Monthly Archives: January 2012
Romney Projected to Win Florida
Exit polls show Mitt Romney with a double-digit lead over Newt Gingrich in the GOP primary in Florida.
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Former Greek PM: Arab Spring Has Created New Opportunities
George Papandreou, Former Prime Minister of Greece, addresses the 12th Annual Herzliya Conference.
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Mitt-mentum: Romney Wins Florida in Landslide
Mitt Romney has won the Florida Republican presidential primary, Fox News projects.
The victory, in the GOP contest’s biggest state to date, is likely to give the former Massachusetts governor a burst of momentum as he and Newt Gingrich battle fo…
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Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found in 37 U.S. States
Half a world away, doctors in India are fighting outbreaks ofbacterial infections that are resistant to more than 15 types of antibiotics. But closer to home, a similarly scary bug is making the rounds in intensive care and other long-term units of Ame…
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Romney Poised for Florida Win, Gingrich to Press On
Anticipating victory in Florida’s game-changing Republican presidential primary today, Mitt Romney looked ahead while his struggling rival Newt Gingrich vowed to press on with his White House quest.
Florida is the largest nominating contest so fa…
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Netanyahu Wins Likud Leadership, Says General Elections Far Off
Prime Minister Netanyahu wins the race for the leadership of the Likud party, achieves nearly 80 percent support.
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Peres: PA Leaders Want Peace
President Shimon Peres at the 12th Annual Herzliya Conference: The world’s central problem is Iran. No options can be ruled out.
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Netanyahu Declares Victory In Likud Party Primaries
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu declared victory tonight after polls closed.
“Today the real Likud won. We proved that our strength is in our unity. We will continue to lead responsibly for better education, economy, and security for al…
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World Bank President: Germany Needs to Work to Solve EU Crisis
Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, speaks at the 12th Annual Herzliya Conference.
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Video, Photos: Councilman Brad Lander Visits Beth Medrash Govoha
[Video and photos below.] Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander paid a visit this week to the frum community of Lakewood, Jersey, where he was given a tour of Beth Medrash Govoha, the largest yeshiva on the continent.
Lander was visibly impressed as he was s…
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Senator Leaks Secret Mossad Meetings on TV
A faux pax by Senator Diane Feinstein outed the presence of Mossad chief Tamir Pardo in Washington to discuss a possible strike on Iran.
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Yemen: Airstrikes, Assassination Attempts, and Kidnappings
Post-Saleh Yemen is beginning to look like the Wild West as the new government and its US allies battle with Al Qaeda, tribesmen.
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Gedaliah Weinberger Calls On Fidler to Apologize for False, Malicious Remarks
Rabbinical leaders from several of Brooklyn neighborhoods came together today for a press conference to demand that City Councilman Lew Fidler apologize for the false and malicious remarks he made about Republican David Storobin, accusing him of having…
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PM Appoints Panel to Write Definitive Report on ‘Outpost’ Status
A panel has been created to examine land ownership in Judea and Samaria and ‘re-evaluate’ the much criticized Sasson Report.
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Moscow & Jerusalem Collaborate on Urban Design
A special conference between the Moscow Architectural Institute and Bezalel Academy will be held in Jerusalem next week.
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IDF: Preparing the Next Generation
IDF Emergency Situation Instructors are coming to a school near you to ensure children are prepared for the vicissitudes of life in Israel.
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IDF Re-Arrests Shalit Deal Terrorist
Soldiers from the Golani Brigade arrested Mamun Ismail Salame Stut on Tuesday. Stut was one of 1,027 terrorists released in exchange for kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit in October. Over 100 of them were allowed to return to their homes in Judea and …
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IDF Arrests 5 in Qalqiliya Overnight
For the third time in a month IDF forces entered the Arab village Qalqiliya looking for suspected terrorists; arresting 5.
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Mossad Chief Holds Secret U.S. Meetings On Iran Nuclear Threat
Mossad chief Tamir Pardo held secret talks with top U.S. officials in recent days, cursory comments made during a public Senate hearing indicated today.
The clandestine Washington visit was exposed during a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Int…
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Israel Offers Assistance Basket for Departing Sudanese
The National Immigration Authority is making a limited time offer to illegal South Sudanese immigrants to aid them in returning home.
