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Food A Neapolitan Love Song, in a Tel Aviv Pizzeria
People come to Da Peppe Pizzeria Napoletana, on Tel Aviv’s Ibn Gabirol Street, not only for the genuine, Neapolitan-style pizza but also, and perhaps mainly, because of the owner. Giuseppe (Peppe) Giordano moved to Israel from Naples a year ago and opened the pizza parlor about six months ago. Giordano, who wrestled in high school,…
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Fast Forward Iran: Terror Accusations Are Part of Israel’s ‘War Game’
Iran submitted a letter of protest to the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, charging Israel of attacking its nuclear scientists and coloring recent accusations of Tehran’s links to attempted attacks against Israeli officials worldwide as being part of a “war game” against the Islamic Republic. Iran has long been claiming that Israel and the…
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News Haredi Students Confident They Won’t Be Drafted
Ultra-Orthodox reactions to a High Court of Justice ruling overturning the Tal Law, which exempts tens of thousands of yeshiva students from military service, ranged yesterday from utter indifference to prophecies of Armageddon. The High Court ruled on Tuesday that the law, which allows full-time yeshiva students to defer army service, is unconstitutional, and the…
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Fast Forward Adelson Boasts He Might Give Newt $100 Million
Jewish billionaire businessman Sheldon Adelson told Forbes magazine in an interview that his financial backing of Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is based on more than just Gingrich’s staunch support for Israel. “What scares me is the continuation of the socialist-style economy we’ve been experiencing for almost four years,” Adelson was quoted as saying, referring…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva Exemption Ruling Leaves Legal Vacuum
Politicians have been falling over themselves since the six-three High Court ruling that the “Tal Law” is unconstitutional and therefore cannot be extended by the Knesset, to laud the judges and bid farewell to the unpopular law. In a rare moment of consensus, opposition leader Tzipi Livni, MK Shaul Mofaz (Kadima), Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman…
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Fast Forward Law Permitting Yeshiva Students to Defer IDF Service Ruled Unconstitutional
Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled Thursday that the Tal Law is unconstitutional and, as such, the Knesset will not be able to extend it in its present form. The Tal Law, which allows full-time yeshiva students to defer national service, came into effect ten years ago, and requires that the Knesset begin discussing whether…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Prisoner Will End Hunger Strike
Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan announced Tuesday that he will be ending his 66-day hunger strike after Israel agreed to release him. The Islamic Jihad operative, who has been fighting a provision that allows Israel to hold detainees for months or even years without trial or formal charges, reached an agreement with the state prosecution less…
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Fast Forward Polish Prisoners Take on Jewish Studies
An unusual initiative to teach Jewish studies at some 50 Polish prisons has resulted, according to prison psychologists, in very positive results in rehabilitation efforts. According to numerous senior officers who initiated the project, “Recognizing the Jewish Nation, its Customs and World” substantially reduces the level of hostility felt by inmates toward strangers, and restrains…
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