Frankfurt to honor Jewish-American scholar Judith Butler, a staunch critic of Israel.The Central Council of Jews in Germany and the political activist group Scholars for Peace in the Middle East are among groups that have slammed the city for choosing to honor Butler with its Theodor W. Adorno Prize on Sept. ...

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Philadelphia Synagogue Depicts Spirituality Through Modern Architecture

Situated in a quiet suburb north of Philadelphia is Beth Sholom – the only synagogue designed by Frank Lloyd Wright during the architect’s long and storied career. The building marks an epilogue of sorts: Wright designed the synagogue near the end of his life and died only months before its dedication in 1959.“Wright was conscious of the fact that he ...

Fox News Twitter hacked; says Obama dead

In likely July 4th hoax, news network’s politics feed sends out multiple tweets that US president was shot and killed in Iowa.Fox News fell victim to hackers early Monday morning who took control of the network’s politics Twitter feed announcing multiple times that US President Barack Obama had been shot and killed.The rogue transmissions began just before 2am Washington D.C. ...

Fox finally dumps Tea Party conservative blowhard Glenn Beck, but for the wrong reasons

Good riddance, crowed anybody even slightly left of John Birch Wednesday at the news that Glenn Beck had lost his nightly Fox TV show.Officially, Beck “intends to transition off of his daily program,” both the blowhard and his bosses at Fox said Wednesday.But the writing was on his chalkboard: The ratings were down – he was pulling in 2.7 million ...

Four held for heist from Milan synagogue

Four Tel Aviv residents in their 20s were arrested by police on Sunday on suspicion of stealing Judaica from a Milan synagogue worth over a million dollars.Detectives from the Yarkon Police station, who seized the stolen items during raids, said the suspects were trying to sell them here.All the stolen objects – silver Torah crowns, rimmonim and other silver and ...

Fortitude and Faith: The Maple Street Shul Saga

Young Chassidim living in Crown Heights may not be aware of the fact that Crown Heights was once predominantly a Jewish neighborhood. When the Jews moved en- masse to other neighborhood, our Rebbe told his Chassidim not to take part in the exodus, but to remain in Crown Heights. It was a frightful position, but the Chassidim stayed.THE REBBE’S RELATIONSHIP ...

Former Vice President Gore Visits San Diego

The San Diego Convention Center was packed with more than 11,000 human resource professionals as former Vice President Al Gore made a rare public appearance Monday. Little has been seen of Gore in the past several weeks since confirmed reports of a split with his wife, Tipper.Read More: @ 10news.comYou might also like:Al and Tipper Gore decide to separateHillary Clinton says ...

Former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz Calls on Obama to Free Pollard

Former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz today sent a letter to President Barack Obama requesting that Jonathan Pollard be released from prison (the full text of the letter appears below; an image of the original letter is attached).George Shultz served as the U.S. Secretary of State from 1982-1989. Prior to that, Shultz served as U.S. Secretary of Labor ...

Former Taliban Captive at Algemeiner Event

The Algemeiner Editor’s Club hosted famed CBS journalist Jere Van Dyk at its first annual Summer Party. Van Dyk, who was captured by the Taliban near the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan for 45 days in 2008, spoke of his experiences and the life lessons that he has gleaned from them.He also pledged recognition to the life of Daniel Pearl, ...