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50 years later, new data surfaces about Eichmann trial

The prosecuting attorney in the trial of Adolf Eichmann, retired Supreme Court justice Gabriel Bach, said on Monday that a psychiatric evaluation conducted on the Nazi leader following his capture in 1960 suggested that the man responsible for the deaths of millions during the Holocaust had ambivalent sexual tendencies.That and other information about the case was revealed in a special ...

5.4 earthquake hits Borrego Springs

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit the Borrego Spring area at 4:53 p.m., shaking all of San Diego County. The quake began 7.3 miles deep and follows a series of smaller quakes in that area in recent weeks. Seismologists initially listed the quake at 5.9 but quickly downgraded it. USGS said that today’s earthquake was not an aftershock to to 7.2 ...

45 Injured In PATH Train Accident In Hoboken

A PATH train pulling into the train station in Hoboken crashed resulting in dozens of minor injuries, according to Hoboken police.An apparent mechanical failure caused the accident, which occurred before 9 a.m., police said.The Hoboken train terminal is closed to the public and surrounded by ambulances and police vehicles.PATH train service is currently suspended, according to a Port Authority official. ...

40,000 throng Western Wall Plaza for Birkat Hakohanim

Some 40,000 Jewish worshipers thronged the Western Wall Plaza Sunday to take part in the bi-annual Priestly Blessing, which usually occurs on the second intermediate days of Sukkot and Pesach.The blessing, known in Hebrew as the Birkat Hakohanim, is a public gathering in which the Kohanim – the priestly class – bestow upon the Jewish people a three-fold blessing that ...

4,000 Chabad emissaries flock to Brooklyn

Thousands of Chabad emissaries from around the world began arriving in New York on Thursday for the annual meeting of the hassidic movement’s global outreach program.Some 4,000 people are expected to take part in the four-day conference, which this year overlaps with another big Jewish event, the Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly in New Orleans.Read More: @ yiddishnayes.comReaders found ...

400 Jews Gather for Learning Festival in Moldova

Over 400 young Jews from Moldova and the southern region of Ukraine came together in the city of Chisinau for the first Limmud FSU (former Soviet Union) Conference in Moldova last week.Limmud FSU is a festival of Jewish learning featuring a packed program of lectures, workshops, round-table discussions, music and a wide-range of cultural events.The conference included over 40 lectures, ...

4 Hasidic Jews protest repeal of ban on gay troops at West Point

Braving the cold weather, four men from the Hasidic Jewish community in Monsey picketed Monday afternoon just outside of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to protest gays serving openly in the military.Solomon Diamant, one of the protesters, said they were appalled by the Senate vote that ended the 17-year-old “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. “Only God can establish ...

30% of haredim: Katsav innocent

The religious and ultra-Orthodox public believes – more than the secular and traditional public – that former President Moshe Katsav, who was convicted of two counts of rape, is innocent. This, according to a Ynet and Yesodot Center for Torah and Democracy survey following a rabbis’ letter of support for Katsav.The survey was conducted by the Panels institute among 501 ...

3 Girls Dominate ‘Pirkei Avot Championship’

Three female junior high students dominated the first-ever national “Pirkei Avot Championship,” held in Jerusalem on Sunday to test students’ knowledge of the collection of mishnaic rabbinical commentary also known as Ethics of the Fathers.Sunday’s big winner was Eden David of Bat Yam’s Makif Ramot school, who told The Jerusalem Post that she didn’t expect to win but was “confident ...

2nd Star of David ‘uncovered’ in Tehran

Iranian authorities once again ‘hit’ by past friendly relations with Israel : Images published Saturday by Iranian media outlets show a Star of David on the roof of the main national airline’s building at the Tehran airport.The satellite image was taken from the Google Earth service. According to the Iranian report, the Iran Air building was “built by Israeli engineers,” who operated in the ...

$2M help needy Jews mark Passover

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ), headed by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, has provided $2 million to help as many as 200,000 needy Jewish people throughout Israeland the former Soviet Union receive packages of food for theirPassover celebrations.Unfortunately, in Israel today one in three children lives below the poverty line, and there are thousands more families in the former Soviet Union ...

25 hurt in Jerusalem bombing

Terror in capital: At least 25 people were hurt Wednesday afternoon after an explosive device was detonated in a phone booth near the Jerusalem Convention Center.One person sustained grave wounds in the explosion and three others were seriously hurt. Five other victims were moderately wounded and the rest sustained light injuries.Most victims are young, aged 15-30, said Shaare Zedek Medical ...