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Friday, 27 January 2012 06:47 |
 Israeli intelligence estimates, backed by academic studies, have cast doubt on the widespread assumption that a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities would set off a catastrophic set of events like a regional...
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Written by Guy Bechor for YNET
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Friday, 27 January 2012 06:08 |
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Nothing stopped Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas prime minister in Gaza, from making Ahmadinejad-style declarations that Israel’s days are numbered and calling for the establishment of an Arab Jihad army for...
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Written by Northwestern University
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 05:27 |
CHICAGO --- Will you have a heart attack or a stroke in your lifetime? Your odds may be worse than you think.
Men and women may have a false sense of security about their chances of having a heart attack or stroke...
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Written by Arutz Sheva
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 04:47 |
An American Jewish woman says her flight's cancellation due to a hacker attack Wednesday night was clearly the result of Divine Providence.
At least outbound one flight – Delta #269 from Ben Gurion International...
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International News
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:28 |
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World Cheese Company, producer of Haolam cholov Yisrael cheese products and Miller’s Cheese Corp. have moved quickly to offer its loyal customers newly produced, quality shredded cheese after issuing a voluntary...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:25 |
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Defenders of President Franklin Roosevelt’s response to the Holocaust have been dealt a major blow, as a study by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has rejected a claim they frequently have made regarding...
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Written by Phyllis J. Lubin
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:16 |
 “When is the show starting?” Yussie asked anxiously.
We had been sitting and waiting for the show to begin for ten minutes now. After all, we needed to be on time to get a good seat!
“The show will begin...
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Written by Mordechai Schmutter
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:13 |
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In general, most of us don’t get to see a lot of real art. I mean, there are the pictures that our kids bring home from school that are covered in finger paint and, for some reason, noodles. But aside from that, most...
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Written by Rabbi Yitzchok D. Frankel
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:10 |
Agudath Israel of the Five Towns
From Moshe’s coming and telling Pharaoh that the bechoros (fristborns) will die at midnight, we see the amazing ability of the human mind to process information in a totally...
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Written by Anessa V. Cohen
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:07 |
Moving Checklists
Preparing to move can be very stressful even under the most structured of situations. But if you have not prepared your move in a systematic fashion, it can be a nightmare. Moving from one address to...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:03 |
It’s The System
Dear Editor,
Regarding Rabbi Yair Hoffman’s article “The Kavod of a Bas Yisrael”on the front page of the January 13 issue, I agree with the sentiment of the article, in which he...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:59 |
 In the tradition of Shulamith and under the direction of Mrs. Joyce Yarmak, the esteemed principal of the lower division, classes 2D, 2H, and 2K each participated in their individual class presentations. Talented morot...
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Written by Naomi Newman
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:51 |
 TAG preschoolers are even more excited than usual to go to school. In recent weeks, TAG welcomed many of its kindergarten and pre-1A students into the newly constructed preschool wing of its building. Excitement filled the...
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Written by Arlene Kushner
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:41 |
 My readers have heard from me about Mitzpe Avichai, and now it is time to turn our attention to Migron, which presents some very serious issues. You will learn things here that it is unlikely you’ve heard from your...
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Written by David J. Seidemann, Esq.
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:37 |
From The Other Side Of The Bench
In a ceremony fit for royalty, Rebbetzin Chana Weinberg was laid to rest on Tuesday in Baltimore, Maryland. Complete with police escort, the highway exits blocked off by state police...
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Written by Larry Gordon
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:34 |
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It is way too early to pronounce the winner of these seemingly weekly Republican primaries. A look at the calendar makes it clear that there is a long way to go. It is not too early to speculate, however, on possible...
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Written by jewishweek.com
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 05:06 |
 After Reb Shlomo Carlebach’s passing in 1994, “Carlebach minyans” have blossomed around the world, driven by the fact that anyone can sing (and daven) along with the music famously recorded by him. But if...