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Rubio: Florida Primary Winner ‘To Be Nominee Of Our Party’
Mitt Romney oozed confidence and a defiant Newt Gingrich seemed to acknowledge his momentum had been checked, at least for now, as Florida Republicans voted Tuesday to decide who gets the state’s 50 delegates, the biggest prize yet in the Republi…
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Canadian FM: PA Statehood Bid ‘Profoundly Wrong’
Canadian FM John Baird said his nation ‘does not stand behind Israel; Canada stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel.
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Video: Footage of Gedolim’s Visit to Camp Agudah in 1969
[Video below.] Matzav.com has posted just released footage of a visit to Camp Agudah in 1969 by Rav Moshe Feinstein, Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky, Rav Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman and Rav Boruch Sorotzkin.
See Matzav’s Featured Video Section to watch the vi…
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Israeli Arab Indicted for Imprisoning Daughter
An Israeli Arab man who had kept his 20-year-old daughter locked in a bathroom for 9 years faces criminal charges.
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Christie, Rubio Most Likely GOP Vice Presidential Candidates
If you’re curious why the candidates were tripping over themselves to out-praise Marco Rubio, Florida’s Republican junior senator, at the last debate, look no further than the political market Intrade, where Rubio is in first place to be se…
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IDF Re-Arrests Shalit Deal Terrorist
Mamun Ismail Salame Stut has become the first terrorist released under the deal to free Gilad Shalit to be re-arrested for terror activity.
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Fighting Fire with… Goats?
Climate Change & Forest Fires conference hears novel ideas for prevention of forest fires.
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Likud Primaries: Netanyahu Implores His Base to Vote
Low voter turnout in the Likud primaries that could favor rival Moshe Feiglin has the Prime Minister imploring his supporters to vote.
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Bin Laden Raid: Will CIA’s Secret Doctor Face Treason Trial?
Pakistan is re-examining the fate of the Pakistani doctor who allegedly helped the CIA gather information on the hideout of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden through a fake vaccination program after a top U.S. official publicly confirmed his secret spy o…
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Likud Primaries: Feiglin Asks for Polling Extension
Moshe Feiglin has asked for a two-hour extension of voting hours as Likud holds its primaries, charging dirty tricks from Netanyahu.
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U.S.: Iran One Year Away from Nuclear Weapons
Leon Panetta’s mother wanted her son to be a concert pianist, but hopefully she wouldn’t be disappointed that he’s instead gone on to be a congressman, White House chief of staff, director of the Office of Management and Budget, head …
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Frum Yid Promoted As Personnel Deputy Commissioner To NYPD
New York – On Thursday, New York Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly announced the promotion of Arnold S. Wechsler to Deputy Commissioner, Personnel. The appointment marks the first time in 40 years a civilian member of the service will oversee all pe…
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Return of the Intifada: Rock-Throwing Terrorists Wound Woman
A woman in Samaria was wounded by a rock-throwing terrorist Tuesday in another repeat of the First Intifada tactic to kill Jews.
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Oops: Biden Advised Obama Against Bin Laden Raid
Vice President Joe Biden confessed this weekend that he advised President Obama not to launch the mission that ultimately killed Osama bin Laden last spring.
During remarks at a Democratic congressional retreat this weekend, Biden explained that when i…
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Turkey: Assad is Doomed
Assad is doomed, says Turkish president Abdullah Gül. “The end is certain. The question is how painful it will be.”
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Yesha Ballots Open Late, Feiglin Blames Bibi
Most Likud polling stations in Judea and Samaria opened two hours late; some lack voters’ books.
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Beware Baby-Faced Politicians
A fictional Palestinian Authority leader’s peace offer won over more Israeli Jews when he was shown with a baby face, a study shows.
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Giuliani Knocks Romney, Likens Gingrich to Reagan
Speaking on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani praised Newt Gingrich and criticized Mitt Romney as a flip-flopper.
“I’ve never seen a guy change his positions on so many things, so fast, on a d…
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Today: Recite Parshas Hamon
[Links below.] Today, Tuesday of Parshas Beshalach, is a special day. Seforim tell us that it is extremely prudent to utilize this day to pray for parnassah, livelihood, for the next 12 months.
It is a widespread and accepted custom to recite “Pa…
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US ‘Secular’ Jews Love Kosher Food
They are called “secular Jews” but more and more non-Orthodox American Jews are buying kosher food. “Pareve” meat also is popular.
