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A U.S. federal appeal court ruled that a Jewish man incarcerated in Texas must receive kosher meals in prison in a case revolving around the 2000 Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, which forbids the government from restricting religious rights of institutionalized individuals. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled that […]

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In categorically describing the new New York Yankee Kevin Youkilis as “Jewish” without going into the specifics of his family background, you are doing your readers a disservice (“Yanks Now Eight Shy Of A Minyan,” Dec. 21). A recent article in The New York Times, in contrast, traces Youkilis’ paternal Jewish roots back several generations […]

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday projected that Israel’s Arab population will match its Jewish population by 2016 and surpass it by 2020. Year-end Israeli population data for 2012 said that 6 million Jews live in the country, compared with the 5.8 million Arabs the Palestinian bureau said live in Israel, the West […]

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