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- Canada's opposition Liberal Party is crying foul after the ruling Conservatives mailed out flyers extolling themselves as stronger supporters of Israel.
- Israel arrested five Palestinian Authority intelligence officers in the West Bank.
- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel is conducting secret negotiations with Hamas.
- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was welcomed Thursday in Brazil by a state governor who is Jewish.
- Prominent South African Jewish leader and philanthropist Mendel Kaplan has died at the age of 73.
- Canadian Liberals object after Conservatives say they’re stronger Israel backers
- Israel arrests five P.A. officers
- Abbas: Israel talking to Hamas
- Abbas welcomed by Jewish pol in Brazil
- South African Jewish leader Mendel Kaplan dies
- Israel will send ship to NATO anti-terror force
- Obama: New Iran sanctions coming within weeks
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- Female Orthodox scholars helping women talk about sex
- Obama half-brother has Jewish roots
- Lieberman: Fort Hood could be terror attack
- J Street confab shows generational divide on Israel
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- Rubashkin convicted on 86 charges
- Obama shifts to Israel’s corner, but tries not to show it
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Posted in: Jewish Agency/MASA change course on ad
09/08/09 05:29 PM
David Schimel has it right. This was a message, in Hebrew, for an Israeli audience. Very few words in Hebrew have exact English equivalents, and commonly used expressions in Israel have little or no significance in America, even among those who know Hebrew. This is not unique to Hebrew. Any message like this should be viewed, and understood, from the perspective of the intended target market.
Posted in: On halacha and gay marriage
08/26/09 01:54 PM
Rabbi, You will have to decide what trump card you play. Torah or CA State Law. Jewish life is full of these issues: Ordination of women rabbis; who wears tallit , kippah,or tfillin; which of the 613 mitzvhah you'll keep; would you marry a reformed Jew to an Orthodox Jew. The Torah isn't a document of convenience, to pick and choose which items you find difficult to reconcile with secular life. Hashem didn't say "Let me make all decisions easy for you." You were at sinai, you made the committment to obey, before you knew what it was going to cost. This wouldn't be a problem for you if you truely felt that you were in exile, truely yearning with all your heart and soul to be re-united with all Yisroel ready to receive the comming of moshiach. Instead you have become an American, who happens to be Jewish as opposed to a Jew who happens to live in America. However, I am in the same boat--although not a Rabbi. Here's how I resolve the issue. I support civil marriage, as an American right under the equal protection clause of the Constitution, for all Americans, regardless of gender. But I don't want the government interferring with my religion. And, my rabbi must follow Torah with 100% conviction. If you cannot separate your Jewish life from your American life, then you will never have a resolution of your issue. Anyway, that's my opinion. David Talbot Mesa, Arizona
Posted in: Livni: Israeli Arabs can move to Palestine
12/11/08 02:00 PM
All the non-Jewish citizens of Israel need to do is take a page from the Black-Hispanic playbook and peacefully have large families. In 2 generations, with the cooperation (child bearing habits) of the non-Jewish (secular)Jews, they will have a legal voting majority, and the State of Israel will no longer exist as we know it.
Posted in: Unchecked settler violence prompts fears of intifada
12/09/08 01:50 PM
Jews defacing Muslim graves? Just the thought makes me sick. No longer can we point to others as uncivilized, we are now them....... David
Posted in: Arab-American group blasts Emanuel's dad
11/12/08 04:29 PM
His father's comments had nothing to do with whether he is a Jew or an Arab. It is a statement that could have been said this way: Why do you think he was asked to join the cabinet, just to be a token Jew? And why shouldn't his father be proud that his son might have a pro-israeli influence on the new prez? Last, anyone who knows anything about Emanuel, knows that he'll be fair and balanced---but very tough. Exactly what the White house Chief of Staff needs to be. I voted for McCain
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