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New provocative photos of IDF soldiers on Facebook

Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence has posted a new set of photos of soldiers posing in Gazan homes during Operation Cast Lead. The pictures appeared Sunday on the Facebook social networking site, two months after reserve soldier Eden Abergil made headlines posting similar photos.The album, titled “Cast Lead,” features three photos. The first shows an IDF soldier pointing a gun at a ...

New Program to Combat Anti-Semitism

A new international information center for combating anti-Semitism will be established at Bar-Ilan University, University President Prof. Moshe Kaveh announced recently during an international conference against anti-Semitism.“We have already started raising the tens of millions of dollars needed to set up and operate the center, which will be part of Bar-Ilan’s School of Communication,” Kaveh said.The conference was organized in ...

New Orleans runs $5m anti-British campaign – paid for by BP

The B in BP may no longer mean British, but tell that to New Orleans. The city is using a $5m cheque from the company to launch what might be seen as only a slightly tongue-in-cheek anti-British campaign, aimed at luring tourists who might be discouraged by the approaching oil spill.New Orleans is using BP’s money to launch a series ...

New Orleans Jews Prepare for Powerless Shabbat with Isaac

Of all the unknowns being discussed as Hurricane Isaac approached New Orleans, members of Congregation Shir Chadash knew one thing for certain.“Nobody wanted to be the person that said, ‘Oh let’s not move the Torahs this time,’” said Rabbi Ethan Linden. “We sort of went into our hurricane action mode and did the best we could.”One of the iconic photographs ...

New MRI System May mean the End of Autopsies in Israel

Autopsies, long a problematic and divisive issue for many religious Jews, could become a thing of the past in Israel. A new MRI device that can accurately determine cause of death without autopsies was inaugurated Tuesday afternoon at Assaf Harofeh Hospital.The systems are in use in several places abroad, and allows doctors to conduct a “virtual autopsy,” viewing the inside ...

New Leaders Take Reins of ‘Yated Ne’eman’

Recent upheavals at the influential haredi newspaper Yated Ne’eman, official mouthpiece of the Degel Hatorah faction of the ultra-Orthodox community, appear to have been consolidated with new management taking control of the paper.Although the old management team took legal steps to prevent their ouster, haredi public opinion and the rabbinic leadership seems to be shoring up the new administration.Ten days ...

New Kosher Supermarket Opens in Moscow

One of the largest Israeli retailers, “Co-op,” will soon be opening in Russia. The company intends to open its first major kosher food supermarket in Moscow by the end of 2011. If the Moscow store is successful, the company intends to open a similar store in S. Petersburg.The Moscow Co-op supermarket will sell on kosher products, some of which will ...

New: ‘Kosher’ preventive driving course

The Transportation Ministry has opened segregated preventive driving courses for ultra-Orthodox men wishing to avoid studying alongside women.Ynet has learned that the initiative was launched following requests received from some parts of the haredi public. According to a source in the ministry, a haredi person not interested in taking a mixed course may study in a segregated classroom.“We accepted their ...

New Knesset caucus aims to ease way toward conversion

The Conversion Caucus was launched at the Knesset on Wednesday, to unite parliamentary and NGO forces and help “prevent the big tragedy here” of the nascent society of Israelis who are neither Jewish, nor Christian nor Muslim, but rather FSU immigrants with Jewish origins though not Jews according to Halacha, as caucus head MK Nachman Shai said.Read More: @ jpost.comReaders found ...

New Jersey Prisons Agree to Allow Menorah Lighting

For the first time, Jewish inmates at state prisons in New Jersey will be allowed to participate in Hanukka menora-lighting ceremonies behind bars.The agreement, carefully worked out by the Department for Corrections, top advisors to Gov. Chris Christie, and leaders of the state’s Jewish community, was reached Monday during a 45-minute meeting in a conference room at the governor’s office ...

New JCM Exhibits Will Immerse Children in Story

Enter one of four vibrantly colored canvas entrances, and you’ll immediately find yourself at ease in Abraham and Sarah’s cozy tent. Come March 2012, more than 1 million expected visitors will feel the same way when they get up close to “The Ancient Story of a Modern People,” the brand new fourth floor addition to Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Jewish Children Museum.Chabad-Lubavitch ...

New hit on haredi street: Wig leasing

An Israeli wig chain has realized that the war on haredi women’s pockets passes through their head. That chain recently launched a new campaign for the sector’s women: Wig leasing.Iris Elkayam, marketing manager at Galit Italia, explains: “From now on, just like with a car, a woman will be able to pick up a new through the leasing method and ...