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Egypt asks for freeze on Mubarak assets

The prosecutor said in a statement he had asked the Foreign Ministry to use diplomatic channels to request a freeze on foreign assets and accounts held by Mubarak, his wife Suzanne and his two sons, Gamal and Alaa, together with their wives.Media reports suggested the former president’s wealth may total billions of dollars and some anti-Mubarak protesters accused him of ...

Egypt aided Israel’s assassination of top Gaza militant

Egypt assisted in the recent assassination of a high-ranking Gaza militant, Time Magazine reported on Thursday, saying Cairo was prompted to aid Israel as a result of its desire to damage Hezbollah’s efforts in the Sinai Peninsula.Mohammed Nimnim, 37, a senior member of the Army of Islam, an extremist group that kidnapped British reporter Alan Johnston in March 2007, was killed when his car exploded ...

Egged Bus Company Returns To Mea She’arim – With Police Aboard

Bus service was restored last week to Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim after a hiatus of nearly two years, in which there was no public transportation within the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood. The Egged bus cooperative had halted service due to ongoing sabotage and violence by a group of religious extremists known as the Sicarii; they threw rocks and bottles at passing buses and ...

Education Revolution as Haredi Exams Receive Ministry Recognition

For the first time the Education Ministry is set to recognize haredi seminary final exams as Bagrut matriculation exams in every way. This means that any young woman who graduates from the independent education system’s haredi seminaries to become integrated in higher education institutions.The decision is set to come into effect retroactively for any woman who has taken the exams ...

Eda Haredit to mark 100 weeks of Karta lot protests

Marking 100 weeks since the Jerusalem Municipality opened the Karta parking lot near the Jaffa Gate on Shabbat, the Eda Haredit group will hold a demonstration on Saturday to protest the desecration of the Jewish day of rest.Such rallies have been held regularly for two years, but unlike the average weekend demonstration of a few dozen young men, this week ...

Ed Miliband backs ‘fantastic’ faith schools

Ed Miliband, the new Labour leader, has given his support to faith schools, calling them “fantastic”.During an interview on Radio 5 Live this morning, he said: “Some faith schools – in fact many faith schools – do a fantastic job in our society and many of them also, people don’t often realise, take people from different backgrounds.Read More: @ thejc.comReaders found ...

eBay Sale of ‘Western Wall Stones’ Prompts Outcry in Jewish World

The rabbi of the Western Wall on Monday filed a police complaint about an Internet auction site selling stones from the holy site. Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz also warned that anyone buying the stones from eBay would receive a curse, not a blessing.The stones are being offered for $4.99 each, or $9.95 if shipped outside the United States. The seller says ...

eBay Sale of Western Wall Stones a Bunch of Gravel

Jerusalem police and the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA} have determined that the advertised sale of Western Wall stones on the eBay website earlier this year turned out to be only gravel at the holy site.The offer last February was removed by eBay after an uproar by Jews offended by the suggestion that the stones at the wall surrounding the Temple ...

Eating disorders a problem among haredim

Hilary Waller remembers begging her mother to let her fast on Yom Kippur. At 10 years old she was a bit too young, but embracing the rigid discipline seemed desperately important.“It felt like I was practicing not eating. It was something that was reassuring and gave me strength and a sense of pride,” said Waller, a 28-year-old teacher at a ...

East Ramapo removes Oustatcher as schools chief, names Klein as interim

The East Ramapo Board of Education on Thursday removed Ira Oustatcher as superintendent of schools and appointed Director of Special Student Services Joel Klein as interim superintendent. Klein, who began work with East Ramapo in July at a salary of $144,000, received a retroactive salary increase to $168,000 for his eight months as head of special student services. As interim ...

East J’lem building approved

The Jerusalem building and planning committee on Monday approved plans for 32 new housing units in the northeast Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Ze’ev. Kobi Kahalon, chairman of the building and planning committee, had postponed a hearing on the building plan set for last week, so that it would not coincide with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House.Read ...

Dutch King Inaugural Tuesday, Queen to Leave on Yom Kippur

Dutch Queen Beatrix, who will be succeeded on Tuesday, April 30, by her son, the new King Willem Alexander, will take official leave from Dutch citizens on September 14, which falls out on Yom Kippur this year.The program, organized by a national committee, states that the event is meant “to give all Dutchmen as a collective” the opportunity to thank the ...