simmons | February 12, 2017
In a new report circulating privately in Jewish policy circles this month, two leading pro-Israel groups charge that Jewish communal efforts against the BDS movement have largely failed. The report, issued by the Anti-Defamation League and the Israel-based Reut Institute, claims that Jewish groupss investments in fighting what they call the assault on Israels legitimacy has grown twentyfold since 2010, but that results remain elusive. In 2015 and 2016, a long list of Jewish groups, in addition to the Israeli government itself, announced their own programs to counter the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel.
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richards | February 12, 2017
Sort by: Relevance Newest First Oldest First Talmud, The: the basic compendium of Jewish law and thought; its tractates mainly comprise the discussions collectively known as the Gemara, which elucidate the germinal statements of law (mishnayot) collectively known as the Mishnah; when unspecified refers to the Talmud Bavli, the edition developed in Babylonia, and edited at the end of the fifth century C.E.; the Talmud Yerushalmi is the edition compiled in the Land of Israel at the end of the fourth century C.E.
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richards | February 12, 2017
By Samantha Kay Smith Special to The Independent Feb. 1kicked off Black History Month. March: National Womens History Month.
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richards | February 12, 2017
Television journalist Bob Woodruff and his wife Lee Woodruff speak at the Stand Up for Heroes event at Madison Square Gardenin New York in 2013. Lee Woodruff will speak at the 13th annual Juliette Low Leadership Society luncheon Feb
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