Obama’s Kobani Crossroads
Jewish Journal
October 13, 2014
Obama has consistently disregarded the advice of his military experts on the ISIS threat.
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October 13, 2014
Rabbinic group: Women permitted to dance with Torah scroll
Jewish Journal
October 13, 2014
Women are permitted to dance with a Torah scroll on the Simchat Torah holiday, an Israeli modern Orthodox rabbinical organization ruled.
Israeli swimmers set open-water relay distance record
Jewish Journal
October 13, 2014
Six Israelis set a world record for open-water relay distance swimming.\n
Richard Gere to star in Joseph Cedar movie filmed in Israel
Jewish Journal
October 13, 2014
Actor Richard Gere is set to star in a new film by award-winning Israeli director Joseph Cedar.
Open Hillel is a necessary intervention
Jewish Journal
October 13, 2014
Four rabbis are engaged in an animated debate about Jewish law. Three of them agree, but the dissenter is adamant that he’s got it right. He cries out: “A sign, God, I beg You, a sign!”
UK lawmakers pass symbolic motion to recognize Palestine as a state
Jewish Journal
October 13, 2014
British lawmakers voted in favor of recognizing Palestine as a state on Monday in a move that will not alter the government\’s stance on the issue, but that carries symbolic value for Palestinians in their pursuit of statehood.
Iranian president says nuclear deal with West ‘certain’
Jewish Journal
October 13, 2014
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday a nuclear deal with the West was bound to happen and he believed it could be achieved by a Nov. 24 deadline.
U.S. funds to fight Ebola now top $1 billion, may rise
Jewish Journal
October 13, 2014
The U.S. government now has more than $1 billion available to fight the spread of Ebola from West Africa and is proceeding with plans to deploy up to 4,000 military personnel to the region by late October.
Investigators rush to find out how Ebola struck Dallas nurse
Jewish Journal
October 13, 2014
Health investigators were racing on Monday to figure out how a nurse in Texas contracted Ebola even though she used protective equipment when treating a Liberian who died of the disease in Dallas last week.
Khamenei blames United States, ‘wicked’ Britain, for creating Islamic State
Jewish Journal
October 13, 2014
Iran\’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Monday blamed the United States and the \”wicked\” British government for creating the Islamic State in his first speech since undergoing prostate surgery last month.
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