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100-Year-Old Man Among 2012′s Olim

“I’m only sorry I didn’t come to Israel earlier on, but better late than never,” says Moises Lederman, a retired businessman who made aliyah earlier this year at the age of 100.“For me this is a dream come true,” he says.Lederman, the oldest person to immigrate to the Jewish state over the course of 2012, was among nearly 18,000 who ...

100-Year-Old Hadassah Convention in Jerusalem

Two thousand Hadassah members from around the world are arriving in Israel to celebrate the organization’s centennial and will stage a festive parade through Jerusalem on Tuesday, followed by the dedication of the new Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower, a 19-story state-of-the-art medical facility at the Hadassah Medical Center at Ein Kerem.Hadassah’s highest award, the Henrietta Szold Prize named after ...

1 in 9 Jews Gets Married Abroad

A total of 12,653 Israelis, mostly Jewish, got married in another country in 2010, according to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Not all cases were civil marriages.In Israel, 35,887 Jewish couples got married in 2010.The figures show that in 2010, the Interior Ministry was informed of 9,262 marriage ceremonies held abroad, in which at least one ...

1 in 6 US Jews Seeks Expression Outside of Shul

Some 1 million American Jews — or one in 6 — are actively seeking Jewish expression and engagement outside of synagogue life, according to a new study.The results of a study released by the Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring break down the notion that American Jews either are affiliated with synagogues or have a Jewish identity that revolves around Jewish humor and ...

‘We’ll strike Israel if attacked’

Iran will strike Israel if its and its Western allies attacked Iran, a top official with the Islamic republic’s elite Revolutionary Guard reiterated on Tuesday.“The enemies know if they fire a missile toward Iran, the dust from explosions by Iranian missiles will rise in Tel Aviv” even as “their missile is still in the air,” Mojtaba Zolnour was quoted as ...

New Square Taking A New Approach In Enabling Girls Camp To Reopen

The Hasidic group involved in a standoff with authorities last summer over occupying the former Homowack Lodge in Sullivan County is renovating portions of the resort and attempting to get permits to run a girl’s camp.Last summer, the camp occupied the sprawling grounds in Summitville without a permit and faced off in court with the state Department of Health and ...

Chabad-Lubavitch emissary’s Budapest house stoned during Passover Seder

Chabad Lubavitch emissary in Budapest, Hungary, was targeted in an anti-Semitic incident Tuesday night during the second Pessach seder, the ritual feast that marks the Jewish holiday of Passover.Rabbi Shmuel Raskin, director of the Keren-Or Chabad-Lubavitch Israeli Center, said that about 50 people had gathered in his home when at around 11 pm, just as the festive dinner was drawing ...

Estonian Jews Honor Victims of Moscow Terror Attacks

Chief Rabbi of Estonia Shmuel Kot said that he and his mourned the tragedy that took place in Moscow. “All Jews coming to the Tallinn Synagogue will pray for the victims of these acts of terrorists. Jews living in today’s world do not remember what slavery in Egypt was like,” he commented. “But there are forces that seek, through terrorism, ...

Obama Limits When U.S. Would Use Nuclear Arms

WASHINGTON — President Obama said Monday that he was revamping American nuclear strategy to substantially narrow the conditions under which the United States would use nuclear weapons.But the president said in an interview that he was carving out an exception for “outliers like Iran and North Korea” that have violated or renounced the main treaty to halt nuclear proliferation.Discussing his ...

Karzai Slams the West Again

KABUL, Afghanistan—President Hamid Karzai lashed out at his Western backers for the second time in three days, accusing the U.S. of interfering in Afghan affairs and saying the Taliban insurgency would become a legitimate resistance movement if the meddling doesn’t stop.Mr. Karzai, whose government is propped up by billions of dollars in Western aid and nearly 100,000 American troops fighting ...

California Community Celebrates a New Foundation

Members of the greater Conejo Valley Jewish community in Southern California gathered at a construction site on an Agoura Hills side street to celebrate the laying of the new home of Chabad-Lubavitch of the Conejo’s foundation, sealing the names of 104 supporters in a time-capsule within the structure’s cement core.While groundbreaking ceremonies are a bit more commonplace, Rabbi Moshe Bryski, ...

Peres: Israel should ‘pay any price’ for Gilad Shalit

President Shimon Peres said Sunday that Israel should pay any price for the release of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, Army Radio reported.“We must continue to act and do everything we can, pay any price, for Gilad’s release,” Peres told Army Radio following his meeting with Shas’ Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.Peres said that Israel was still waiting to hear ...