Posted By Mike Rosenthal on May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Yesterday, Haredim from New York City and along the northeast US coast gathered in Mets Stadium to hear Rabbis speak about the internet.
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Haredim in New York Rail Against the Internet at Mets’ Stadium
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Wilders Demands Apology from Dutch Government over Holocaust Deportations
Posted By Mike Rosenthal on January 05, 2012 | Leave a Comment
This week, right-wing Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders asked the Dutch government to apologize for the WWII era government’s behavior towards Jews and their deportation to Nazi death camps in Germany and Poland.
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Ron Paul Banned from Republican Jewish Coalition Debate This Month
Posted By Mike Rosenthal on December 08, 2011 | 19 Comments
Last week it was announced that Rep. Ron Paul would not be invited to the Republican Jewish Coalition forum in which the presidential candidates would present their views and policies on various issues.
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Jewish Woman to Run for Seat in Moroccan Parliament
Posted By Mike Rosenthal on November 24, 2011 | 1 Comments
This week, Moroccan citizens will vote in one of the first open parliamentary elections in years. One of the 7,000 candidates running for office is a Jewish woman named Marie-Yvonne Kakon.
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WWII Jewish Partisans Honored in New York
Posted By Mike Rosenthal on November 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Last week, 53 Jewish partisans who fought against the Nazis in WWII were honored in a ceremony held in New York for their bravery and heroism.
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Jewish Community of Speyer to Rebuild Synagogues and Reclaim Past
Posted By Mike Rosenthal on November 09, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Jewish residents of Speyer, Germany – a city that has had a Jewish population since the 12th century - announced this week that it would be building a brand new synagogue that would be completed within the next few years.
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Greek Jewish Community Asks for Support From Abroad
Posted By Mike Rosenthal on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment
This week, the Greek Jewish community asked for aid from Jewish communities around the world so that synagogues and other services may continue to function.
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Uman Pilgrimage to Set Record Numbers
Posted By Mike Rosenthal on September 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The annual Rosh HaShana pilgrimage that Breslov Hassidim take to Uman, the city in which their Rebbe - Rabbi Nachman - is buried, is expected to reach record number this year, thanks to an agreement with the Ukranian government.
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War over Girl’s School Erupts in Beit Shemesh
Posted By Mike Rosenthal on September 08, 2011 | Leave a Comment
A war has broken out between the National-Religious and Haredi populations of the Sheinfeld neighborhood in Beit Shemesh and came to blows yesterday.
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Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan Renews Anti-Semitic Rhetoric
Posted By Mike Rosenthal on September 02, 2011 | Leave a Comment
After a health scare in 1999, committing to reconcile with the American Jewish community and a rather quiet decade, Louis Farrakhan has taken aim at the Jewish community and hostilities have renewed.
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