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9 hrs ago | New York Times

Who Is a Jew? Court Ruling in Britain Raises Question

The questions before the judges in Courtroom No. 1 of Britain 's Supreme Court were as ancient and as complex as Judaism itself.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Town Hall

NY case spotlights Dead Sea Scrolls, fake e-mails

Students and university officials started getting e-mails last year in which a prominent Judaic studies scholar seemed to make a startling confession: He had committed plagiarism.

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Related Topix: Religion

Fri Nov 06, 2009

5NEWSonline.com

Chrismukkah: How interfaith families celebrate

The exterior of the D'Amore-Braver home glows with sparkling Christmas lights, adding a festive flair to their street in a Troy, Mich., subdivision.

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Related Topix: Brave, PA, Religion, Life, Holidays, Christmas

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Orthodox Union

OU Online Classes in Judaism with Rabbi Mordechai Becher, Sunday, November 22

OU ONLINE CLASSES IN JUDAISM TO FEATURE a EVERY QUESTION YOU HAVE EVER HAD, LIVE AND ONLINE,a WITH RABBI MORDECHAI BECHER, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22 The Orthodox Uniona s free program of online classes will continue on Sunday, November 22 at 9:00 p.m. EST as Rabbi Mordechai Becher presents, a oeEvery Question You Have Ever Had, Live and Online.a The ...

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Jewish Exponent

Mix of Generations Get Chance to Keep Judaism Alive for Future

Mildred Kravitz and Ken Levine, with fifth-graders Benjamin Loeb and Zachary Lipstein, take part in an intergenerational program.

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Related Topix: Religion, Philadelphia, PA, Education Etc., Drexel University

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Riverdale Press

Women in Judaism: Jewish women come to the fore in Riverdale

No place is women's evolving role in Judaism more evident than in Riverdale. Over the last few years, women have sprouted up at the heads of congregations across the spectrum of religious practice, taking on roles that would have once been forbidden.

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Related Topix: Religion

ContactMusic.com

Shyne - Shyne Denies he Converted to Judaism

Rapper SHYNE has denied rumours he converted to Judaism behind bars, insisting his 2006 name change only symbolised a desire to turn his life around.

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Related Topix: Religion

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Jerusalem Post

Landver warns of racist generalization

Absorption Minister Sofa Landver on Tuesday criticized the media's "racist generalization" of olim from the Former Soviet Union following the arrest and confession of Oshrenko homicide suspect Dimitry Kirilik.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

FOX59.com WXIN-TV Indianapolis

Hundreds gather in Cincinnati to support nation's oldest school for training in Reform Judaism

About 1,000 people gathered in support of the nation's oldest institution for training rabbis, cantors and educators of Reform Judaism.

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Related Topix: Religion, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

SavannahNow

Jewish school denies racial discrimination

A leading Jewish school asked Britain's Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn a ruling that it racially discriminated against a boy when it refused to accept him as a pupil, because it did not recognize his mother as Jewish.

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Related Topix: Religion, Santa Fe, NM, Prison

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Toledo Blade

A day of enrichment: Workshops offer insight into facets of Judaism

In the chapel of Congregation B'nai Israel, Rabbi Edward Garsek carefully wrapped leather straps around his arm and forehead, demonstrating the Jewish ritual of putting on tefillin, while across the hall Cantor Evan Rubin taught a lesson on the Book of Genesis.

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Related Topix: Religion, Israel, Middle East, World News

Fri Oct 30, 2009

SF Sentinel

Obama, J Street, and Middle East Peace

Message to Israelis disgruntled with President Barack Obama's Middle East policies: you've got used to U.S. presidents pouring affection on you.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Palestinian Territories, Religion

Guardian Unlimited

The far right wrath that killed Rabin

Israel has never recovered from Yitzhak Rabin's assassination. Sadly, the firebrand rhetoric that led to his death is still prevalent In Jewish communities throughout Israel and the Diaspora, everyone remembers where they were the night Yitzhak Rabin was killed .

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Religion

Thu Oct 29, 2009

MSNBC News

Church of Scientology guilty of fraud in France

A A Judaism Jews pray at the Mount of Olives, matzoh is baked in Brooklyn, and thousands of rabbis pose for a group photo.

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Related Topix: Scientology, Religion

Wed Oct 28, 2009

NPR

Transcript

From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel. And I'm Melissa Block.

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, World News, Palestinian Territories, Religion

Tue Oct 27, 2009

WRC-TV

Northern Virginia Muslims, Jews Set Example for Middle East

An unlikely relationship between different faiths is setting an example in northern Virginia.

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Related Topix: Religion, Islam, Dulles, VA

Guardian Unlimited

Jewish school JFS refused to admit boy on religious grounds, court told

Britain's most successful Jewish school told the supreme court today it had discriminated against a 12-year-old boy on religious rather than racial grounds.

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Jerusalem Post

From Judaism to Islam and back again

Sometimes embracing a faith is easier than living with the people who profess that faith.

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Related Topix: Religion, Islam

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Half Sigma

Ivanka Trump, convert to Judaism

According to People , Ivanka Trump converted to Judaism before getting married. I know several of these "converts" to Judaism.

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KSWB-TV San Diego

Rabbinical ruling causes havoc as Orthodox Jews debate fate of Sabbath elevators

In this photo taken Oct. 22, 2009 two religious Jewish women wait for the elevator at the Mamilla mall just outside Jerusalem's Old City.

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Related Topix: Religion, Orthodox Church, Israel, World News, Middle East

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