Israel’s Cabinet to name Hebrew Day
Jewish Journal
January 4, 2010
Israel\’s Cabinet is set to make the birthday of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the father of modern Hebrew, National Hebrew Day.
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January 4, 2010
Mercury Is Poison
Marty Kaplan
January 4, 2010
Now that we’re about to entrust health reform to the tender mercies of the insurance industry, it’s sobering to see the skullduggery that one of California’s largest auto insurers is trying to pull on the state’s drivers.
Clinton: Pressure Iran without harming its citizens
Jewish Journal
January 4, 2010
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the United States has begun discussing with its allies methods of \”pressure and sanctions\” to take on Iran over the latter\’s contentious nuclear program, emphasizing that the goal was to stop the Islamic regime without harming innocent civilians.
Palestinians arrested for planning Jerusalem attack
Jewish Journal
January 4, 2010
Three Palestinian men were arrested in Jerusalem for allegedly planning a stabbing attack.
Feds shut down another kosher slaughterhouse
Jewish Journal
January 4, 2010
The shuttering of a New York kosher poultry slaughterhouse for serious sanitary violations is once again putting the spotlight on a Hasidic sect, some of whose members have repeatedly defied the law.
State Dept. backs its anti-Semitism envoy
Jewish Journal
January 4, 2010
The U.S. State Department expressed its \”complete support\” for its anti-Semitism envoy and encouraged \”broad dialogue\” toward Israeli-Palestinian peace.
How Israel is implementing the settlement freeze
Jewish Journal
January 4, 2010
While an Israeli magician sat in an ice cube in Tel Aviv for 64 hours in a bid to shatter a world record, settler leaders in Jerusalem prepared to smash an ice cube of a very different sort this week opposite the prime minister’s residence.
JDub, Nextbook launch partnership
Jewish Journal
January 4, 2010
JDub and Nextbook — two Jewish media start-ups with a knack for generating buzz (not to mention quality content) — have forged a strategic partnership.
Small Jewish museum buys rare Chagall
Jewish Journal
January 4, 2010
The London Jewish Museum of Art secretly purchased a rare Marc Chagall painting at a Paris auction.
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