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News Newsdesk December 2, 2005
Mob Suspect Loses Israel’s top court upheld the extradition of a suspected mobster to the United States. The Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday an appeal by Ze’ev Rosenstein against his planned extradition for trial by a Florida District Court, saying that the move is appropriate as he is accused of violating American law. The Drug…
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News Newsdesk November 25, 2005
Russia: Rabbi Can’t Return Moscow’s chief rabbi, Pinchas Goldschmidt, will never be allowed to return to Russia, the country’s Internal Affairs Ministry said. The news came in a letter from the ministry publicized Tuesday. The letter cited an article in Russian legislation that prevents foreigners who are deemed threats to Russian national security from entering…
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Israel News SHORTCUTS
The shabut, a kosher fish that ancient Jewish sages said tastes like pork, has arrived in Israel. The fish, which is described in the Talmud as having a piglike taste, was shipped from Iran in formaldehyde by Israeli academics recently, with the help of an Iranian liaison, The Jerusalem Post reported. Medieval commentator Rashi noted…
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News Settlers Find New Place To Settle
NITZAN, Israel — Shlomi Tabach, a resident of Gush Katif for 16 years, was trying to pry the bronze mezuzah off his front doorpost with pliers, but it wouldn’t budge. His mother-in-law quipped: “Look at that: The mezuzah doesn’t want to leave. It wants to stay in Gush Katif.” With one more yank, the mezuzah…
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News Crowds Confront Soldiers
The soldier with a honey-colored ponytail tucked under her hat was surrounded Tuesday by weeping teenage girls in Neve Dekalim asking her where her Jewish heart was — but she didn’t flinch. “How can you evacuate my grandmother? She was in the Palmach,” said one teary-eyed girl, referring to the elite Jewish militia that fought…
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News Sharanksy Rejected Before WZO Vote
An election for the next chairman of the World Zionist Organization appeared to come down, like so much else in Israel these days, to a fight over the Gaza disengagement plan. The race pitted Ze’ev Bielski, a centrist member of the Likud Party who supports disengagement, against Natan Sharansky, another Likud Party member, who resigned…
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News Newsdesk July 1, 2005
Gonzales Reaches Out Attorney General Alberto Gonzales met with leaders of the Anti-Defamation League last week for his third powwow with Jewish communal leaders since early May. During the meeting, he vowed to make himself accessible to the Jewish community, as well as to other minority groups in America. Officials at Jewish organizations said that…
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News Hecklers Nabbed VIP Seating With Help of (Former) Friend
After Prime Minister Sharon was interrupted by a handful of hecklers Sunday during a speech in New York, one of his high-profile hosts felt the need to apologize. “The noisy minority does not reflect the view of the vast majority,” said host James Tisch, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations….
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