Temple Mount closed to Jewish visitors
Jewish Journal
September 24, 2013
Jerusalem Police closed the Temple Mount to Jewish visitors based on intelligence that Palestinians planned to cause disturbances there.
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September 24, 2013
Abbas to U.S. Jews: Culture for peace better now than in 2000s
Jewish Journal
September 24, 2013
In a meeting with U.S. Jewish leaders, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he was more hopeful now for peace than he was in the mid-2000s.
Obama at U.N.: America’s Mideast focus is on Iran, peace talks
Jewish Journal
September 24, 2013
President Obama in an address to the United Nations said U.S. focus in the Middle East will be keeping Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Ted Cruz, as in lose
Douglas Bloomfield
September 24, 2013
What\’s playing out in Washington this week is a classic example of that old political shibboleth, \”that may be what I said but that\’s not what I meant.\” Republicans are piously assuring us they have no desire to shut down the government only to go marching off toward the cliff.
Tel Aviv’s half-abandoned Central Bus Station is home to a bat cave and six underground theaters
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September 24, 2013
Anthony Bourdain’s visit to Israel: Parts unknown
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September 24, 2013
If you like food and you like Israel, this past week’s episode of Anthony Bourdain’s “Parts Unknown” was a win-win.
Family problems? Turn to Genesis
Dennis Prager
September 24, 2013
If you have family problems, there is a book that can provide a good deal of consolation. That book, you might be surprised to learn, is the Book of Genesis, the first book of the Torah.
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