Israel Radio reports that a Jerusalem court has granted the prosecution's request to take the deposition of Morris (Moshe) Talansky rather than expecting him to return to Israel to testify against Olmert. One of the reasons the court cited in its decision was that Talansky told a police officer that he feared Olmert would try to harm him and therefore he would not return to Israel in the

Israel Radio has just reported that Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Saniora (pictured) will resign tonight.The report comes from two television stations, NBN and an Iranian station. In return, Hezbullah will withdraw its forces from Beirut.

Yoram Ettinger
"The Jewish Press" New York weekly.
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Eric Trager has an interesting observation on Commentary's Contentions blog:Here’s my prediction: Israeli front-runner Benjamin Netanyahu will use this mistrust of Obama to decry negotiations with the Palestinians as forcefully as ever on the campaign trail, thus validating his staunch rejectionism if elected. Expect the argument to sound something like this: Israel not only lacks a negotiating

By Moshe Bogomilsky Say to the kohanim, the sons of Aharon, and tell them: none of them shall defile himself to a [dead] person among his people. (21:1) Question: Why wasn't Moshe commanded to convey this also to Aharon himself? Answer: The Midrash1 states that if the Jews would have waited for Moshe to return (from heaven) and would not have made the golden calf, there would not have been any

Sometimes, the biggest Jew haters I meet are--well Jewish. It is my own brethren who look at me funny because I am wearing a Kippah in public. In my thirty plus year career another Jew was the only one who ever urged me to work the second day of Rosh Hashanah because, he only took off one day.
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Remember when Yom Ha-atzma’ut used to be easy?Nowadays it seems like you’ve got three choices..You can follow our co-blogger Chorus of Apes and go all Nakbaֲ on us. ֲ You can go all “neo-Zionist” instead and lose yourself in congratulatory paroxysms of pride and militaristic extremism. See here for example. Or finally,ֲ you can waffle and prevaricate between the [...]
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