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The Schmooze No Pants Day Comes To Jerusalem
Riders of Jerusalem’s light rail got an eyeful Sunday on worldwide No Pants Day. The look on the face of this Orthodox commuter says it all. It was a clash of cultures and generations on Jerusalem’s light rail Sunday as some Israelis took to public transit with something missing: Pants. No Pants Day has become…
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Fast Forward Vandals Strike Catholic Cemetery Near Jerusalem
Vandals destroyed dozens of crosses at a cemetery in a Catholic monastery near Jerusalem. The Latin Patriarchate announced the damage on Saturday when it filed a police report, though the vandalism at the monastery in Beit Jamal reportedly occurred in December, according to reports. The cemetery near the city of Beit Shemesh, located west of…
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Fast Forward Women of the Wall Slams Bibi Over Reports of No Change at Western Wall
The Women of the Wall group vowed to continue reading from the Torah in the women’s section of the Kotel in the wake of a report that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised haredi Orthodox parties that it still would not be allowed. Army Radio reported Tuesday that Netanyahu met last week with the haredi parties…
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Fast Forward Two ‘Palestinian Attackers’ Fatally Shot in Separate Incidents, Israelis Say
JERUSALEM – Israeli security forces said they shot dead two Palestinian assailants on Saturday in separate incidents in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, as 12 weeks of heightened violence showed no sign of abating. Since the start of October, Israeli forces or armed civilians have killed at least 128 Palestinians, 79 of whom authorities…
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Fast Forward Woman Who Tried to Immerse Alone in Mikveh Removed by Police
A woman who visited two mikvehs in Jerusalem looking to be allowed to immerse without a female attendant present was removed from one of the ritual baths by police. The woman identified by a pseudonym in a report Tuesday in the Jerusalem Post was removed from one of the mikvehs by police on Dec. 17,…
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Fast Forward 2 Israelis Killed — One in Stabbing and One From Police Fire
Two Palestinians went on a stabbing spree along a popular walkway in Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing one person, and were then shot dead by Israeli security forces in what police described as a terrorist attack. Another Israeli was killed, apparently by police gunfire aimed at the stabbers. A wave of violence which began almost three…
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Fast Forward Bibi Calls for Concrete Safety Barriers at Jerusalem Bus Stops
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for concrete safety barriers to be installed at hundreds of Jerusalem bus stops after a Palestinian terrorist ranmmed his card into a crowd of Israelis lined up at one. Netanyahu on Monday announced the plan, proposed by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, the Times of Israel reported. Under the plan, expected…
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Fast Forward Toddler Among 11 Injured in Jerusalem Car-Ramming Attack
A baby was among 11 people injured in a car-ramming attack by a Palestinian driver at a Jerusalem bus stop. The 18-month-old boy was seriously injured and placed on life support, and an elderly woman was moderately injured on Monday afternoon when the driver slammed his car into people waiting at the stop near the…
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