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Kerry: Legalizing settlement outposts not constructive
A bid by the Israeli government to legalize four West Bank settlement outposts is neither “appropriate” nor “constructive” but should not prevent the resumption of peace talks,...
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Conyers condemns Farrakhan diatribe
Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) condemned an anti-Semitic speech Louis Farrakhan delivered at an event Conyers attended. ...
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NYT ❤ ‘Fill the Void’
The New York Times can’t get enough of “Fill the Void,” the no-longer-new film by haredi Orthodox director Rama Burshtein. The paper has run nearly half a dozen stories featuring the...
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Canadian Jewish News ‘rescuer’ gone from post
The man tasked with rescuing the Canadian Jewish News is no longer in his post. ...
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Taking Weiner seriously
Now that Anthony Weiner has inserted himself into the New York City mayoral race, the jokes about his name and lewd history are back and in full force. The N.Y. Daily News gave us this gem Friday: Cuo...
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Measles outbreak in Orthodox community in NY’s Rockland County
NEW YORK (JTA) — Public health officials discovered a case of measles at a kosher grocery store in the Orthodox community of Spring Valley, N.Y. The Rockland County Health Department advised any...
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John Kerry’s culinary coup
John Kerry outraged a lot of Middle East hands yesterday by ordering a shwarma with turkey, not the customary lamb. But Kerry might have bridged a cultural divide rather than fell into one. ...
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Jewish scouts say lifting of ban on gays is ‘momentous’
Jewish scouting leaders say they are “overjoyed” after the Boy Scouts of America passed a resolution lifting a ban on gay youth. ...
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