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Thompson Apologizes for Comments

Republican presidential candidate Tommy Thompson told a Jewish group Monday that earning money is "part of the Jewish tradition," a remark for which he later apologized.

Joke Beer Celebrates Decade in Business

A company that started out as a joke celebrates ten years in business. Founder Jeremy Cowan says that starting out, he and his friends just thought it would be fun for Jews to have their own beer and brewed up something called "He'Brew." Ten years later, with 2 million bottles sold, it's not a joke anymore.

German Jewish Group Elects Female Leader

Germany's main Jewish organization on Wednesday elected a Holocaust survivor as its first female leader.

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Iranian Immigrants Land in Israel.

Source: ynetnews.com

Jewish Agency's covert mission to bring 40 Iranian Jews to build new lives in Israel ends successfully on Tuesday.

Who Was Jesus?

Source: Canada.com

Leaders representing four distinct religious traditions confront differences over the meaning of Jesus' life

Def. Sec. Gates Sued Over Religious Bullying

Complaints of religious bullying in the nation's military academies have been occurring for more than two years.

Chicago Tribune Buyout: To Zell and Back!

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Heads already are rolling and other sweeping changes are in the pike for the Tribune Company, given its buyout today by real estate magnate Sam Zell. Zell may even plan to take on Yahoo! or Google in cyberspace. Big things are happening for the media conglomerate.

Holocaust survivor, artist Rosemarie Koczy, dies at 68, created searing imagery

Source: In My Heart

Rosemarie Koczy, 68, who survived a childhood in German concentration camps and later spent years creating searing art infused with images of Holocaust victims, died from breast cancer Dec. 12, 2007.

UK Professor Richard Dawkins on Christmas Day - "Happy Newton Day!"

Source: New Statesman Contents

Outstanding UK evolutionary biologist Professor Richard Dawkins (Oxford University): 25 December is the birthday of one of one of the world's greatest men, Sir Isaac Newton. "Happy Newton Day!"

if one religion

Source: youpolls.com

If one religon can take over the world, which one would it be and why ??

Muslim hero breaks up train beating

Source: NY Daily News

"That a random Muslim kid helped some Jewish kids, that's what's positive about New York," said Adler, 23, who suffered a broken nose and required four stitches to close a lip wound.

Police: N.Y. subway riders beaten after 'Happy Hanukkah' greeting

Source: haaretz.com

A group 10 of subway riders approached the 4 victims, including 2 men and 2 women, in the NY subway and offered them holiday greetings. When the victims responded by saying "Happy Hannuka", the larger group of 8 men and 2 women jumped on them and beat them up.

Jewish Group Concerned Over Religion's Role in Elections After Romney Speech

Source: On The Hill

A leading Jewish group is voicing its concern regarding the speech that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivered this week on religion, saying that faith is becoming too ingrained in electoral politics.

Presidential Message: Hanukkah 2007

Presidential Message: Hanukkah 2007 Monday December 3, 7:50 pm ET

Does Islam Cause Mental Illness?

Source: thenma.org

With resumed violent riots in France, the Saudi Arabian woman who was recently convicted of having been gang-raped by seven men and has been sentenced by the Islamic Shari'a court to 200 lashes with a whip (a virtual death sentence) and 6-months in prison—assuming she survive …

Challenging Tradition, Young Jews Worship on Their Terms

Source: The New York Times

Young Jews around the country are challenging traditional Jewish notions of prayer and identity by organizing independent prayer groups.

Do Jews Celebrate Thanksgiving?

The other night, as I was sitting down to a Thanksgiving dinner, my brother received a text message from one of his frat brothers: "Do Jews celebrate Thanksgiving?" Normally questions about religion don't bother me...

Anne Frank tree escapes axe again

Source: BBC News

The chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II has won another reprieve. Amsterdam city council ruled in March that the rotting 150-year-old tree must be felled as a danger to the public.

The 7 Jewish Feasts Of The LORD

Source: revver

For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings.

Review: "Cooking Jewish" - The Book

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When Judy Bart Kancigor was excitedly expecting her first grandchild, she suddenly realized: how would this coming generation ever know her family's history, hear the wonderful stories—and, more importantly, taste its wonderful food? review in the blog "Israel On Blog" if the …

Is Israel a Jewish State?

Source: aish.com

In advance of the upcoming diplomatic conference in Annapolis, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced the other day that he expects the Palestinian Authority to finally acknowledge Israel's existence as a Jewish state.

YouTube - British film crew threatened by jewish settler in Hebron

Source: YouTube

Tel Rumeida is a small Palestinian neighborhood deep in the West Bank city of Hebron.

Is Israel a Jewish state?

Source: The Boston Globe

The refusal of the Palestinian Authority to acknowledge Israel as a legitimate Jewish state isn't a denial of reality; it is a sign of their determination to change that reality.

New Wave of Shoah Claims: Holocaust Groups Demand More Compensation from Germany - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

Source: SPIEGEL ONLINE

More than 60 years after the Holocaust, survivors and their heirs are filing new claims for compensation against Germany. And the Israeli government wants Berlin to provide additional payments of millions of euros to help pay for social services for survivors.

The Tragedy of Abdication

Source: The New Media Journal

Erik Rush takes a good, hard, cold look at the crushing of people's rights to express their religion in public-particularly Christian and Jewish religions.

Jewish intelligence, Jewish genes, and Jewish values. - By William Saletan - Slate Magazine

Source: Slate

A culture that trains its young people to procreate only with one another becomes, over time, a genetically distinct population.

Ann Coulter Mad Libs

Source: The L.A. Times

Ann Coulter said recently that Jews like me could be "perfected" by becoming Christian. Of course she didn't express that in the most sensitive way possible.

Israeli Interior Minister: 'No automatic citizenship for Jews'

Source: JPost.com

Appearing at the Jewish Agency's Board of Governors meeting in Jerusalem on Tuesday, Sheetrit said he believed "Israel should no longer grant automatic citizenship to Jews."

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