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June 19, 2013
L.A. Iranian Jews pessimistic about new Iranian president
In the wake of the election on June 16 of Iranian cleric Hassan Rohani as the next president of Iran, Los Angeles’ Iranian-Jewish activists not hopeful that the new head of the Iranian regime will be able to transform Iran’s radical totalitarian Islamic dictatorship.
The re-‘birth’ of hope?
Truisms are born to be disproven. The assertion that the era of the two-state solution is over has been frequently propounded of late by Israelis from left to right. To make their case, they point to the irreversibility of Israel’s presence in the West Bank.
Iceland’s inner warmth
Iceland is a small place that is big on surprises.
Doheny to reopen keeping RCC hechsher
Here’s a bit of good news for anyone looking for kosher steak to grill on the Fourth of July: Doheny Glatt Kosher Meat Market may reopen within weeks.
Eruv is up for shabbat
After being disrupted by construction on the 405 Freeway, the Los Angeles Community Eruv was expected to be back in operation for the Shabbat beginning at sundown on June 21, Howard Witkin, a community member who oversees the eruv’s maintenance, told the Journal on June 17.
Putin basks in isolation over Syria as Obama’s charm falls flat
At the end of a tense two-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama – slumped over and serious – tried to lighten the mood with a joke about their favorite sports.
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