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December 9, 2014
Vayeshev: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Stew
In Vayeshev, Jacob returns to his home to “settle.” But, there is not any internal or external settling for him.
Netanyahu makes cost-of-living promise ahead of Israeli election
In nearly nine years as Israel\’s prime minister spread over three terms, Benjamin Netanyahu has been a security hawk, promising to do whatever it takes to combat the threat from Palestinian militants or a nuclear-armed Iran.
Sexual threats, other CIA methods detailed in new U.S. report
\”Enhanced interrogation\” techniques used by the CIA on militants detained in secret prisons were ineffective and never produced information which led to the disruption of imminent terrorist plots, a declassified report by the Senate Intelligence Committee found.
Rattled by wartime rockets, Israel plans alternate airport
An airport planned for Israel\’s southern desert is being billed as a wartime alternative to Tel Aviv, which was briefly shunned by most foreign carriers in July because of Palestinian rocket fire from Gaza.
Swastika wrapping paper or Rorschach test?
Let’s play a game. Can you find the swastikas in the picture above?
New York police shoot, kill man who stabbed student in synagogue
New York police fatally shot a man armed with a knife on Tuesday after he stabbed a rabbinical student from Israel in a Brooklyn synagogue, and authorities quickly stepped up security at Jewish houses of worship around the city, police said.