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Yom Kippur is a Jewish holiday also called the Day of Atonement. It falls on the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tishri and is considered by many to be the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
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Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith is a nonprofit organization that fights prejudice. The organization is based in New York, NY and managed by Abraham H. Fosman. Its official home on the web is http://www.adl.org
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Misha Lerner is the 4th grader who asked former Secretary of State Condaleeza Rice about the Bush administration's policies regarding torture.
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Vice Premier Shimon Peres was elected Israel's ninth president. He has a 7 year term starting in July 2007 and he replaces the disgraced Moshe Katsav.
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Eve Sedgwick was widely considered one of the founder of queer theory. She died on April 12, 2009, at the age of 58. Find more Eve Sedgewick news and information here.
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The search for common ground between the warring Israeli and Palestinian peoples.
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Idi Amin Dada was the President of Uganda. During Idi Amin Dada's presidency, there was an increase in sectarian violence, including the persecution of the Acholi, Lango, Indian and other ethnic groups, as well as Hindus and Christians in Uganda.
The death toll during Amin's regime will never be accurately known. An estimate from the International Commission of Jurists is that it was not less than 80,000 and more likely around 300,000.
The political career of Idi Amin inspired a Hollywood movie, The Last King of Scotland.
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A community portal about The Torah with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Torah is a Hebrew word meaning " teaching," " instruction," or " law ". It is the central and most important document of Judaism revered by Jews through the ages. It is written in Hebrew, the oldest Jewish language. It is also called the Law of Moses. Torah primarily refers to the first section of the Tanakh –the first five books of the Tanach. The term is sometimes also used in the general sense to also include both of Judaism's written law and oral law, encompassing the entire spectrum of authoritative Jewish religious teachings throughout history, including the Mishnah, the Talmud, the Midrash, and more.
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