View all » “I talk about myself because I don’t want anyone else to have to go through the horrible butchering that my brothers and sisters endured,” said Holocaust survivor Ge… Read More »

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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves after speaking at a Republican Party fundraising dinner in North Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) Israel’s decision to announce the construction of 1,600 more Jewish homes beyond Israel’s 1967 border was not taken kindly by the Obama administration. Read More »

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3 shmura matzahs are traditionally placed on the seder table In New York, many supermarkets are stocked with matzah, grape juice, and assorted kosher for Passover products in anticipation of the holiday that begins in just under 2 weeks.  Check their circulars. Read More »

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A.P.photo/ Tara Todras-Whitehill — Ramat Shlomo construction PM Netanyahu had referred to certain neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem.  It turns out that some areas assumed to have been acquired in self-defense against Jordan, were not.    Makor Rishon checked the maps signed by representatives of Israel and Jordan on 3/4/89 in Rhodes. Read More »

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A.P. photo/ Brennan Linsley — prisoners’ pre-dawn prayer Do Guantanamo defense lawyers perform a legal service or a subversive activity?  This question arose when Attorney-General Eric Holder was revealed to have hired former defense lawyers for Guantanamo prisoners.    Objections first were presented as generalities. Read More »

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A.P. photo/ Bernat Armangue The Palestinian Center for Human Rights  made a lengthy statement citing the Geneva Conventions, the gist of which is that Israeli rebuilding of the Hurva synagogue is a “war crime”  (Arutz-7, 3/12 )    The Read More »

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A.P. photo/ David Silverman, Pool — Pres. da Silva at Yad VaShem Israel’s PM Netanyahu welcomed the visiting President of Brazil on Monday by admiring Brazil and explaining Israel’s attempt to bring peace.  He explained that no Israeli Prime Minister ever has restricted Jewish construction in Jerusalem. Read More »

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A.P. photo/ Charles Dharapak — not smiling about China, now My prior article on the diplomatic crisis between the U.S. and Israel called it “manufactured.”    http: //www.examiner. Read More »

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Where does Israel stand diplomatically, with the European Union? I was told by someone in touch with Israeli officials that the government of Sweden warned Israel not to split the EU over Jerusalem issues. Read More »

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   We hold these Truths as self-evident… If evidence of treason by American political “leadership” was obvious, do you have the integrity and courage to follow your heart and mind’s most virtuous expression of what you should do about it Read More »

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Ethiopian-Israeli kids in Gadera, Israel, where Yahel volunteers work with the Ethiopian community. Yahel Social Change Program If you like this … Read More »

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Kosher matzoh for Passover. Google Images If you like this … Finish your cleaning and burn your chametz before Passover begins View all » Each year when Passover comes around I wonder why so many Jews who don’t keep a kosher kitchen all year long decide suddenly to do so for one week. Read More »

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(AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)A Palestinian man works on a construction site for a new home in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Secretary of State Hillary Ro… Read More »

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Israel must prove it is committed to the Mideast peace process with actions. But she brushed aside suggestions that relations with the main U.S. ally in the Mideast are in crisis over Israeli plans to… Read More »

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apple tree blossoms flowers in spring signal fruit in late summer/ early fall It is very fitting that today New York’s mild weather really makes us feel like spring has arrived, even though the equinox has yet to arrive.  Today is Rosh Chodesh Nissan, the first of the month known as Chodesh H’aviv, the month of spring. Read More »

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(AP Photo/Dan Balilty)Undercover Israeli police officers detain a Palestinian demonstrators during clashes in east Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Dozens of masked Palestinians hurled rocks at pol… Read More »

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NORTH AMERICA Texas : The governor requested federal government’ assistance to border control. The request is followed by increased violence and spring break on Mexico-Texas border.  Pennsylvania : A Philadelphia former cop and a military veteran pleaded guilty to solicit sex from young boys without going to trial. Read More »

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(AP Photo / Dan Balilty)Undercover Israeli police officers detain a Palestinian demonstrator during clashes in east Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Dozens of masked Palestinians hurled rocks at po… Read More »

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PM Netanyahu admitted that Israel takes the longest among developed countries to issue building permits.  He is introducing legislation to streamline the process  (IMRA, 3/15   ). It takes so long partly because it has many steps, as does New York City.  Procedural steps is the trend in the U.S.. Read More »

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A.P. photo/ Baz Ratner Pool When Israeli PM Netanyahu found himself under constant and caustic criticism by the Obama team, he realized he no longer can compromise with the U.S.. Read More »

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A.P. photo/ Bassem Tellawil — Assad fights U.S. troops without U.S. reprimand “Prof. Efraim Inbar, director of the Begin-Sadat Institute for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University, said the ‘Americans decided to make a crisis’ over the proposed construction, ‘probably in order to extract more concessions from Israel. Read More »

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A.P. photo/ Bernat Armangue — Hurva synagogue Mohammed Dahlan, an official of Fatah, claims that Hurva synagogue was rebuilt on the ruins of a mosque he called the mosque of Omar.  He said this is part of the Netanyahu regime’s attempt to “Judaize” Jerusalem. Read More »

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Israel ’s foreign minister signaled his government had no intention of curtailing the contentious construction at the heart of the row.Hundreds of Palestinians hurled rocks at police and set tires and… Read More »

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Israel last week has ignited a firestorm in Congress and among powerful pro-Israel interest groups who say the criticism of America’s top Mideast ally was misplaced.Since the controversy erupted, a bi… Read More »

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(AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)wldA Palestinian girl blows up a balloon as an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks past a closed a shop in Jerusalem’s Old City, Monday, March 15, 2010. For a fourth straig… Read More »

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Israel and the Palestinian Territories As the dust settles on the latest fiasco about the Israeli announcement of plans to build 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict increasingly appears to be intractable. Read More »

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uprooted tree     Related articles Celebrating trees in winter: the holiday of Tu B’Shevat While the worse of the storm that ruthlessly tore through New York and many other regions of the US is over, the evidence of the damage is still largely evident. Read More »

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