What President Obama should tell Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu when they meet in the White House Friday: (…) Anyway, Bibi, in the past several weeks I’ve been working with my staff on Mideast policy speeches. So, the Middle East has been on my mind. And I’ve actually reached conclusions and made decisions.
The best thing about last week’s conviction in Germany of Sobibor guard John Demjanjuk is that the case works from the bottom up. The low-level functionary was brought to justice.
Ask a group of average Jews what they know about Shavuot, and you’re likely to hear something like: “Oh sure, that’s the holiday when we eat cheesecake.” From a biblical standpoint, Shavuot is one of the holiest days in Judaism, but as a holiday on the Jewish calendar it is one of the most misunderstood and overlooked.
A Manhattan grand jury has indicted a man who police say was plotting attacks against synagogues and other targets in New York. The Manhattan District Attorney\’s Office announced the indictment of Ahmed Ferhani, a 26-year-old Algerian immigrant, on Tuesday. Ferhani and a second suspect, Moroccan immigrant Mohamed Mamdouh, 20, were arrested May 11 in Manhattan.
The \”Arbeit Macht Frei” sign stolen from Auschwitz and cut into three pieces has been repaired. The iron sign was unveiled Wednesday in the laboratory of the camp museum. Repairs to the sign, which measures 16 feet across and means \”Work makes you free,\” took several months.
Rabbi Joyce Newmark failed to defend her title on the television game show \”Jeopardy!\” Newmark, a Conservative rabbi and a member of Congregation Beth Sholom in Teaneck, N.J., lost on a show aired Tuesday night after easily defeating two other opponents the previous night and winning $29,200.
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