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Amid the mass of media attention over the past week since the Court of Appeal Judgment in the JFS case, readers could be excused for being confused as to what was actually decided by the court.
The Board of Deputies cautioned yesterday that a Court of Appeal ruling last week, which would force JFS to accept pupils who aren't recognised as halachically Jewish by the United Synagogue, could affect other Jewish schools, while giving Madonna a "good claim" to apply for a place at the Kenton establishment.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The majority of people in the Gaza Strip and West Bank think the best way to end the Arab-Israeli conflict is to create two states, according to a poll by Jerusalem Media & Communication Center. 55.2 per cent of respondents share this perception, up 2.2 points since November 2007.
(IsraelNN.com) Jerusalem’s Mayor Nir Barkat met with hareidi-religious representatives at the municipality Thursday night. The mayor suggested forming a forum for airing the issues to prevent conflicts in the future.
(IsraelNN.com) The Nahari law, intended to increase funding for Haredi education, passed an initial vote in the Knesset on Wednesday. The law was introduced by United Torah Judaism, and has the support of the coalition.
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who heads Shas's Council of Torah Sages, is adamantly against levying Value Added Tax on fruits and vegetables, and warns that Shas may even withdraw from the government coalition if the finance ministry insists on pushing the bill through.
NEW YORK (JTA) -- The Fourth of July is a time for the American Jewish community to celebrate the unprecedented freedom that the United States has afforded its Jewish citizens.
A compromise has been reached that will allow the state to charge a so-called "drought tax" after all.
L.A.’s Israelis organize like never before.
Malka Dubrawsky and her husband, Robert Trent, decided to go vegetarian after she heard a radio show about mad cow disease, she said.
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