richards | February 7, 2017
The following message appeared on Sefarias blog to announce the addition: More than fifty years ago, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz Even-Israel took it upon himself to make the Talmud, the central text of Jewish life, available to all. In 1965, he began translating the 37 tractates of the Talmud from ancient Aramaic into Modern Hebrew, with an English translation published in the Koren Talmud Bavli NoEdition
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richards | February 7, 2017
The members of an Amherst synagogue considering whether to sell its longtime home to Northtown Automotive Companies are awaiting Town Board approval on the rezoning request required for the transaction to take place. The Town Board on Monday night postponed a decision on the rezoning until its March 6 meeting when it hopes to have specifics from Northtown about the company's plans for the parcel. "The town hasn't been provided enough information about what Northtown wants to do with the parcel for us to make a proper decision," said Deputy Supervisor Steven D.
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richards | February 7, 2017
In a packed synagogue in Park Slope, Brooklyn Monday night, activists gathered to organize against Donald Trump. The sanctuary of the 1,200-seat Congregation Beth Elohim was packed; a long line of attendees snaked down the front steps and around the corner
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richards | February 7, 2017
Chicago Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky condemned the vandalism Saturday of the loop synagogue in Chicago [United States Congress]The anti-Semitic vandalism of a Chicago synagogue has met with widespread condemnation as the police search for the culprit, whose capture with garner a $3,000 reward. The crimeoccurred late Friday night and was reported by construction workers across the street
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richards | February 7, 2017
To the growing causes of cancer, which include smoking, sun exposure and radiation, it seems likely that ethnicity is going to have to be added to the list as the Ministry of Health data showing that Ashkenazi Jews are 4 times more likely to have cancer than Sephardic Jews.
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richards | February 7, 2017
Isaac Herzog.
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richards | February 7, 2017
simmons | February 7, 2017 BBC News Trump says terror attacks 'under-reported': Is that true? BBC News There are no reports of an attack in the Saudi capital that month .
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richards | February 7, 2017
Now comes President Donald Trump's claim Monday at the key US military base overseeing the war on ISIS -- US Central Command in Tampa, Florida -- that the media aren't reporting terrorism for "reasons" the President didn't elaborate upon. Trump told the CENTCOM audience, "You've seen what happened in Paris and Nice. All over Europe, it's happening
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admin | February 7, 2017
When Israel backs an American regime that threatens our liberty as humans and our safety as Jews, the claim that Zionism protects Jews no longer holds. By Ben Lorber Protesters near the prime ministers residence, demonstrating against Trumps recent refugee and Muslim ban, Jerusalem, January 29, 2017.
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simmons | February 7, 2017
BBC News Trump says terror attacks 'under-reported': Is that true? BBC News There are no reports of an attack in the Saudi capital that month . But two US ...
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