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Erdogan sends Rosh Hashana greeting to Jews of Turkey

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered his wishes to the Jews of his country on Thursday, extending his own Rosh Hashana greeting.“There have been a number of different beliefs and cultures living together for centuries in our country,” the Turkish prime minister said in his address. “Special days and holidays add special color to our community life.”Rosh Hashana is ...

Epic Holocaust film ‘Shoah’ to be screened in Iran via satellite TV

An epic French documentary about the Holocaust, dubbed into Farsi, is to be broadcast on a satellite channel in Iran as part of a campaign to promote understanding between Jews and Muslims and to fight Holocaust denial.Filmmaker Claude Lanzmann’s renowned nine-plus-hour film “Shoah” includes testimony from concentration-camp survivors and employees about the slaughter of millions of Jews in Europe during ...

Ephrata teacher finally shaves after bin Laden’s death

EPHRATA, Wash. – Ephrata Middle School teacher Gary Weddle vowed on September 11, 2001 to stop shaving until Osama bin Laden was caught.On Monday, after almost ten years, he finally shaved off his lengthy beard.KREM 2 News covered this story back in 2003, when he had not shaved for almost two years.At the time Weddle said, “Everyday I’m reminded that ...

Enrolment declines in U.S. Jewish day schools

The month of December brought some bad news for Jewish day school advocates. According to the Avi Chai Foundation, which tracks these things, day school enrollment saw a “modest decline” of about 1.4% in the 2011-12 school year, compared with the year before.The sharpest decline was reported among the Solomon Schechter schools of Conservative Judaism, which experienced a 3.8% drop, ...

Enough evidence to indict Lieberman

Police on Monday said they have sufficient evidence to recommend Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein indict Foreign Minister Avigdor Leiberman for breach of trust in connection to suspicions that he was passed classified information by a former Israeli diplomat about an ongoing fraud and embezzlement investigation against him. Israel Police Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told The Jerusalem Post Monday that “with the conclusion of the ...

England’s Jewish Population Rises to Some 284,000; up 1.3 % in Decade

England’s Jewish population has remained stable over the past decade, bolstered by Orthodox Jewry’s growth, according to an analysis of government data.Data released December 11 by Britain’s Office for National Statistics showed 263,346 Jews living in England and Wales, a figure that can be adjusted upward to approximately 284,000, according to an analysis by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research ...

Empire State Building to Shine Blue and White for Israel Parade

The Empire State Building in New York City will be lit up in blue and white in honor of the Israeli flag to mark the June 3 Israel Day Parade, as hundreds of thousands celebrate and take pride in the 64th anniversary of the modern State of Israel.More than 200 groups from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Israel will march down ...

Emmanuel, Israel – School Fined $1,350 a Day for Discriminating Against Sephardim

Emmanuel, Israel – The ultra-Orthodox network that runs the Beit Yaakov girls school in the West Bank settlement of Immanuel must pay NIS 5,000 for every day it continues to violate an August court order requiring it to eliminate any vestige of ethnic discrimination at the school, the High Court of Justice ruled Wednesday.Seventy-four girls, mostly of Ashkenazi origin, have ...

Emmanuel: ‘Hasidic girls’ to get own school

The Education Ministry officially announced Wednesday that it plans to approve the opening of an educational institution for girls in the haredi settlement of Emmanuel, which would not be funded by the State and would be used by students of the “Hasidic department”. In a statement to the court, submitted through the State Prosecutor’s Office, the Education Ministry noted that ...

Embattled city Controller John Liu’s top adviser Simcha Felder may join GOP to run for new Brooklyn district

A key member of beleaguered city Controller John Liu’s inner circle is looking to jump ship, the Daily News has learned.Deputy Controller Simcha Felder, his top Jewish aide, has met with Republican state Senate leaders to discuss running for a super “Jewish district” that is expected to be drawn up in Brooklyn, sources said.“This is a very serious option,” said ...

Embargo on Gaza is the Same as on Ramallah and Jenin

In announcing relaxed restrictions on humanitarian aid imports to Gaza, Defense Minister Ehud Barak emphasized that Israel’s partial embargo policy applies across the board. Restrictions on imports to Gaza are no different than those on items brought in to the Palestinian Authority areas of Judea and Samaria, he said.Read More: @ israelnationalnews.comReaders found more information by searching for:RAMALLAH UNDER EMBARGO (1)You might ...

Emanuel to rabbis: US ’screwed up’

The Obama administration has “screwed up the messaging” about its support for Israel over the past 14 months, and it will take “more than one month to make up for 14 months,” White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said on Thursday to a group of rabbis called together for a meeting in the White House. “During the elections there ...