Rabbi Lipa Schapiro, a senior member of the Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical committee, died at the age of 97.\n\nSchapiro studied Jewish law in secret in the Soviet Union as a young man, following his teachers as his school moved from location to location to elude Communist authorities.\n
Shalhevet, a Modern Orthodox Jewish school founded in 1991, announced in an emailed press release on Wednesday that it will close the doors of its middle, elementary and early childhood schools at the end of the 2009-2010 school year. Shalhevet High School, which opened its doors in 1991, is the only division that will continue to operate.
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Three unarmed Israeli soldiers who accidentally entered the Arab-controlled area of Hebron were attacked and wounded.\n\nThe soldiers, stationed near Hebron, lost their way Thursday during a physical training exercise.\n
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