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The Newly Ordained – Yeshivat Maharat

Adam Soclof Meet the first three graduates of Yeshivat Maharat. ... [Link]

Cigarette-smuggling Palestinian linked to Ari Halberstam’s Brooklyn Bridge murder

Marcy Oster One of 16 Palestinians arrested in a cigarette-smuggling ring was linked to the 1994 murder of yeshiva student Ari Halberstam in a terror attack on the Brooklyn Bridge. ... [Link]

Israelis rally against budget’s austerity measures

Marcy Oster Israelis for a second straight week protested against steep austerity measures in the new state budget. ... [Link]

Jailed Alan Gross settles lawsuit with U.S. gov’t contractor

Marcy Oster Alan Gross, the American-Jewish contractor imprisoned in Cuba since 2009, settled a lawsuit with a contractor for the U.S. government. ... [Link]

Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian dictator who killed Jews, dies

Marcy Oster Former Argentinian dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who is believed to be responsible for the disappearance of thousands of the country’s Jews, died in prison. ... [Link]

Evacuated Homesh settlement’s land going back to Palestinian owners

Marcy Oster The land on which the northern West Bank settlement of Homesh was built will be returned to its Palestinian owners. ... [Link]

No evidence that Mohammed al-Dura died, Israel says

Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — Claims that Israeli troops in 2000 killed the Palestinian boy Mohammed al-Dura are “baseless,” an Israeli government committee concluded. The panel of experts made the statement in i... [Link]

Nick Saban’s Alabama legacy: 3 BCS titles, a whole bunch of Jews

Ami Eden Tom Van Riper makes the case in Forbes that Nick Saban is worth the mega-millions he is paid to coach football at the University of Alabama. And that’s before you talk about the explosion of Jew... [Link]

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