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Jewish Week Political Insider: Obama angst points to widening Jewish leadership gap
Last month I wrote a story suggesting the Obama administration is confident it can push Israel on the issue of West Bank settlements without risking a big political backlash from Jewish voters.
That story ignited a flurry of calls and emails from readers...
Dateline: 2009-07-02 5:47am PT (952 words)
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Parshablog: How do ashes of the Para Aduma work?
The laws of Para Aduma are notoriously difficult to comprehend? How is it that they render impure a ritually pure individual, yet render pure a ritually impure individual? They should either render everyone equally impure, or render everyone equally pure!...
Dateline: 2009-07-02 7:45am PT (920 words)
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Eye on the World: Somalia: Islamists behead two sons of Christian leader
Father refuses to give al Shabaab extremists information about house church pastor. Mother helplessly watches their sns dragged away and beheaded.NAIROBI, Kenya, July 1 (Compass Direct News) – Islamic extremists have beheaded two young boys in Somalia b...
Dateline: 2009-07-02 8:03am PT (363 words)
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Jihad Watch: Pakistan: Almost 700 Christians forced to flee village after Muslims incited by mosque broadcasts go on rampage
The District Coordination Officer said Islam doesn't allow "cruelties" toward minorities. The problem is, the bar is pretty low in Islamic law in the first place. Qur'an 9:29 mandates that dhimmis (or "protected peoples") "feel themselves subdued." That s...
Dateline: 2009-07-02 1:30am PT (428 words)
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Parshablog: Galen on the Jews; the Jews on Galen
Back when I was learning masechet Chullin (and then hilchos shechita), I supplemented my learning with a bit of ancient, medieval, and modern science which I felt might be useful in understanding the various gemaras. From back then, I came across a book c...
Dateline: 2009-07-02 5:15am PT (491 words)
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Eye on the World: Moral Compass?
(UK) A few years ago I read a book where the author made the following analogy about how backward Norfolk is. He wrote if I drive a Lamborghini in London, people point and say "Lamborghini". If you were to drive a Lamborghini in Norfolk the locals point ...
Dateline: 2009-07-02 6:15am PT (355 words)
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Writing the Wrongs: Agreements must be honored
Dov WeissglassYNET NewsOn May 1 and 16, 2003, during discussions of Israel’s reservations in respect to the Road Map initiative, it was agreed that there will be no construction at Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza, with the exception of ex...
Dateline: 2009-07-02 8:18am PT (716 words)
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Writing the Wrongs: 'Obama' Think-Tank: Israel Should Cede Jerusalem Sovereignty
Hillel Fendel Proposal: 3rd-Party to Rule JlemA think tank which is arguably the most influential in Washington is proposing an “interim” neutral administration to govern Jerusalem instead of Israel. The Center for American Progress (CAP), headquarter...
Dateline: 2009-07-02 8:18am PT (1031 words)
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israpundit: Obama is a snake for denying the settlement agreement
By Ted Belman
As time goes on the Obama team continues to be challenged on its stand that there was no agreement permitting construction the settlements. Elliot Abrams who was there utterly rejected such denial.
Now Dov Weissglass who was also there adds...
Dateline: 2009-07-02 4:32am PT (281 words)
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Doc's Talk: Fatah, Hamas trade accusations - again
Jul. 2, 2009Jpost.com staff and khaled Abu Toameh , THE JERUSALEM POSTFollowing Fatah reports that Hamas was planning attacks against its leaders, and specifically PA President Mahmoud Abbas [Abu Mazen], Hamas spokesman Ribhi Rantisi denied the claim in a...
Dateline: 2009-07-02 7:02am PT (505 words)
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Doc's Talk: More of the same and you actually believe this arrogant group
Amnesty International Slams Israel; IDF Blasts Report Avraham Zuroff A7 NewsAmnesty International’s annual report condemns Israel for its treatment of Palestinian Authority Arabs while only briefly noting atrocities attributed to the Hamas terrorist org...
Dateline: 2009-07-02 8:17am PT (537 words)
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Doc's Talk: Is a crushed Israel in America's best interest?
Ari Shavit, Haaretz Correspondent Seven months after Barack Obama's victory in the presidential election, it is still not clear what the United States' new strategic goal is: halting Iran's nuclear program, or learning to live with a nuclear Iran? It is ...
Dateline: 2009-07-01 10:17pm PT (718 words)
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Doc's Talk: How To Help the Palestinians
Khaled Abu ToamehThe leaders of the Palestinian Authority do not want the international community to hear anything about massive abuse of human rights and intimidation of journalists that its security forces are practicing almost on a daily basis in the W...
Dateline: 2009-07-02 8:17am PT (1023 words)
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Yid With Lid: Jim Baker's "Jewboy" To Be Ambassador to Syria ?
According to Aaron Klein of WND, President Obama is strongly considering appointing his former Middle East adviser, Daniel Kurtzer, as U.S. ambassador to Syria, according to Syrian diplomatic sources:Kurtzer, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, long has b...
Dateline: 2009-07-02 8:15am PT (928 words)
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Doc's Talk: Just say “No” to the settlement freeze
Ted BelmanThe Arabs know what they want, and that is the end of Israel.The Jews are divided as to what they want. The left wants to get the hell out of the West Bank. The center, including Kadima and Labour, want to keep the settlement blocks containing m...
Dateline: 2009-07-02 8:17am PT (1323 words)
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