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A number of rabbonim turned to Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin requesting an urgent plenum discussion regarding the vehemently anti-chareidi and anti-settler remarks made last week by radio host Gabi Gazit.

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According to Egged’s English website, one may and is encouraged to purchase tickets for Lag B’Omer to Meron in advance. “There is no need to stand in line waiting to

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Pittsburgh – Two men inside a car that crashed into a synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Tuesday evening tries to flee on foot, but bystanders wouldn’t let them go. A

Pittsburgh – An Allegheny County judge must decide whether Jewish religious law can overrule a family’s request to exhume the remains of a family member so they can be moved

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on Tuesday accused both Syria and Iran of continuing to arm Hizbullah with rockets and missiles, releasing a statement that “We are at a

Jerusalem city attorney Yossi Chavilov and city engineer Shlomo Eshkol appear to be working to halt the Holyland project, which is at the heart of what many are calling the

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