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By Ben Sales, JTNews Correspondent Haredi Orthodox youth mobbed the Western Wall plaza by the thousands to protest Women of the Wall as they held their monthly prayer service. The youth, many of them students from haredi Orthodox yeshivot, had filled the Western Wall Plaza by 6:40 a.m. on Friday, 20Continue Reading

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By JTA News Desk, JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA) — British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking clarified that he decided to cancel a planned visit to Israel to adhere to an academic boycott of the Jewish state. On Wednesday, University of Cambridge spokesman Tim Holt said Hawking’s cancellation of the trip plannedContinue Reading

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By , JTA World News Service VANCOUVER, Canada (JTA)—Jewish refugees from Arab countries have been ignored by the Western world, the Canadian Parliament was told in its first-ever hearings on the issue. “The expulsion of nearly 1 million Jews from nine Arab countries has had no political consequences,” Gina Waldman, presidentContinue Reading

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By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA)—When it comes to the latest Arab peace initiative, two questions are circulating in Washington: Why Qatar? And why now? The three answers: Because Qatar is rich; it is scared; and why not? Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani, the QatariContinue Reading

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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) — Twice in three days, Israeli warplanes entered Syrian airspace and fired on suspected weapons caches bound for Hezbollah—and nothing has happened in response. Some experts are predicting that will continue to be the case following airstrikes near Damascus on FridayContinue Reading

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By , JTA World News Service   NEW YORK (JTA)—A study released by the Foundation for Jewish Camp showed that overnight camps are growing increasingly aware of the needs of children with disabilities. The organization on Wednesday said the study showed a greater number of camps offered unique services to aContinue Reading

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By JTA News Desk, JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Israeli Prime Minister’s office welcomed the Arab League’s Middle East peace plan allowing for agreed-upon land swaps. In a statement issued late Tuesday on behalf of Israeli diplomatic officials, the Prime Minister’s Office said Israel “welcomed the support given by theContinue Reading

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By Gil Shefler, JTA World News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (JTA)—It’s brunch time at Mother’s Bistro & Bar and owner-chef Lisa Schroeder has a small crisis on her hands involving the accidental defenestration of a busboy. Moments earlier, a server had tripped and gone flying through one of the restaurant’s large pictureContinue Reading

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By JTA News Desk, JTA World News Service (JTA)—The Arab League agreed to a Middle East peace plan that would allow for agreed-upon land swaps. Qatari Prime Minister Sheik Hamad Bin Jassem Al Thani, speaking on behalf of the Arab League, said Monday during a visit to Washington that the ArabContinue Reading

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