richards | July 11, 2017
The penchant of the prime minister, Narendra Modi, for turning every meeting with a world leader into an over-the-top bromance is by now well known. So is his ability to blur the lines between friendly and over familiar. We have seen him swaying on a traditional Gujarati swing with Xi Jinping; taking Malcolm Turnbull for a metro ride in Delhi; steering the French president, Emmanuel Macron, through the gardens of the Elysee Palace as though he were the host and Macron his acolyte; and famously referring to the former American president, Obama, by his first name, Barack, not once or twice but 22 times in course of a single radio broadcast.
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simmons | July 11, 2017
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt. Posted: Monday, July 10, 2017 10:39 am Egypt allocates $22 million to restore historic Alexandria synagogue JNS.org Jewish News | he Egyptian government has reportedly approved a budget of $22 million for the restoration of the centuries-old Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in Alexandria
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admin | July 11, 2017
The venerable and prestigious Orthodox synagogue of Shaar Hashomayim in Montreal, Canada, has called on Chief Rabbi David Lau to issue an apology to its communal leader Rabbi Adam Scheier after having rejected his affirmation of the Jewish status of a former congregant. In addition, the community sent an official letter of protest to the Israeli consul-general for Quebec strongly objecting to the rejection by the Chief Rabbinate of Scheiers affirmation, and those of another 159 Diaspora rabbis
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admin | July 11, 2017
Congregation Shaare Zedek in New York City (Jim Henderson/Wikimedia Commons) (JTA) A historic 179-year-old Conservative synagogue in New Yorks Upper West Side is moving forward with plans to house a 14-story apartment building. The proposed project for the Shaare Zedek synagogue includes 20 condominiums, with a community center for the synagogue in the buildings first three floors, The Real Deal, a website focusing on New York real estate news, reported last week
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richards | July 11, 2017
A secular and religious Jew walk arm in arm as a celebration of Jewish unity. (photo credit:KAREN ABRAMSON) More than half of Jewish Israelis are in favor of changing the current status quo on religious life in the public realm, believing that current arrangements reflect haredi or religious-Zionist values, a new poll has found. The survey, conducted for the Israel Democracy Institute, found that 55% of Jewish Israelis think that the way religious issues are handled by the state should change, compared with 33% who said they oppose changes.
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simmons | July 11, 2017
JERUSALEM (JTA) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put a kippah on his head and read from the Bible during the weekly Cabinet meeting to illustrate the Jewish peoples and Israels connection to Hebron.
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admin | July 11, 2017
Israels Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau said in a letter that he did not know of the existence of a blacklist of Diaspora rabbis and that it should not have been released to the public. The chief rabbi was shocked to discover this list, read the letter written by an aide on behalf of Lau and issued Sunday
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simmons | July 11, 2017
A former Israeli ambassador to the US on Monday slammed as fake news claims by Israels Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau that 85 percent of American Jews had never visited Israel. Three times as many Jews have visited as Rabbi Lau claims, Michael Oren told The Times of Israel. The most recent comprehensive study of American Jewish life the 2013 Pew study shows that 43% of American Jews have visited Israel, and that number is increasing over time.
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simmons | July 11, 2017
Regardless of who will be elected to be the new head of Israels Labor Party in the second round Amir Peretz or Avi Gabbay one fact is already known: the person to replace Isaac Herzog is of Moroccan origin. So what
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admin | July 11, 2017
Haredi soldiers learning Torah Flash 90 MK Yisrael Eichler (United Torah Judaism) recently said on the Kol Belz radio program that "The Sephardim are going to the army because, unfortunately, their level of study is weaker. There are many of them there [in the army]." MK Eichler's statement was one of the attacks on haredi IDF soldiers which prompted MK Amir Ohana (Likud) to slam the haredi leadership for its attitude towards IDF soldiers from their community. Speaking at the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee last week, Ohana said that "the blood that will be spilled here ...
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