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December 9, 2010
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December 9, 2010
Rabbi sues Army over beard ban
Jewish Journal
December 9, 2010
A rabbi is suing the U.S. Army, saying it refused his services as a chaplain because he would not shave his beard. Rabbi Menachem Stern filed suit in the U.S. District Court in Washington on Wednesday, his law firm, Lewin and Lewin, said in a news release. Stern claims the Army rejected his application to serve as a chaplain only because he would not shave his beard as a matter of conscience.\n
House approves funding bill including Iron Dome missile system
Jewish Journal
December 9, 2010
The U.S. House of Representatives included missile defense assistance for Israel in a massive funding bill. Included in the $1.1 trillion bill passed Wednesday was $205 million for Iron Dome, a new Israeli short-range missile defense system aimed at containing rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, as well as $200 million for existing joint U.S.-Israel missile defense programs like the Arrow.\n
PA, Israeli officials in D.C., but not in talks
Jewish Journal
December 9, 2010
Palestinian and Israeli leaders will not meet for negotiations although they will be in Washington this weekend, the U.S. State Department said. \”Right now, I’m not anticipating that we would have Israelis and the Palestinians in the same room at this time,\” State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Wednesday. The United States this week abandoned efforts to persuade Israel into extending a moratorium on settlement building as a means of pulling the Palestinians back into direct talks. Crowley\’s remark suggested that the Obama administration for the time being was giving up on direct talks.
Protesters rally against rabbinic ruling
Jewish Journal
December 9, 2010
Protesters rallied in Jerusalem against a rabbis\’ ban on renting apartments to Arabs. About 150 demonstrators took up positions Wednesday night across from the Great Synagogue to protest the rabbinic ruling, which was issued Tuesday by dozens of Israel\’s municipal chief rabbis. \”Racism is blasphemy\” and \”Rabbis\’ letter — public blasphemy\” read the signs carried by some of the protesters.
Florida school sues over Kohl’s Cares contest
Jewish Journal
December 9, 2010
A school in Florida that finished just out of the money in a national online contest sponsored by Kohl\’s has sued two Florida Jewish day schools that did win one of 20 prizes. Abi\’s Place in Coral Springs filed a lawsuit against the Hebrew Academy Community School and Bais Chaya Inc. in Broward County, where all the schools are located, saying they reneged on their promise to help Abi\’s win votes, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported.\n
Hamas lawmaker expelled from Jerusalem
Jewish Journal
December 9, 2010
A Hamas lawmaker from eastern Jerusalem was ordered expelled to the West Bank. The Jerusalem Magistrates\’ court on Wednesday ordered that Mohammed Abu Tir be transferred to the Palestinian Authority after ruling that he could not continue to live in Jerusalem. Abu Tir has been held in an Israeli jail for the past five months after being arrested for entering Israeli illegally. His residency rights in Israel were annulled in 2006 following the capture of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who has been held in Gaza since his abduction.
Israeli man injured in rocket attack
Jewish Journal
December 9, 2010
Following a rocket strike from Gaza on the western Negev that injured one, Israel\’s Air Force struck three terrorism-linked sites in Gaza. The airstrikes early Thursday morning hit a weapons manufacturing and storage site in the central Gaza Strip and two terrorism hubs in the northern Gaza Strip, according to the Israel Defense Forces. They followed a barrage of five rockets fired on southern Israel Wednesday evening, the IDF said.\n
Israel hits two targets in Gaza
Jewish Journal
December 9, 2010
Israel\’s Air Force struck two terror-linked sites in the southern Gaza Strip. The early Wednesday morning strikes on what the Israel Defense Forces spokesman described as a weapons manufacturing site and a smuggling tunnel were in response to the firing from Gaza of three rockets at Israel\’s southern communities over two days. Both targets were hit.
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