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Now that he’s out of Iran, synagogue dares to reveal hiker Josh Fattal is one of their own
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When hiker Josh Fattal was finally released after being held for two years in Iran, his friends and family — and particularly his synagogue — could finally reveal a secret kept under wraps even by the news media. Iran — an Islamic Republic whose president repeatedly vows to destroy Israel and blames “Zionists” for most of the…
Washington Post: Have a rockin’ Rosh Hashanah! (And watch Rick Perry dance!)
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Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins this week at sundown Wednesday, notes Elizabeth Tenety in the Washington Post‘s On Faith section. During the one-day holiday, Jews will welcome in the year 5772 — and kick off more than a week of traditional observances, concluding with Yom Kippur, their somber “Day of Atonement,” which begins at sundown on October…
Dutch soccer fans under fire for singing pro-Jewish chants
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European soccer fans are a different breed, so when the followers of Holland’s premier team, Ajax, began filling stadiums with songs that “We are the super-Jews,” most observers just rolled their eyes. However, some were not amused. A group called BAN, which is an acronym for a group fighting antisemitism, has sued. Their complaint has been filed in Amsterdam District…
Jews, Palestinians have close genetic ties, say researchers
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As many as 90 percent of Palestinians in some areas have close genetic ties to Jews, according to researchers. Ariella Oppenheim Ph.D., a researcher at Hebrew University and the Hadassah Medical School labs, has published the result of DNA studies which show that both the Palestinians and Jews are descended from the Kurds of Iraq…
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