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Noach Flug, champion of Israeli Holocaust survivors, dies at 86

Noach Flug, a tireless advocate for the rights of Holocaust survivors, has died in Jerusalem. He was 86.The Center of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel said Flug died Thursday morning at Shaare Zedek Hospital.Flug “worked day and night in Israel and around the world for the good of his fellow survivors,” center spokesman Uri Arazi said. “He was a ...

No yarmulkes allowed in Jordan

It has been a while since Israelis entering Jordan were first required to deposit items of a Jewish-religious nature in order to cross the border for “security reasons.” Most recently, Israelis have been asked to removes their yarmulkes.An Israeli businessman who visits Jordan often was amazed when he was asked to leave his yarmulkes in a safe on his most ...

No school for 180 Sephardic girls

The 2011-2012 school year will open in four months, but it seems racial discrimination is already raising its ugly head: Ynet has learned that nearly 200 haredi girls in Jerusalem have yet to be admitted into educational institutions in the city, although registration has already ended.The students, most of them of Sephardic descent, make up 7% of the city’s ultra-Orthodox ...

‘No porn or prostitution’: Islamic extremists set up Sharia law controlled zones in British cities

Islamic extremists have launched a poster campaign across the UK proclaiming areas where Sharia law enforcement zones have been set up.Communities have been bombarded with the posters, which read: ‘You are entering a Sharia-controlled zone – Islamic rules enforced.’The bright yellow messages daubed on bus stops and street lamps have already been seen across certain boroughs in London and order ...

No Oscar for Israel, but French Jews triumph in ‘The Artist’

Despite the brief groan of disappointment that swept through the crowd of some 200 Israelis gathered at a Westside hotel Sunday night, when they heard Israeli film “Footnote” had missed out on an Oscar, Jewish pride was somewhat salvaged by the end of the night. The impressive triumph of “The Artist,” a black-and-white homage to Hollywood’s silent film era, directed ...

No men in next gynecology conference

After being criticized for the absence of female lecturers from its annual gynecology conference, the Puah Institute decided Monday to hold another gynecology conference, this time exclusively for women.The event will be held in about half a year. The institute, which works with Jewish couples with fertility problems according to Jewish Law, clarified that it would be an inseparable part ...

No Indictment Against King’s Torah Authors

Nearly a year after police launched an investigation into the publication of the King’s Torah, a book that stated that it was permissible to kill non-Jews when their presence in Israel endangers Jews, Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein decided to close the criminal case against the authors and its supporters “due to lack of sufficient evidence as required in criminal law.”The ...

No flights until 7am: UK airport terminals deserted after giant volcanic ash cloud turns Britain into a no-fly zone

Britain’s airports were deserted this afternoon after an unprecedented airspace lockdown sparked by a deadly cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano.With no flights in or out of the UK until at least 7am tomorrow, millions of passengers now face a weekend of chaos.More than 500,000 passengers a day fly in and out of Britain on around 5,300 flights. Experts ...

No BlackBerrys Says Belzer Rebbe

At a gathering at the Belzer Beis Medrash in Yerushalayim in honor of the start of the summer z’man, the Belzer Rebbe described BlackBerrys as an “instrument of contamination” that should be avoided at all costs.Likening the evils of the smart phone to the impurity that existed in biblical Egypt, the Rebbe told thousands of Chasidim that while there are ...

NJ Shluchim Distribute 100′s of Self Heating Meals

Last night volunteers from the Rabbinical College of America – Chabad Headquarters of New Jersey together with its relatively new division “Rutgers Jewish Outreach” headed into the evacuated and powerless city of New Brunswick to hand out free self heating Kosher meals to all the students stuck without electricity or food, they visited the University shelters where all the students ...

NIS 4,000 fine over driver’s license

Beer Hatorah Yeshiva has decided to take back students who were expelled after secretly getting driver’s licenses, as long as they deposit a check of NIS 4,000 (about $1,058) and promise not to drive.The students’ driver’s licenses will not be revoked, but should any of them be caught driving – the yeshiva will cash the check as a fine.About three ...

‘Next generation’ of European Jewish leaders in Israel

The Ministry of Information and the Diaspora, in conjunction with Jewish educational organization World ORT, has brought a group of 32 Jewish teenagers from across Europe to Israel for a three-week youth leadership program aimed at fostering leadership skills and reinforcing communities across the continent.The group, consisting of 15-17- year-olds from western and eastern Europe, Scandinavia and the Balkans, arrived ...