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July 2, 2014
Torah too R-rated for some Chasidim, so they edited it
For some Chasidim, the Torah is too hot to handle.
On the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Rabbi David Saperstein, Director and Counsel of the Religious Action Center, (and long time national Board member of the NAACP and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights) issued the following statement.
Israel said to accept U.S. offer in search for teens’ murderers
Israel accepted U.S. assistance in its search for the murderers of three kidnapped teenagers, U.S. deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said.
Kerry condemns murder of Palestinian teen
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry condemned the murder of a Palestinian teen from eastern Jerusalem.
In Israel, mourning turns to anger and despair
When news broke in Israel at around 7:30 p.m. on June 30 that the dead bodies of the three kidnapped boys had been discovered in a field near to where they disappeared — after 18 days of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) searches, raids and arrests across the West Bank — grief blanketed the nation.
Discovery of Palestinian teen’s body spurs rioting in E. Jerusalem
The body of a Palestinian teenager was found in the Jerusalem Forest hours after he was reported kidnapped from an eastern Jerusalem neighborhood.
In full recording of teen’s emergency call, kidnappers heard celebrating
The full recording of the emergency call placed by one of three abducted teens, in which the kidnappers can be heard celebrating, was released.