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June 14, 2012
Santa Monica nativity ban hits menorahs, too
The Santa Monica City Council has banned all future nativity, anti-nativity and Chanukah displays at the oceanfront Palisades Park. The 5-0 vote on June 12 ends a nearly 60-year winter tradition.
Egypt parliament to be dissolved after ruling, court official says
Ahmed Shafik, Hosni Mubarak\’s last prime minister, got the green light to continue his bid for Egypt\’s presidency on Thursday when a constitutional court ruled against a law that would have thrown him out of the race.
Peres calls for renewed peace talks in medal ceremony
Receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama, Israeli President Shimon Peres called for a renewal of peace talks with the Palestinians.
Winds of change
Mainstream American Judaism, in a desperate attempt to remain relevant in a wide-open and freewheeling culture, has kicked open all its doors and windows, and at least one Jew is not happy. Jack Wertheimer, professor of American Jewish history at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, has hit back with a stinging essay in Commentary called “The Ten Commandments of American Jews.”
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