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Kabbalah Centre Said to Be Subject of Grand Jury Investigation

Madonna’s “religion” and the main object of her charity giving, the Kabbalah Centre, is being investigated by the IRS. Sources tell me that a federal grand jury has been convened to ask questions about the organization. I’ve personally spoken to two people who were served subpoenas from the grand jury, being held at the U.S. District Court in the Southern ...

Kabbala Of Selfishness: How Humble Can We Be?

Moved by a powerful sense of humility and self abnegation, two spiritually accomplished mystics were observed rolling on the floor while repeatedly affirming their sense of nothingness.The true extent of their humility was not quite known however, until to their chagrin, a third individual of far lesser spiritual status decided to join them. With rolling eyes, one mystic was overheard ...

Jury Hears Taped Rants of Alleged Bomb Plotter in Bronx Synagogue Case

The alleged ringleader in a plot to blow up a Bronx synagogue ranted about wanting to kill Jewish people and about his frustration with Muslims being killed by U.S. soldiers overseas in a tape played for jurors in a New York court Monday.James Cromitie was secretly recorded by Shahed Hussain, a paid government informant, over several months in 2008 and ...

Jupiter Children Make Their Own Shofars

Chabad of Jupiter, Florida created a Shofar Factory in Abacoa’s Town Center for kids and families to make ram’s horns—shofars—and take them home for the upcoming Jewish New Year holidays, which begin at sundown on Sept. 16, when Jews worldwide blow a ram’s horn to evoke the start of the Jewish calendar.At the event, students made, drilled, carved and sanded ...

Judge rejects Demjanjuk plea to suspend trial over new FBI file

A German court has rejected a defense request to suspend John Demjanjuk’s trial over a declassified FBI report that cast doubt on the authenticity of key evidence.The 1985 FBI file shows the agency believed a Nazi ID card purportedly showing Demjanjuk served as a death camp guard was fake. A defense attorney sought a postponement so he could examine the ...

Judge Orders Demjanjuk to Appear in Court

A Judge has for the first time ordered an ill John Demjanjuk to appear in court for his trial over allegations that he was a guard at the Nazis’ Sobibor death camp. Health issues caused the cancellation of previous sessions. Two sessions last week were called off but Demjanjuk appeared Thursday at the Munich state court. Judge Ralph Alt said ...

Judge Dismisses ACLU’s ‘Kick A Jew Day’ Lawsuit

A two-year battle for Collier County school records detailing a “Kick a Jew Day” incident at North Naples Middle School in 2009 came to an end this week, after a judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the ACLU.Collier Circuit Judge Hugh Hayes dismissed a lawsuit filed in April by the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, which sought all records ...

Judge denies new trial for Rubashkin

A judge has denied a motion for a new trial for a former kosher meatpacking plant executive convicted of financial fraud following an immigration raid on the Iowa plant.Chief U.S. District Court Judge Linda Reade issued her ruling Wednesday, rejecting Sholom Rubashkin’s motion for a new trial.Rubashkin was convicted on 86 federal financial fraud charges in 2009 and was sentenced ...

JStreet Cheers Hagel Confirmation

The radically leftist JStreet lobby welcomed the confirmation of former Sen. Chuck Hagel as incoming U.S. Secretary of Defense.“Chuck Hagel will add a powerful voice to those of us who believe that a two-state solution is not just fundamental to Israel if it is to remain both Jewish and democratic, but fundamental also to America if we are to succeed ...

‘Joseph the Righteous’ Unites Jews at Shechem

A crowd of 2,000 people, from all stripes of Israeli society, prayed at Joseph’s Tomb (Kever Yosef) Monday night on the eve of the new month of Shevat, which begins Tuesday night.Jews who do not define themselves as religious joined national and hareidi religious Jews, along with rabbis and leaders of the Samaria (Shomron) Regional Council, which has campaigned to ...

Jordan king: Mideast turmoil shouldn’t thwart Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts

The recent turmoil in the Middle East shouldn’t prevent the United States from pushing ahead with its efforts to bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table, Jordan’s King Abdullah II said on Monday.“The current changes in the Middle East should not hinder our determination to reactivate the peace process,” the monarch told a visiting delegation of U.S. ...

Jordan: Haredi Clothing Provocative

The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Jordan is requiring local travel agencies to inform Israeli travel agencies of several conditions for Israelis’ visits to the kingdom.The Jordanian ministry has issued an unofficial warning advising Israeli tourists not to wear religious clothing or conduct religious ceremonies in public places during their stay in the country.According to the instruction, part of ...