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LOS ANGELES & JERUSALEM - (Business Wire) The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, Israel, a non-profit educational organization offering Jewish education, curriculum, and rabbinic ...  

Between the Catholic and Mormon churches, it almost seems like there's no room at the table for other zealots to pull up a chair at the faith-based haterade table. But now a group of Orthodox Jewish rabbis have done just that! Except, since Jews don't believe in hell, they don't have anywhere to send homosexual [...]  

Wolberom, Poland – An ancient Jewish cemetery slated for destruction has been saved by the Polish authorities. The graveyard, in Wolberom, near Krakow, was supposed to have a $1 million school gym built on it. But the project was moved at the end of last year to a different site after skeletons were discovered on the [...]  

Netanya, Israel – The religious community in Netanya, Israel’s eighth largest city, is breathing a sigh of relief, after a nine-month Reform movement bid to ban new synagogue construction in the city has been blocked. Tel Aviv District Court Judge Sarah Gadot rejected an appeal by two Reform Judaism groups to stop any new synagogue construction [...]  

The Jewish community of Rome confirmed Monday that Pope Benedict XVI would visit the city's synagogue as scheduled this month despite strained ties over plans to make World War II-era pope Pius XII a saint.  

New Cycle of Daf Yomi YerushalmiThe new cycle of Daf Yomi in Talmud Yerushalmi begins next Wednesday, 27 Teves, Jan. 13th. The cycle lasts four years and three months, and the current cycle ends, of course, the day before.Free audio MP3's of shiurim on the entire Yerushalmi are available at www.yerushalmionline.org, and/or by contacting R. Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer.(Announce your simchah or Torah lectures by clicking on the button in the top...  

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CAIRO (AP) - Hundreds of Israelis are making an annual pilgrimage to the tomb of a 19th-century Jewish holy man in Egypt's Nile Delta. Egypt has in years past limited the number of pilgrims. Israeli newspapers reported, however, that President Hosni ...  

Jerusalem – The chairman of the United Torah Judaism faction, MK Menachem Eliezer Moses, expressed his opposition Sunday to the bill which proposes changes to the oath of allegiance taken by MKs. Moses said to Ynet, “I understand Judaism, and I also understand democracy, but I don’t understand why we need the word ‘Zionism’.” The [...]  

Q&A: Four Questions For the Wandering JewForwardIn between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur I was in Zacatecas, this tiny mountain town in Central Mexico. Guadalajara is the closest Jewish community to there, ...  

Sacramento Synagogue, Cars Vandalized with Racist GraffitiNews10.netA Sacramento synagogue was defaced with racist graffiti overnight. Vandals tagged Kenesset Israel Torah Center on the 1100 block of Morse Avenue. ...Sacramento Synagogues Defaced With GraffitiFox40Sacramento Synagogue VandalizedKSBWVandals Attack Two Sacramento SynagoguesCBS13.comall 12 news articles »  

Lincoln Square Synagogue and Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School Invite the Entire Community to Our Annual Winter Yom Iyun Exploring the World of Tzedakah: Priorities and Goals in A World of Limited ResourcesDate/Time:Sunday, January 10, 20109:30 AM-12:30 PMLocation:Lincoln Square Synagogue200 Amsterdam Avenue (Amsterdam and 69th street)New York CityPresenters Include:Rabbi Dov Linzer, Rosh HaYeshiva and Dean, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah...  

Tags: The Sun Also Rises ... Do you speak Hebrew? Where did you learn to speak Hebrew? What is your rabbi’s name? What congregation do you belong to? What Jewish holidays did you celebrate this year? What did you do on Yom Kippur? I was met at JFK ...  

Brooklyn, NY – An Orthodox Jewish man’s claim that a Jewish newspaper defamed him by mistakenly placing him on a shun list meant to shame husbands into granting their wives a divorce is too mired in religious doctrine to be decided by secular courts, the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled. Yaakov [...]  

Manhattan, NY – The students of Yeshiva University (YU) will hold their annual SOY Seforim Sale from January 24 through February 15 in Belfer Hall, 2495 Amsterdam Ave. on YU’s Wilf Campus in Manhattan. The sale, North America’s largest Jewish book sale, is organized entirely by YU students who run the entire operation from ordering [...]