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April 1, 2016
L.A. eruv repaired just before Shabbat, dedicated to LAPD
With just hours before Shabbat begins, the Los Angeles Eruv is down, but Howard Witkin, who coordinates all eruv operations, said he expects the eruv will be operational before Shabbat begins shortly before 7 p.m.
Attention must be paid (except to climate change)
A bombshell dropped last week. But if nobody heard it explode, did that make it a dud?
Netanyahu asks Kerry to declare Israel does not engage in extrajudicial killings
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly asked John Kerry to publicly state that Israel does not carry out extrajudicial killings, after a group of U.S. lawmakers asked the Secretary of State to investigate such claims.
Tesla unveils $35,000-Model 3 with range of 215 miles
Tesla Motors gave a sneak preview Thursday of its Model 3 sedan, saying more than 130,000 people had ordered the car, even though it is more than a year away from production.
Thousands run Bethlehem marathon to protest Israeli restrictions
More than 4,000 people participated in a Bethlehem marathon designed to highlight travel restrictions imposed on Palestinians by Israel.
The missing left: Where’s the support for liberal Zionists on campus?
The Forward recently asked college students “to tell us about a college experience that had shaped their Jewish identity in some way.”
Palestinian conversion requests rejected automatically, Israeli official says
Israel’s authority handling conversions to Judaism rejects Palestinian applicants without review because of their ethnic origin, its head said.
Israeli Supreme Court rules state must accept non-Rabbinate Orthodox conversions
Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that the state must recognize Orthodox conversions performed in Israel outside the authority of the Chief Rabbinate.\n
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