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Jewish School Enrollment Rises by 12% — Orthodox Soars

Jewish day school enrollment in the United States is up 12 percent from five years ago, primarily due to growth in haredi Orthodox schools. Nearly 255,000 students are enrolled in 861 Jewish day schools from the 4-year-old level through 12th grade, according to a new census of the schools conducted by the Avi Chai Foundation….

By JTA Oct 31, 2014 | 2 min read
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Vietnam’s First Israeli Film Festival Marks 20 Years of Diplomatic Relations

A film festival in Vietnam will mark 20 years of diplomatic relations with Israel. The five-day festival organized by Israel’s embassy opens Saturday at the National Cinema Centre in Hanoi, moving on Nov. 6 to the BHD Star Cineplex ICON68 in Ho Chi Minh City, the embassy announced on its Facebook page earlier this week….

By JTA Oct 31, 2014 | < 1 min read
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‘Quenelle’ Comic Dieudonne Loses $50K Damage Suit for Banned Shows

A French appeals court nullified a lower tribunal’s award of damages to the comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala for the cancellation of his show for its anti-Semitic content. The Court of Appeals of Poitiers in western France handed down the ruling last week, Le Figaro reported. It exempted an event management firm from the coastal municipality…

By JTA Oct 31, 2014 | 2 min read
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Temple Mount Activist Yehuda Glick Recovering After Shooting

Health officials said the condition of Rabbi Yehuda Glick, the activist seriously wounded in a suspected terrorist shooting, is improving. Glick’s medical condition improved slightly on Thursday, a day after the dual U.S.-Israeli citizen who advocates for an increased Jewish presence in eastern Jerusalem was shot three times in the chest and stomach by an…

By JTA Oct 31, 2014 | < 1 min read
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British Jewish School Flunks Tolerance Tests

A British Jewish school failed government inspections on tolerance sparked by complaints that an emphasis on Islam in some public learning institutions has led to “a culture of intimidation.” The Beis Yaakov secondary school for girls in Salford near Manchester received an “inadequate” in snap inspections conducted by educational officials from the Office for Standards…

By JTA Oct 31, 2014 | 2 min read
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4 Ohio ‘Blood Bucket’ Protest Students Face Trial

Four students arrested for disrupting an Ohio University student senate meeting rejected a plea bargain and maintained their pleas of “not guilty.” The students — Jonah Yulish, Maxwell Peltz, Rebecca Sebo and Gabriel Sirkin — appeared in Athens County Municipal Court on Wednesday for a pretrial hearing, according to The Post, OU’s student newspaper. The…

By JTA Oct 31, 2014 | < 1 min read
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J Street Joins Push Against Israel Separate Bus Policy

Three American Jewish organizations responded to an appeal by an Israeli Labor party affiliate to press Israel’s government to distance itself from a plan to keep Palestinians off some Israeli buses. “Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has decided to forbid Palestinian workers, who work in Israel, to ride buses which also serve Jewish civil population in…

By JTA Oct 31, 2014 | < 1 min read
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Temple Mount Reopened for Muslim Worshippers

The Temple Mount will reopen immediately to Muslim worshippers, the Israel Police said following security assessments. The announcement on Thursday evening came soon after the Obama administration called on Israel to reopen the area to Muslim worshippers. Entrance to Muslims for Friday prayers, however, will be restricted to men over the age of 50. Israel…

By JTA Oct 30, 2014 | < 1 min read

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