19 years since the murder of Yitzhak Rabin – we can’t let democracy die
Noga Gur-Arieh
November 4, 2014
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November 4, 2014
White House derides report of no Rice-Dermer meetings
Jewish Journal
November 4, 2014
The White House denied an Israeli newspaper report suggesting that U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice and Israel’s U.S. ambassador, Ron Dermer, have never met.\n
Egypt reports finding hundreds of new Gaza tunnels
Jewish Journal
November 4, 2014
Egypt said it found hundreds of new tunnels between Gaza and the Sinai.\n
Israel reopens border crossings with Gaza
Jewish Journal
November 4, 2014
Israel reopened its two border crossings with Gaza, which were closed after a rocket was fired into Israel from the coastal strip.
Louisville diary: Is there a problem between Israel and the Democratic Party?
Shmuel Rosner
November 4, 2014
Ancient Russian synagogues rededicated
Jewish Journal
November 4, 2014
Two ancient synagogues that Soviet authorities confiscated in rural Russia were rededicated as Jewish houses of worship.
Church to become first synagogue in German state since Kristallnacht
Jewish Journal
November 4, 2014
A former church will become Germany’s newest synagogue and the first in the state of Brandenburg since 1938.\n
British lawmaker calls for labeling of non-stunned animal’s meat
Jewish Journal
November 4, 2014
Meat sold in Britain should be labeled if the animal has not been stunned before slaughter, a British lawmaker said.
A dinner party approach to labor negotiations
Jewish Journal
November 4, 2014
As we noted this week, Barrack Hebrew Academy is unusual among Jewish day schools for having a teachers union – and a strong one at that.
For some Orthodox converts, biggest challenges come after mikvah
Jewish Journal
November 4, 2014
There was the convert who was barred from a synagogue on Yom Kippur, the Jamaican convert whose boyfriend’s rabbi offered him a coveted synagogue honor if only he’d dump her, the grandmother who told her granddaughter she’d be going to hell because she became a Jew.
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