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International News
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Written by NY1
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Friday, 27 January 2012 06:32 |
 Protesters who gathered on City Hall's steps Thursday say Police Commissioner Ray Kelly lied to Muslims, the media and the city as a whole about his role in the controversial film "The Third Jihad."
Its producers call it...
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International News
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Written by Arutz Sheva
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Friday, 27 January 2012 01:25 |
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Israel presented this week, for the first time, its principles regarding the borders of a future Palestinian state. The borders were presented during Wednesday’s meeting in Jordan between attorney Yitzchak Molcho...
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Written by University of Texas News Center
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 05:16 |
 Your genes could be a strong predictor of whether you stray into a life of crime, according to a research paper co-written by UT Dallas criminologist Dr. J.C. Barnes.
“Examining the Genetic Underpinnings to...
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Written by Rabbi Avi Shafran
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:30 |
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It was over a decade ago, in the wake of a spate of terrible terrorist attacks on Jews in Eretz Yisrael, that the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah called upon Jews to recite chapters of Tehillim (they suggested chapters 83, 130...
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International News
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:28 |
 English literacy Institute AHAVA has launched its seventh annual read-a-thon by inviting local schoolchildren to help create what is expected to be the biggest book ever made in Israel.
The book, titled “The...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:25 |
 The bar mitzvah of Eric Lenefsky was celebrated earlier this month at the Young Israel of West Hempstead. Mazal tov to parents Caryn and Ron and to the entire family!
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Written by Maurice Shohet
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:15 |
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The year of Israel’s independence was a rough one for the Iraqi Jewish community, which numbered at the time more than 135,000. The Jewish businessman Shafiq Ades was arrested and executed in 1948 for allegedly...
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Written by Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:12 |
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The term half does not always refer to 50%. When someone is called a half-wit, the intent is not that he has half the intelligence of a regular human. The term is merely use to convey the speaker’s opinion that that...
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Written by By Rabbi Meir Orlian. Business Halacha Institute
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:09 |
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The end of Parashas Bo deals with the sanctity of the firstborn. A firstborn son is redeemed through the kohein (pidyon ha’ben) and a firstborn calf or lamb is brought as a sacrifice. What do we do with a firstborn...
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Written by Ron Jager
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:05 |
Tidbits From Israel
The Arab Spring and the Islamic takeover of the Middle East provide Israel and her supporters the opportunity to rebrand the current media narrative concerning apartheid. As usual, Israel’s...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:02 |
 On Saturday night, January 14, Chabad of the Five Towns’ Café Chabad, which was chaired by Ely and Elisheva Baum, Victor and Chana Braverman, Sholom and Pessy Jacobs, and Mayer and Tamara Steinman, opened its doors...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:57 |
 This past motzaei Shabbos, the Yeshiva of Far Rockaway celebrated its 43rd annual dinner. The guests of honor were Dr. and Mrs. Dovid Reich. The yeshiva also honored Mr. and Mrs. Dovid Klein as kesser shem tov honorees and...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:49 |
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The Gesher Early Childhood Center is proud to offer a new and unique educational resource to preschool children in the Five Towns area. The first of its kind, Gesher is staffed exclusively with NYS certified special...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:40 |
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The Five Towns Jewish Times is pleased to launch a new Dating Forum feature. Dating can pose a multitude of delicate and sensitive questions that require the assistance of those who spend countless hours dealing with...
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Written by Samuel Sokol
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:36 |
 When Israel’s Channel 2 ran its exposé on the attack on eight-year-old Naama Margolese, who was innocently making her way to school and suffered the degradations of a group of chareidi extremists known to Israelis...
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Written by NY Daily News
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 05:50 |
 MOGADISHU, Somalia - U.S. military forces flew into Somalia in a nighttime helicopter raid Wednesday, freed an American and a Danish hostage, and killed nine pirates in a mission President Obama appeared to reference...
