Tisha B’Av – A Day of Mourning and Repentance
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Tisha B’Av or the Ninth of Av is
2:06 am | The White House dinner on Sept. 1, prior to the official launch of renewed Palestinian-Israeli talks, will be key to outlining the contours of the negotiations. “The dinner will help to...
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1:50 am | While President Obama was on vacation, his West Wing office got a bit of a face lift, complete with a new rug, fresh wallpaper and paint, and new furniture — all...
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1:43 am | With one final, fitting blast of 96-degree heat on Tuesday, the summer of 2010 went down in the National Weather Service’s record books as the hottest ever in New York City. Hotter than the...
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1:35 am | A French history teacher in Nancy, France, has been suspended for breaching the principle of secularism and neutrality after the French education ministry concluded that she was teaching “too much” about...
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1:24 am | The state education commissioner has ordered the East Ramapo school district to halt the sale of Hillcrest Elementary School, an Education Department spokesman confirmed Tuesday. Commissioner David Steiner issued a stay in...
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2:49 am | Just hours before he takes off for the US for the start of direct talks with the Palestinians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received surprising political reinforcement from Shas even...
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Israeli-Palestinian preview: Who’s coming to dinner at the White House? »
2:06 am | The White House dinner on Sept. 1, prior to the official launch of renewed Palestinian-Israeli talks, will be key to outlining the contours of the negotiations....
Oval Office gets a makeover »
1:50 am | While President Obama was on vacation, his West Wing office got a bit of a face lift, complete with a new rug, fresh wallpaper and paint,...
It Adds Up: This Was New York’s Hottest Summer »
1:43 am | With one final, fitting blast of 96-degree heat on Tuesday, the summer of 2010 went down in the National Weather Service’s record books as the hottest ever in...
Jewish teacher suspended in France for teaching ‘too much’ about Holocaust »
1:35 am | A French history teacher in Nancy, France, has been suspended for breaching the principle of secularism and neutrality after the French education ministry concluded that she...
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3:33 am | Okay — maybe you look at more email forwards and cheesy Facebook photos than I do....
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