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Shas and Degel HaTorah are at odds over the issue of life insurance for avreichim. Treasury officials want to take off a small sum for life insurance for avreichim before

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Chabad rabbonim has established a pidyon shvuyim fund to prevent the extradition from Israel to the United States of Yitzchak Shochet who is wanted by authorities in NYC for a

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The Facebook page of the Arab village of Qutzra shows photos of imprisoned terrorists, presumably village residents imprisoned by Israel. The photos show cellular telephones, taken to mark the 11th

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