richards | August 6, 2017
The courtroom fight over Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island is a primer on nearly 400 years of American Jewish history The story of Americas oldest synagogue, as told by retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter, is the story of American Jewish history.
richards | August 6, 2017
Whereas most Ashkenazi surnames are of relatively recent origin, Spanish Jews have used family names since medieval times and are used by their descendants to this very day. Although Sephardi and Ashkenazi names are distinctly different, many times they mean the same thing. For instance, the Italian surname of Montefiore is identical in meaning to the German surname Bloomberg, both of which mean mountain of flowers
admin | August 5, 2017
Touro Synagogue, nestled in historic Newport, R.I., is the oldest extant synagogue in the United States, Sept. 2, 2004. (John Nordell/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images) NEW YORK (JTA) The story of Americas oldest synagogue, as told by retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter, is the story of American Jewish history.
simmons | 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.
richards | August 4, 2017
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richards | 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
simmons | August 3, 2017
Jewish liturgy is the expression of the hopes, fears, joys and sorrows of the Jewish people, and the Aleinu, the best-known concluding prayer, is a very good example. Composed when the Temple still stood in Jerusalem, and originally recited only on the High Holy Days, it became part of the daily liturgy after the blood libel massacre of the Jews of Blois, France, in 1171.
richards | August 2, 2017
Atara Foods employee Enrique Torres, a 25-year-old Pikesville, Md., resident, slices freshly slaughtered kosher meat at the downtown Baltimore facility on July 26. | Shana Medel By Shana Medel Yaakov Levi is fixated on working his way to the top of the food chain in Charm City, otherwise known as Baltimore. The Israeli native, who was introduced to the glatt-kosher meat industry by his father, quickly became an integral part of the family business at 8 years old
richards | August 2, 2017
August 2, 2017 by Felicity Boardman, The Conversation Credit: gopixa/Shutterstock The ability to cheaply and quickly sequence entire genomes is changing the way diseases are identified and treated. But it is also likely to change the way we make some of the most important and personal decisions of our lives: how, and with whom, we have children.
admin | August 2, 2017
Indictment says victim, 24, hit accused in head with bottle, then accused, 21, pulled knife and killed him during Haifa party A 21-year-old man has been indicted for stabbing another man to death during a party in the Elyakim forest in northern Israel in June. Manslaughter charges were filed against Tiran Zazan of the Haifa suburb of Kiryat Ata, who allegedly stabbed the victim, Moshe Ashkenazi, 24, of Migdal Haemek in a quarrel over money that Mizrahi owed Zazan
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