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Italy’s ambassador to Israel is one of the world’s righteous – Arutz Sheva

| August 4, 2017

Italian Ambassador to Israel Francesco Maria Talo with Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz Shefa Organization Outgoing Italian Ambassador to Israel Francesco Maria Talo on Thursday night took live of Rabbi Adin Even-Yisrael Steinsaltz.

New York Congregation Owns Oldest Synagogue in the US, 180 Miles Away, Court Rules – New York Times

| August 4, 2017

It was those ornaments, known in Hebrew as rimonim, that sparked the latest dispute. In 2011, Jeshuat Israel, seeking money, decided to sell them to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for more than $7 million.

Australian municipality: Don’t blame us for banning synagogue on terror grounds – Jewish Telegraphic Agency

| August 4, 2017

SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) A municipal council in a suburb of Australias largest city said it was not to blame for a decision to ban the construction of a synagogue because it could become the target of a terrorist attack. In a statement Friday, the Waverley Council asserted that the decision to reject the synagogue was made by a local land use court, which said the congregation had not addressed the security concerns raised by the congregation in its own development application

Former Brockton synagogue finds new home in Easton – Wicked Local Stoughton

| August 4, 2017

Anna Burgess The Enterprise @AnnaBurgess_ENT After nearly two transient years, the congregation of Temple Beth Emunah will have a new home in Easton inSeptember. Temple Beth Emunah, which was located on Torrey Street in Brockton until October 2015, will begin holding services next month at 15A Plymouth St., in South Easton

Egypt to bear cost of Alexandria Synagogue renovation Middle … – Middle East Monitor

| August 4, 2017

Egypts Antiquities Ministry on Thursday announced plans to carry out extensive renovations of a synagogue in Alexandria despite the fact that, under Egyptian law, the local Jewish community should bear the cost of such restorations. The renovation of Alexandrias Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue will take about eight months and cost some 100 million Egyptian pounds [roughly $5.5 million], which will be provided by the Egyptian government, the ministry said in a statement.

Seattle’s Sephardic synagogues bake very unique Jewish treats – MyNorthwest.com

| August 4, 2017

Sephardic Bikur Holim congregation members Regina Barkey Amira and Al, holding a tray of pastelles.

Holocaust education in Moldova is about to get (slightly) better – The Times of Israel

| August 4, 2017

CHISINAU, Moldova In a Moldovan secondary school history textbook, seven pages are devoted to the crimes of communist leader Joseph Stalin an entire chapter with numerous photos illustrating the horrors of the gulag.

Jerusalem Chief Rabbi: Pride Parade is causing more damage than benefit – The Jerusalem Post

| August 4, 2017

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Revered Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat awaits lifesaving lung transplant – Los Angeles Times

| August 4, 2017

Saeb Erekat, the legendary Palestinian leader and chief negotiator with Israel for the last two decades, is renowned for his persistence against all odds and for a steel-trap legal mind.

Justice Souter, the First Amendment and the case of the synagogue standoff – Reuters

| August 4, 2017

(Reuters) - Thanks to the First Amendments Establishment Clause, U.S. courts have to be extremely wary of taking sides in doctrinal disputes between religious groups. On the other hand, as retired U.S


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