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Medical Rarity: Boy Has Twin’s Body in Stomach
Doctors in Peru said they would operate today on a 3-year-old boy to remove the body of his would-be twin.
Isbac Pacunda has the body of his twin inside his stomach – bones, eyes and even hair on the cranium. Dr. Carlos Astocondor, a plastic surgeon at…
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Is Civil Administration Building Illegally?
The same administration that is quick to tear down illegal Jewish structures may have to tear down its own building.
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YU Students to Present Annual Seforim Sale Feb. 5
New York – The students of Yeshiva University (YU) will hold their annual Seforim Sale, North America’s largest Jewish book sale, from February 5 to 26 in Belfer Hall, 2495 Amsterdam Ave on YU’s Wilf Campus in Manhattan. The sale is operat…
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Winter Brings Rain in Eilat, Square Tires in Alaska
Eilat is “drenched” with a rare shower, the Kinneret rises with more rain on the way while Alaska and Europe are under a deep freeze.
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NY Gov. Cuomo Says Bet It All On NY Giants
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is embracing the Super Bowl-bound New York Giants and talking to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick about a bet.
Cuomo’s advice: Bet it all on the Giants.
Cuomo joked Thursday that the reason the Patriots are linked to Ne…
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Feiglin: Even Gingrich is Tougher than Bibi
Prime Minister warns against complacency, says he has “100 percent support” in Likud.
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Misaskim Conducts Training Session at FBI New York Field Office
Brooklyn, NY – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has implemented cultural-diversity training to provide its agents with the knowledge they need when working with the many and varied cultures present in New York. Misaskim’s representativ…
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Israel Leads in Defense against Cyber Attacks
Israel leads the world in cyber war defense. Cyber war can “hit a country without shooting a single bullet,” says Israel’s cyber adviser.
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Peres Blasts Turkey for Funding Terrorist Hamas
Israeli President Shimon Peres lashed out against Hamas’ financial backers on Saturday, claiming at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that foreign benefactors have handed the Islamist terror group that rules the Gaza Strip more than…
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IDF Lowered Air Pollution in Jenin
Destruction of 32 illegal charcoal production sites improved air quality in the region.
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‘It May Be Too Late to Attack Iran after the Summer’
Constant chatter about an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear site may end by summer. After that, the military option may fall off the table.
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Gaza: Bomb Detonated at Soldiers, None Hurt
Terrorists detonated an explosive device as IDF soldiers combed an area near Gaza.
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He Won’t Go Away: Trump Staff Explores Third-Party Bid
Donald Trump’s top political adviser told ABC News he’s speaking to “high-level political operatives” to explore a third-party presidential bid on behalf of the real estate mogul, in a sign that Trump may not quite be done with …
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Business Halacha: Stolen Shopping Bags
Question: I put down my shopping bags outside the supermarket and promised a boy $5 to watch them while I got my car. One of the bags was stolen. Is he responsible for the theft?
Answer: If the boy did not touch the bags, there is a dispute on this iss…
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Feiglin Hoping for a Pyrrhic Victory for Netanyahu
Netanyahu will win the Likud leadership contest Tuesday, but a strong showing for Moshe Feiglin could change the party’s future.
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Brooklyn Jewish Experience Brings the Shabbos of a Lifetime to Locals
By Menachem Segal
On Shabbos Parshas Shemos, Brooklyn was forever transformed. An extraordinary event was witnessed by hundreds of members of Agudas Yisroel Bais Binyomin in Flatbush. The Agudah members were transfixed as they observed sixty unaffiliat…
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Video: What Is It Like Being a Jew in Berlin?
Berlin Rabbi Chaim Rozwaski, in Israel for the annual Herzliya Conference, tells Arutz Sheva what it is like being a Jew in Berlin today.
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Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 7 Shevat
Rav Dovid Biderman, the first Lelover Rebbe (1746-1814), son of Rav Shlomo Biderman. A close follower of the Chozeh of Lublin, he was known for his extraordinary compassion for, and inability to see faults in, his fellow Jews. His main disciple was …
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Netanyahu ‘Ready to Go to Ramallah’
Israeli rime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is “ready to go to Ramallah” to meet with Palestinian Authority / PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and open negotiations, according to an interview published tonight by the PA-linked Ma’an news agenc…
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George Pataki: Anybody But Obama In 2012
Former New York Gov. George Pataki says he hasn’t chosen between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney — but feels either would be better than President Obama.
