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Female Rabbi Joins US Air Force

Finally, after more than four decades of women serving as military chaplains, the United States Air Force has a female rabbi as part of its team.Captain Sarah Schechter was recently named as the Jewish chaplain of the 11th Wing at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, according to the American military website, military.com.And it would seem that Schechter’s new and unprecedented ...

Fearing Sabbath Violation, Rabbis Delay Holiday Events

The Chief Rabbinate has decided to delay Jerusalem Day events by 24 hours this year, from Saturday night to Sunday, in order to prevent any Sabbath desecration that may occur during preparations.The decision applies mainly to private events and isn’t mandatory for State institutions; no changes are therefore expected for national ceremonies planned for the holiday, which celebrates the reunification ...

FBI Investigation will Reveal Extortion Scheme, says Rabbi Pinto Foundation

A New York City rabbi says that an ongoing FBI investigation over alleged illegal campaign contributions to a U.S. politician will reveal the extortion scheme against him, according to the Rabbi’s foundation, Shuva Israel.The FBI is considering whether to open an investigation into allegations that followers of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto made contributions to U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, according to ...

Fayyad inaugurates east Jerusalem school

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Tuesday morning arrived for the inauguration of a new wing at school in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Dahiyat al-Barid, despite an Israeli ban on Palestinian evens in Jerusalem’s municipal area. However, Fayyad called off his plan to inaugurate a road in Shuafat and visit a school in Sheikh Jarrah.Dahiyat al-Barid is located north ...

Father adopts religion, but loses son

A five-year custody battle ended recently when a 17-judge panel at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasberg determined that Noam Shuruk, whose mother kidnapped him to Switzerland after his father joined the Chabad community, is to remain in her care. The decision gave rise to claims of anti-Semitism and miscarriage of justice by both the State Prosecutor’s Office ...

Fast-Growing Jewish Community Gets New Rabbi

Just in time for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, there is a closer place to celebrate the High Holidays for those in the Gilbert, Arizona Jewish community.“People say that Gilbert is fast-growing, but it’s already grown,” Rabbi Shimi Ash said. “There’s an estimated 3,000 Jewish people in Gilbert.”So while Jewish people could always travel to nearby cities for religious services, ...

Fast-Acting Passerby Saves Brooklyn Synagogue From Arsonist Attack In Broad Daylight

A couple of quick-thinking mensches saved a Brooklyn synagogue from burning down Sunday morning after an arsonist set fire to the wooden lectern.Yitzchok Friedman, 30, was changing the tire on his minivan at 10 a.m. when he spotted smoke billowing out of the Krasna Bais Medrash, located at 1462 38th St. in Borough Park.“I right away opened the door. I ...

Family Guy’s Seth Green – now sounding a little less Jewish

Seth Green, Hollywood actor and star of “Family Guy,” will in future sound a little less Semitic, once his application to shorten his name has been processed.Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green has petitioned the L.A. County Superior Court to shorten his name to just plain Seth Benjamin Green, American media sources have reported. Gesshel is his mother’s maiden name.When asked why he ...

Families of Holocaust survivors reunited through Yad Vashem database

Ever since she became an orphaned 12-year-old in Russia, Liora Tamir thought she was alone in the world – having lost every single member of her family either in the Nazi Holocaust or Soviet prison camps.That changed because of a recent search of a database of names of Holocaust victims.Read more : @ haaretz.comYou might also like:Netherlands seeking extradition of former ...

Falashmura immigrants celebrate first Passover in Israel

Over a thousand new immigrants from the Ethiopian region of Falashmura will celebrate their first Passover in Israel.The newly Israeli citizens will either celebrate the Jewish exodus at home with their families, or alongside thousands of Ethiopians at seders organized by the Jewish Agency and the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, to be held at 16 absorption centers throughout ...

Faisal Shahzad Indicted On 10 Counts

Faisal Shahzad, the 30-year-old Pakistani man accused of attempting to detonate a car bomb in busy Times Square, was indicted on 10 terrorism and weapons counts Thursday.He’s expected to be arraigned Monday at noon.Read More: @ wcbstv.comTags: Faisal Shahzad, Faisal Shahzad indicted, indicted on 10 countsYou might also like:Times Square Bomb Suspect Faisal Shahzad to Make 1st Court AppearanceTimes Square terror suspect Faisal Shahzad ...

Facebook and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg sued for $1 BILLION over ’3rd Intifada’

Facebook and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg are being sued for more than $1 billion over a controversial page on the social networking site that called for violence against Jews.The suit was filed by American attorney and activist Larry Klayman in the D.C. Superior Court on Thursday. He’s also the founder of the conservative public interest group Judicial Watch.In the lawsuit, which ...