Peres marks 88th birthday
Jewish Journal
August 16, 2011
Israeli President Shimon Peres marked his 88th birthday with a full working schedule.
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August 16, 2011
Homosexual Israeli soldiers claim harassment
Jewish Journal
August 16, 2011
Gay and lesbian soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces said they have been sexually harassed during their military service.
Israel bombs targets in Gaza, killing one
Jewish Journal
August 16, 2011
Israel\’s Air Force bombed four targets in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for a rocket attack on Beersheba.
Top gymnast gives ‘Hava Nagila’ a perfect 10
Jewish Journal
August 16, 2011
Places you expect to hear \”Hava Nagila\”: weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, every pop culture depiction of traditional Jews and … gymnastics competitions?
Glenn Beck calls Israel social protesters ‘communists’
Jewish Journal
August 16, 2011
Glenn Beck, an American right-wing talk-show host currently visiting Israel, compared the Israeli protesters demanding social justice to communists in his show this week.
U.S. Senator seeks to cut aid to elite IDF units operating in West Bank and Gaza
Jewish Journal
August 16, 2011
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy is promoting a bill to suspend U.S. assistance to three elite Israel Defense Forces units, alleging they are involved in human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Conference for art mavens reflects European Jewry’s niche-appeal trend
Jewish Journal
August 16, 2011
The roomful of artists, musicians and cultural leaders let their imaginations run wild.
The Met nixes Russian art loan over Chabad archive
Jewish Journal
August 16, 2011
New York\’s Metropolitan Museum of Art reportedly has canceled plans for an art loan to a Russian museum in the ongoing dispute over a Chasidic archive.
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