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Tefillin sparks bomb scare in NZ

A religious Israeli tourist sparked a bomb scare on a New Zealand ferry when he strapped boxes to himself as part of a Jewish prayer ritual, reports said Monday.It said the incident Sunday occurred when the man began carrying out a Jewish ritual where small leather boxes called tefillin, containing religious verses, are strapped to the arm and forehead.Armed counter-terrorism ...

Tape proves Shin Bet tried to coerce me to commit murder

New recordings released Thursday claim to prove that Chaim Pearlman, a right-wing Israeli extremist arrested Tuesday over the murder of four Palestinians, was encouraged by an alleged Shin Bet agent to commit violent acts, including the assassination of Sheik Ra’ad Salah, the head of the Islamic Movement in Israel.Read More: @ haaretz.comYou might also like:Supreme Court rebukes Shin Bet for ‘isolating’ alleged Jewish terroristsCourt ...

Talmudic Study Cycle Celebration Aug. 5 at Binyanei Ha’Uma

Thousands of families — men, women and children — will join together on August 5 to celebrate the culmination of a cycle of study of the Talmud, known as the Siyum HaShas – Judaism’s Oral Law and its commentaries — at the Jerusalem Convention Center (Binyanei Ha’Uma).The event, called a “Siyum HaShas,” takes place once every seven and a half ...

Talmud Study now Mandatory in South Korea

Close to 50 million people live in South Korea, and everyone learns Gemara (Talmud) in school. “We tried to understand why the Jews are geniuses, and we came to the conclusion that it is because they study Talmud,” said the Korean ambassador to Israel. And this is how “Rav Papa” became a more well known scholar in Korea than in ...

Talmud Study Cycle Celebrations Begin!

The observant Jewish community was filled with excitement as Talmud study celebrations opened in Israel and around the world.The events, called “Siyum HaShas” take place once every seven and a half years and mark the completion of a cycle of Torah study of the Babylonian Talmud called the Daf Yomi, the study of two sides of a page of Talmud per ...

Talking To The Wall

It is a highlight and a centerpiece of any visit to Israel. When I miss it I feel a profound void and emptiness about not taking advantage of being so close. I hear it from friends and I see it on the faces of strangers as I scour and pan the Kotel area on any given morning or evening. Just ...

Taliban hang 7-year-old boy accused of being a spy, suicide bomber kills 40 at Afghanistan wedding

Twisted Taliban militants took terror to a new low by accusing a 7-year-old boy of spying – and hanging him high.That outrage drew immediate condemnation from the Afghan president, who called the execution a “crime against humanity.”Read more: @ nydailynews.comReaders found more information by searching for:spy suicide (1)taliban jewish mothers (1)You might also like:Karzai Slams the West AgainU.N. to remove Taliban from blacklistTaliban ...

‘Talansky celebrated Sharon stroke: The country’s mine!’

David Friedland, a business partner of Morris Talansky, said in court on Tuesday for former prime minister Ehud Olmert’s corruption trial that Talansky celebrated when former prime minister Ariel Sharon fell into a coma. “I bet on the right guy,” Friedland claimed Talansky said, when Olmert replaced Sharon. “The country is mine.”Talansky, an New York businessman, has testified that he ...

Take Away my iPad, Please! And Give Me a Quiet Shabbat

For the gadget-toting Jew, a recent announcement from the Conservative movement about new Sabbath guidelines on the ban on electronics might sound like a flight attendant’s canned directive before takeoff: no cell phones, smart phones, digital cameras or even e-readers.But beyond the traditional halakhic reasons for pressing the “off button” on the Sabbath — the Torah’s ban on “work” reinterpreted ...

Taglit Holds its First Start-Up Nation Tour

Taglit-Birthright Israel launched its first special “Start-Up Nation” group this month after a successful pilot program last year.The program is named for the popular book “Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle” and included a talk by Saul Singer, one of the book’s authors, visits to various Israeli hi-tech start-ups in Herzliya and Tel Aviv, meetings with Israeli venture ...

T-Shirt of the Week: Jersey Shore Edition

I’ve been digging through Cafepress and other interwebby places searching for decent Jewy t-shirts for over six years now, and I promise you, I’ve seen ‘em all. but for you dahlinks, I post only the best.Most of them are painfully silly (if I come across “Don’t Worry, Be Jewish” one more time I’ma gonna gag) and occasionally downright offensive, but ...

Syrian ship carrying aid for Gaza docks in Egypt

A Syrian ship carrying aid to be delivered to the Gaza Strip docked in the Egyptian port of El-Arish early Monday morning, Israel Radio reported. The ship reportedly contains 650 tons of food and medical supplies that will be unloaded at El-Arish and delivered to the Gaza Strip via land.In mid-July, a Libyan-sponsored aid ship also docked in El-Arish with ...