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International News
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Written by Chana Yaar for Arutz Sheva
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 04:46 |
Three district court judges and the dean of Tel Aviv University's Buchmann Faculty of Law have been appointed to the Israeli Supreme Court bench.
Jerusalem District Court Deputy President Tzvi Zylbertal, Jerusalem...
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International News
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Written by Nir Hasson for HaAretz
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Friday, 27 January 2012 06:16 |
 Fully 80 percent of Israeli Jews believe that God exists - the highest figure found by the Guttman-Avi Chai survey since this review of Israeli-Jewish beliefs began two decades ago.
The latest survey of the "Beliefs...
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Written by 5TJT Staff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 07:27 |
 Political activist and supermarket mogul Jack (Yanky) Brach recently sat down in New York with
an exclusive group of Jewish supporters and Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich. The next
big test for the Gingrich...
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International News
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Written by Richard Sukverstein for Asian Times
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 05:11 |
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Relations between Iran and the West, fraught with tension and conflict for decades, have in the past few months reached a fever pitch. There is talk of war on a daily basis from both sides. Hundreds of millions, if not...
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Written by Laizer Shtundel
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:29 |
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Last Saturday night, I observed an after-Shabbos tradition that is shared by millions of Jews around the world. Within five minutes of Havdalah, I had begun my gluttony of digital information and was itching for my...
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International News
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:26 |
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Drawing on the strength of the Jewish community, more than 800 volunteers will gather for UJA-Federation of New York’s annual Super Sunday phone-a-thon on Sunday, January 29, to raise money that helps care for people...
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International News
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:23 |
 Professor Dr. Natalia Aleksiun has achieved a trifecta in academia. An associate professor of Jewish studies at the Touro Graduate School of Jewish Studies, Dr. Aleksiun has been awarded three research fellowships for the...
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Written by Rochelle Maruch Miller
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:14 |
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Wreaking havoc on lives, tearing families apart, and destroying dreams, the disease of addiction is a relentless foe. “For years the Jewish community was reluctant to admit that addiction even existed among...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:11 |
Burning Night
They shall eat the flesh [of the Passover offering] on that night, roasted on the fire, with matzos and bitter herbs. Do not eat of it half-done, or cooked or boiled in water; only roasted on the...
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Written by Esther Mann, LCSW
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:08 |
Dear Esther,
I think a lot about the fact that when someone is raised with specific ways of doing things, it’s easy to believe that their way is the only way to live. Then you get married and realize that there are...
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Written by Hannah Reich Berman
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:04 |
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Last Shabbos my friend Lucille, knowing I would be home in the afternoon, decided to pay a visit. This friend is a Christian girl and, while she has had Jewish friends all of her life, none of them were observant. As a...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:01 |
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More than 30 years have elapsed since Yaffa first took scissors to a wig, and her custom European designs continue to delight the senses. Each predesigned piece reflects the absolute sensitivity to how hair lives and...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:52 |
 As students continue to explore the world of technology, it is imperative that students are taught about the dangers of being online and how to stay safe. On January 10, students in fourth through sixth grade at...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:49 |
 At their ninth annual dinner, on February 21 at Congregation Kneseth Israel (the White Shul), Mesivta Ateres Yaakov will present their hakaras hatov award to Mr. and Mrs. Jay Rand in recognition of their strong and active...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:39 |
 Graduates of DRS-HALB High School in Woodmere who are spending the year studying in yeshivas
in Israel joined Rabbi Aryeh Cohen last week at the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem for a Shabbaton,
which concluded with the Havdalah...
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Written by Larry Gordon
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:35 |
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It is intersession at many of our schools, and a good number of people are away from the Five Towns and the other New York area communities in which this paper circulates. Many families are in Israel, as is a tradition...
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International News
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Written by HaAretz
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 05:44 |
 A bitter confrontation broke out between the head of the Israeli negotiating team Yitzhak Molcho and chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat during their meeting In Jordan on Saturday.
An Israeli official familiar with...
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