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September 16, 2010
U.S. reportedly pushing three-month freeze extension
The Obama administration reportedly suggested that Israel extend its current settlement freeze for three months, which Israel appears to have rejected.
Havel joins Israel-friendly initiative
Former Czech President Vaclav Havel joined an initiative to defend Israel in Europe and the West.
Israel buys Twitter name from porn site owner
Israel purchased the Twitter user name @israel from the owner of a pornographic website.\n
Bomb threat evacuates two Miami-area temples
Two Miami-area synagogues were evacuated following a bomb threat.
Israel closing West Bank for Yom Kippur
Israel will close the West Bank for the Yom Kippur holiday, its army said.
Israel study program providing seed money for U.S. colleges
The MASA study-in-Israel initiative is giving eight U.S. colleges or systems a total of $400,000 over the next two years.
Israel hits Gaza weapons storage facilities
Israel\’s Air Force struck two weapons storage facilities in the Gaza Strip.
Savoring ‘goulash Judaism’ in the Hungarian capital
I always try to spend at least part of the High Holidays in Budapest, so I can sample some of the spicy mixture that characterizes the Jewish experience in the Hungarian capital.
A Jew who fought the Nazis
“Amidah,” as the term is used by historian Yehuda Bauer, refers to any act by which Jews “stood up” to Nazi persecution. By that definition, smuggling food or conducting a Torah class in the confines of a ghetto were acts of resistance. But some resisters actually picked up a weapon, and their exploits exert a certain visceral appeal to the generations who struggle to make sense of the tragic carnage that we call the Holocaust.
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