Ken Lovett reports:
“The worst Republican candidate is a dramatic improvement over…
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Rush Slams Romney’s Brokaw Ad: It’s False
Rush Limbaugh today blasted newsman Tom Brokaw for complaining about the Mitt Romney campaign’s use of an anti-Newt Gingrich clip from Brokaw – while disregarding the fact that the clip’s charges against Gingrich were false.
Limbaugh also s…
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Israel Among Top 3 In Cyber Attack Defense
Despite the recent spate of cyber attacks on Israeli websites, Israel was named as one of the three most cyber secure countries in the world in a recent study, according to a report by the Financial Times on Monday.
According to the study, published by…
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Another Son Born to David Hatuel
Seven and a half years after he lost his family in a murderous attack at Kissufim, David Hatuel celebrates the birth of a fourth new child.
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Putin Claims He Cleared Up Soviet and Post Soviet Mess
Defending his economic record, Vladimir Putin claimed that the first years were needed to create the infrastructure for economic takeoffץ
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Sarkozy Would Have France Emulate The Success of Germany
Nicolas Sarkozy plans to offer the French a German style economy, promising competitiveness and low unemployment.
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Americans Take Shelter in US Embassy in Cairo
American citizens trapped in Cairo have taken shelter in the U.S. Embassy as the dispute between the two countries escalates.
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Hoenlein: ‘Time That Pollard Be Let Go’
A top American Jewish leader who recently visited imprisoned Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard in a U.S. prison says “enough is enough.”
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Canadian FM: Israel Has “No Better Friend In The World Than Canada”
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird kicked off his first full day in Israel by attending the opening of a new Holocaust education facility in Yerushalayim.
Baird says the new seminars wing of the International School for Holocaust Education at…
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Rabbi Gabai’s Death Shocks His Disciples
The sudden and unexpected death of Rabbi Shimon Gabai, 61, of Netanya has left his disciples and local residents bereft and in shock.
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Gingrich: I Will Move US Embassy From Tel Aviv To Yerushalayim On First Day In Office
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Thursday night that US President Barack Obama “threw Israel under the bus” by designating the pre-1967 borders as a starting point for peace talks, while Newt Gingrich reiterated his controve…
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Netanyahu ‘Ready to Go to Ramallah’
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is “ready to go to Ramallah” to meet with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas for talks, he tells Arab media.
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770 Gabbaim Defend $5 Fee
Crown Heights – The rising numbers of panhandlers at the main shul of 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, has led the ones in charge to instate a new rule: Pay for your stay.
Charity collectors who roam around the large shul, its lobby or e…
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Hamas Terror Offices in Jerusalem Shut Down
Israeli police have closed two offices in Jerusalem belonging to the Hamas terrorist group.
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Prosor: Israel Still Working Against PA Statehood Bid at UN
Israel’s envoy to the United Nations says the PA is still agitating at the world body for statehood despite US opposition.
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El Al Computer Failure Grounds Planes
A computer systems failure temporarily grounded flights from two airlines Monday at Ben Gurion Int’l Airport — but the cause is unknown.
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NY Lawmakers To Consider Raising Minimum Wage To $8.50 An Hour
Hundreds of thousands of workers making minimum wage in New York could soon be getting a big raise.
Minimum wage workers haven’t seen a pay increase in three years. That could soon change, since State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver reportedly pl…
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FBI Seeks Bids to Build Social ‘App’
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking for a contractor to help it gather up-to-the-minute info from Internet social networks.
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Romney Up 14-Points as Florida Vote Looms
On the eve of Florida’s GOP primary Mitt Romney is ahead by 14-points, but Newt Gingrich has no intentional of throwing in the towel.
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US to Deploy Commando "Mother Ship" in Middle East
The Pentagon is refurbishing an ageing ship to serve as a floating platform for commando operations near the Persian Gulf.
