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Chernobyl Children to Arrive in Israel

JERUSALEM -- Early Thursday, a plane carrying 25 children from the Chernobyl area will touch down in Israel, where the children will begin their new lives. The airlift comes the same week as the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the worst nuclear disaster in modern history. The children, between the age of 6 and...

Charlie Sheen, Julian Assange and John Galliano: Who's Really Anti-Semitic?

When did anti-Semitism become fashionable again? In the past week, we've seen three prominent individuals from different fields make remarks that either could be interpreted as or definitely were anti-Semitic. Julian Assange The WikiLeaks mastermind ranted about how "Jewish" reporters are out to get him, the British...

Glenn Beck Eats Crow Over Judaism Comments [VIDEO]

It could be "one of the worst analogies of all time." That's how Glenn Beck feels about his recent comparison between Reform Judaism and "radicalized Islam," which he apologized for during his radio show today. The Fox News personality made the assertion on his Tuesday radio program, stating that Reform rabbis are...

Woman Samaritan Helps Save Cop From Beating

(Dec. 15) -- When the going gets tough, it's time to help out your local police officer. An Ohio cop is thankful for the community spirit of a woman who helped save him from a violent assault during a routine traffic stop. Jonathan Seiter was locked in a scuffle with a driver last weekend after a discussion about a...

Christmas Caroling Tradition Pioneered by Drunks

(Nov. 28) -- Christmas caroling has long been a favorite tradition of church groups, elderly choirs and children, but did you know that the first groups of carolers were nothing but a bunch of rowdy drunks? That's the tune from David McKillop, senior vice president of programming for the History Channel, who recently...

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Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie: Jon Stewart Is Hilarious But No Teacher Of Religion

In a much discussed article in the new online publication Religion & Politics Journal, New York Times religion reporter Mark Oppenheimer offers an enthusiastic endorsement of Jon Stewart's coverage of religion on "The Daily Show," which Stewart hosts on Comedy Central.

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Israel Finally Recognizes Non-Orthodox Jews

For non-Orthodox Jews in Israel, a seven-year battle for recognition is over.

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Rabbi Ben Greenberg: The Halakhic Prenuptial Agreement: A Responsible Solution to the Jewish Divorce Crisis

It was just this past Tuesday evening that a momentous occasion transpired in the conference room of a synagogue in Midtown Manhattan.

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Leading Ultra-Orthodox Group Insists Abuse Claims Go To Rabbis First

An Orthodox parent whose child tells him he's been sexually abused may not take that child's claim to the police without first getting religious sanction from a specially trained rabbi, the head of America's leading ultra-Orthodox umbrella group has told the Forward.

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Dora Levy Mossanen: On the Merits of an Arranged Marriage

My paternal grandmother was 9 years old when she married my grandfather.

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06/03/12 Jewish Pittsburgh studies all night and into the... Source: The Jewish Chronicle - Pittsburgh PA Jews don't agree on everything, but many agreed to come together at the Squirrel Hill Jewish Community Center Saturday night, May 26, for Tikkun Leil Shavuot.
06/03/12 Planning refused Source: Whitby Gazette - Whitby - North Yorkshire - UK AN APPLICATION to convert a redundant timber workshop to a holiday cottage at a farm in Goathland was refused by members of the North York Moors National Park planning committee.
06/03/12 NYC alleged child molester 'got away with it' after... Source: FOX - KSAZ 10 - Phoenix AZ JERUSALEM -- A bogus rabbi and self-proclaimed psychologist who fled New York as he was about to be arrested for abusing children was spotted walking near his Jerusalem home -- and is now free from prosecution.
06/03/12 Part I: Naomi Ragen, Israeli Feminist Author and... Source: National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) On June 18, 2007, the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) hosted a teleconference with Naomi Ragen, feminist author and activist, and Shari Eshet, director of NCJW's Israel Office.
06/03/12 Jewish Press Radio with Yishai Fleisher: In the Eyes... Source: jewishpress.com Yishai and Viden talk about young American Jews moving to the Land of Israel and how programs such as Taglit are actually decreasing the intermarriage rate among young Jews. To download, right-click, and "Save Target As" HERE.

Background on judaism

Judaism (from the Latin Iudaismus, derived from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, and ultimately from the Hebrew יהודה, Yehudah, "Judah"; in Hebrew: יַהֲדוּת, Yahadut, the distinctive characteristics of the Judean ethnos) is the religion, philosophy, and way of life of the Jewish people.

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