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Saving Sholom Rubashkin

On Monday night, hours before a federal judge formally sentenced Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, former manager of his family’s Agriprocessors meatpacking plant, to 27 years in prison, thousands gathered at a high school in Borough Park. The auditorium quickly filled and loudspeakers and video screens pumped a live feed of the event to crowds standing outside. The event was for men ...

Saudi: OK to uncover face in anti-burka countries

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A popular Saudi cleric said Saturday it is permissible for Muslim women to reveal their faces in countries where the Islamic veil is banned to avoid harassment, while deploring the effort to outlaw the garment in France.Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, is one of the few Muslim countries where women are forced by custom to ...

Saudi king told Obama he’d fund Mubarak if U.S. halted Egypt aid

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah told U.S. President Barack Obama that his country would prop up Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak if the United States withdrew its aid program, The Times said on Thursday.Abdullah told Obama not to humiliate Mubarak, who is under pressure from protesters to quit immediately, in a telephone call on January 29, the newspaper said, citing a senior ...

Sarkozy Tells French Jews: I Stand with Israel

French President Nicolas Sarkozy told French Jews this week that his country “is at the forefront of the struggle against the Iranian nuclear weapon” and reiterated his “commitment and his friendship” towards Israel, the European Jewish Press is reporting.Sarkozy reportedly made the remarks during a lunch at the Elysee Palace on Wednesday with a delegation of CRIF, the umbrella representative group of ...

Sarah Palin to visit Israel, meet Netanyahu, Danon

Potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate Sarah Palin is expected to arrive in Israel for a visit next week.The former Alaska governor and 2008 vice-presidential candidate follows several other prominent republicans who have visited Israel recently, including Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney and Haley Barbour.Palin plans to visit Israel for two days, and will meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ...

Sarah Palin mocked by reporters caught on open mic after California State University speech

Her speeches generally draw cheers, but Sarah Palin earned jeers for a recent speech in California — from reporters. Several journalists were caught on an open mic mocking the ex-Alaska governor following her remarks at California State University, Stanislaus, in Turlock last week.Read More: @ nydailynews.comYou might also like:Sarah Palin to visit Israel, meet Netanyahu, DanonPalin: Obama lacks ‘the cojones’ to ...

Sarah Palin has ‘fire in my belly’ to run for President in 2012, days after Mike Huckabee bows out

Watch out, President Obama: The Mama Grizzly’s got the fire in her belly.Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is flirting again with running for the Republican presidential nomination but admitted media criticism has taken a toll on her family — which would only increase if she throws her hat in the ring.“I think my problem is that I do have the ...

Santa Monica jumps on the male circumcision ban bandwagon

A week after it was announced that a bill to ban male circumcision made it on the November 2011 ballot in San Francisco, a similar campaign was proposed on Wednesday in Santa Monica.The group MGM Bill wants the anti-circumcision measure on the November ballot in Santa Monica. The San Diego group got more than 7,700 valid signatures from city residents, ...

San Francisco man hopes to bring about ban on circumcision

In a country where bris is many times a default choice not only for Jewish parents for their baby boys, it was natural to expect some people to protest the practice. These groups are called “intactionists” or “intactivists”.There are even a few Jewish religious figures that do not object or actively support providing nervous parents with a baby naming ritual ...

San Francisco activists bring male circumcision ban closer to vote

A U.S. group opposed to male circumcision said they have collected more than enough signatures for a proposal to ban the practice in San Francisco as a ballot measure for November elections.But legal experts said that even if the move was approved by a majority of the city’s voters, such a measure would almost certainly face a legal challenge as ...

Samaria Leaders Meet MP over ‘Apartheid’ Claims

Jewish leaders from Samaria, British friends of Israel, and a Palestinian Authority Arab dissident sat down this week with a British MP who blamed Israel for attacks on British troops in Afghanistan, the rise to power of Muslim extremists in Egypt, the Iranian threat in the Straits of Hormuz, and more.MP Julian Brazier spoke to the activists in a special ...

Salah to remain in custody 1 more week

The Ashkelon Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday evening extended the remand of four leaders of the Israeli Arab sector who took part in the Gaza-bound sail. The four, led by head of the Islamic Movement’s northern branch, Sheikh Raed Salah, were brought to the courtroom secretly and taken into an inside room. One of the detainees, Lubna Masarwa, was held in an ...