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London Anti-Lieberman Protest Boomerangs on the Left

What JStreet is to American Jews, Yachad is to the U.K. Jewish community – a group that purports to support Israel, even though it is a harsh critic of the “occupation” and the right wing polices of the government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. But Yachad is no supporter of Israel, says Ari Soffer of BicPac, the British Israel Coalition ...

London 2012 logo spells ‘Zion’, claims Iran as it threatens to pull out of Olympics

Nobody was ever too taken with the jagged design of the London 2012 logo. But not even the most one-eyed critic had thought it spelled the word ‘Zion”.That, though, was the accusation made yesterday by Iran’s Olympic Committee, who threatened to boycott next year’s Games in protest at the supposed use of the biblical term for Israel’s capital, Jerusalem.The Iranians ...

Livni named one of 150 ‘women who shake the world’

Opposition leader Tzipi Livni is one of the top 150 “women who shake the world,” according to a list compiled by Newsweek and the website Daily Beast in honor of the “Women in the World” conference taking place this week in New York.The magazine praised Livni as a leading advocate of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a former ...

Living in ultra-Orthodox closet

This wasn’t the first time he had tried. At first, he filled the bathtub with water and tried to drown himself. Later, he thought of entering the sea and never coming out, filling his lungs with water and sinking into eternal rest. But every single time, he thought of his children, who would be left fatherless. “I am suffering,” he ...

Liverpool to Spend $100,000 to Save 77-Year-Old Synagogue

The city of Liverpool will spend $100,000 to save a 77-year-old synagogue even though it isn’t in use any more.The Greenbank Synagogue in South Liverpool, which was built in 1936, was listed as being “at risk” in 2010, three years after the area’s Jewish community stopped using it, the Liverpool Echo reported. But the British city hopes to secure its ...

Lincoln Tunnel smashup: Motorcycle slams into 3 buses, dozens hurt, commute snarled

A chain-reaction wreck involving a motorcycle and three buses in the Lincoln Tunnel injured 53 people and snarled the Thursday morning commute.The motorcyclist was critically injured when he was sandwiched between two of the buses, an NYPD source said.The wreck happened in the Manhattan-bound lanes of the tunnel’s center tube shortly before 7:30 a.m., a Port Authority spokeswoman said.Read More: @ ...

Likud MK Denounces Temple Mount ‘Infringement’

Likud MK Tzipi Hotovely launched a fierce attack against the Jerusalem police on Wednesday, accusing them of unilaterally tightening regulations against Jews who want to go up to the Temple Mount.Israeli authorities forbid Jews and other non-Muslims from praying out loud on the Temple Mount because of tensions it may cause.Supervisors from the Jordanian Wakf accompany visiting groups to ensure that they do not pray or ...

Lieberman changes policy, invites European diplomats to Gaza

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has invited his Italian counterpart Franco Frattini to head a delegation of European diplomats to the Gaza Strip, Channel Two news reported Thursday. This proposal marks a striking shift in Israeli policy, which has been to discourage and even prevent foreign officials from visiting the Palestinian territory since Hamas violently wrestled control over Gaza in 2007.Read ...

Libyan Jews abroad deeply ambivalent about uprising

The leader of a Jewish Libyan Diaspora group warned on Monday that the death toll in the North African country may be much higher than reported.“I’m in touch with people in Benghazi especially, and the situation is worse than appears in the press and on TV,” Raphael Luzon, the chairman of the Jewish Libyan Diaspora in the UK, told The ...

Levi Leviev Sells Famous Manhattan Skyscaper

One of New York City’s most recognizable buildings has been sold by Chabad magnate Levi Leviev’s Africa Israel Investments for $165 million.Following the sale, the company announced its $86.3 million take from the transaction would come after payment of over $68 million worth of debt on the building, and fees associated with the deal.Africa Israel Investments bought the building for ...

Levi Aron Charged With 2 Counts Of First-Degree Murder In Leiby Kletzky Case

A grand jury has indicted Levi Aron and charged him with two counts of first-degree murder in the case of Leiby Kletzky, the Brooklyn boy whose remains were found last Wednesday.Aron faces up to life in prison without possibility of parole if convicted, Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes announced early Wednesday evening. Aron’s arraignment is scheduled for July 28.The eight-count indictment also ...

Letting the Holocaust change our world

Is it a mistake to frame learning about the Holocaust in terms of changing perspective?Many arguments to increase the level of Holocaust education offered in American schools premise their conclusions on the notion that learning of the Holocaust ought to be a life-changing experience.Read More: @ haaretz.comReaders found more information by searching for:The Holocaust in our world (1)You might also like:Number of ...