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The Bookstore’s Last Stand: Barnes & Noble v. Amazon
By Julie Bosman
In March 2009, an eternity ago in Silicon Valley, a small team of engineers here was in a big hurry to rethink the future of books. Not the paper-and-ink books that have been around since the days of Gutenberg, the ones that the doomsay…
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What Americans Mean When They Say They’re Conservative
Roughly two-fifths of Americans call themselves “conservative.” What do they mean by the word? It depends. And during a Republican primary, that can be problematic. Every candidate is vying to be the standard-bearer for conservatism, and ex…
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Gingrich: Romney Nixed Kosher Food Funding For Medicare Recipients
Newt Gingrich this morning tossed the kitchen sink – no doubt properly cleaned and blessed – at Mitt Romney down in Florida. From Politico.com:
“He eliminated serving kosher food for elderly Jewish residents under Medicare,” Gingrich said. …
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IDF Facilitated Arab Looting, Say Outpost Residents
Trucks sent by IDF took evicted residents’ belongings and dumped them in a landfill, where they were looted by Arabs.
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A7 Report: Bibi Willing to Cede Judea and Samaria
A senior political source claims Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is willing to uproot most of Yesha in exchange for Obama’s backing.
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Austrian Fascists Danced on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Approximately 3,000 fascists, including Marienne LePen, “celebrated” Holocaust day at an annual dance while the UN remembered its horrors.
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Video: Secular Reporters Dress As Chareidim To Investigate How Seculars Treat Chareidim
[Video below.] The charedi media has been full of reports recently of attacks by seculars on charedim, along with general worsening treatment of charedim by the secular. Charedi MKs have made such statements in the Knesset. Charedi media have establish…
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Opinion: The Era of the Itamar Pogromists
The slaughterer of Itamar’s babies was unabashed, as very few, other than the Nazis and Khmer Rouge, ever were.
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Americans Watchful as Netanyahu Fends Off Primary Challenge
Americans are watching closely as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu faces a challenge for party leadership in Tuesday’s Likud primary.
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Netanyahu: Alternative to Tal Law in 6 Months
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is seeking more time to come up with an alternative to the controversial Tal Law.
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The Matzav Shmoooze: Beware of Bottle Bombs
Dear Editor,
Kids and others are putting Drano, tin foil, and a little water in plastic drink bottles and capping it up, leaving it on lawns, in mail boxes, in gardens, on driveways, etc. just waiting for you to pick it up intending to put it in the ga…
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Nevada Sets Special Non-Sabbath Vote for Jews
A special non-Sabbath vote Jews in the GOP primaries was promoted by Adelson, who backs Newt Gingrich. Challengers are upset.
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Israeli Arab Indicted for Planning Terror Attack on IDF
An Arab from Shechem granted citizenship under the ‘family reunification law’ has been indicted for planning a terror attack
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Celebration In Spain: Rabbi Eli Hecht Found Not Guilty
After languishing for months in a Madrid jail on drug-trafficking charges, on Friday, the court in Madrid, Spain, released the final verdict regarding Rabbi Eli Hecht, stating that he is not guilty of the crimes attributed to him after he was caught tr…
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NASI: “Over 70 Shadchanim Participate In Our Ground Breaking Shadchan Program”
The following was sent to Matzav.com by the NASI Project as a follow-up to the launch of its “Ground Breaking Shadchan Program”:
After months of work behind the scenes, the NASI Project has launched their ground breaking Shadchan Program. M…
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Video: Newt Gingrich: I’ll Help Israel Attack Iran
[Video below.] Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich says he’ll assist Israel in attacking Iran if that day ever comes.
Click below to watch:
{Noam Amdurski-Matzav.com Newscenter}
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Rav Shimon Gabai zt”l
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Rav Shimon Gabai zt”l of Netanya, a major figure in the teshuvah movement in Eretz Yisroel. Rav Gabai, who was 63, was responsible for bringing thousands ofYidden closer to the Ribono Shel Ol…
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Soros: Obama, Romney ‘Not Much Difference’
Billionaire financier George Soros thinks that, if Mitt Romney wins the presidency, there will be “little difference” between him and Barack Obama in the White House.
Soros offered the reassuring news to liberals across Europe during an int…
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Canada: Parents, Son Convicted of Quadruple ‘Honor Killings’
Mohammad Shafia, wife Tooba and son Hamed found guilty of first degree murder of 3 daughters and co-wife.
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MKs Bash Bar Ilan’s ‘Doctorate for Journalists’
Education Committee meets to discuss special PhD track that caters to journalists, asks who else is in it.
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Blind Terror Victim: I Am an IDF Soldier Like Everyone Else
Oren Almog says he serves in the IDF “like everyone else.” There are a few differences: Terror cost him his eyesight – and five relatives.
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