NYC schools to close for Muslim holidays
Jewish Journal
March 5, 2015
New York will become the first major city to close its public schools for Muslim holidays.
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March 5, 2015
Harrison Ford hospitalized after Santa Monica plane crash
Jewish Journal
March 5, 2015
A plane crashed onto a golf course in Santa Monica Thursday afternoon.
Iran hints might not reject 10-year partial freeze of nuclear work
Jewish Journal
March 5, 2015
Iran\’s foreign minister on Thursday suggested that a 10-year moratorium on some aspects of the country\’s nuclear program might be acceptable to Tehran, though he declined to discuss the issue in detail.
Nisman’s ex-wife: Late AMIA prosecutor was murdered
Jewish Journal
March 5, 2015
Forensic tests on the body of an Argentine state prosecutor who died days after accusing President Cristina Fernandez of plotting to cover up Iran\’s alleged role in a 1994 bombing indicate that he was murdered, his ex-wife said on Thursday.
Jewish Women’s Conference allows women to let down their hair
Danielle Berrin
March 5, 2015
The fourth annual Jewish Women’s Conference of Southern California, held March 1 at UCLA’s Covel Commons, proved a fertile testing ground for women’s issues today, drawing nearly 200 women of all ages and religious backgrounds to a daylong female-centric confab.
PLO votes to cut security cooperation with Israel
Jewish Journal
March 5, 2015
The central council of the Palestine Liberation Organization has decided to end all of its security cooperation with Israel.
Zhenya Gershman, ‘Larger Than Life’
Jewish Journal
March 5, 2015
Although she stands at 5-foot-10, the artist Zhenya Gershman is not imposing. Her canvases, on the other hand, are grand, standing up to 7 feet tall, befitting their subjects: actors, musicians and celebrities who very much live up to their billing in the aptly titled new exhibition “Larger Than Life.”
What billionaires owe the Jewish community
Jewish Journal
March 5, 2015
In the past decade, a new class of Jewish mega-givers has emerged, reshaping the Jewish philanthropic landscape.
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