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  • August 2008

    • Israeli Divorce Spurs Debate Over Who Is Jewish

      Washington Post  |  Aug 30, 08 7:29 PM CDT

      Israeli Divorce Spurs Debate Over Who Is Jewish

      (Newser) - A divorce ruling in Israel has thrown thousands of Jewish conversions into question and sparked a debate over who is really Jewish, the Washington Post reports. Ultra-Orthodox rabbis, who frame one side of the dispute, refused to let a Jewish convert divorce last year, saying she was never married because she did not observe Jewish law. "I was in shock," she said. "I couldn't believe it." More »

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      Israel  • religion  • Judaism  • Jewish  • conversion

    • 'Jewish Clause' in Will Launches Lawsuits

      Chicago Tribune  |  Aug 25, 08 1:31 PM CDT

      'Jewish Clause' in Will Launches Lawsuits

      (Newser) - A Chicago courtroom is the site of a nasty tangle over a Jewish patriarch’s wishes for his family, the Chicago Tribune reports. A wealthy dentist, upset to discover that a grandson was taking a gentile to the junior prom, left a provision in his will disowning any of his offspring who marries outside the faith. Of five grandchildren, four did exactly that. Now they're suing their parents for honoring the request. More »

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      lawsuit  • Chicago  • Judaism  • inheritance  • Jewish

  • July 2008

    • Paper Runs Obama's Western Wall Prayer

      Associated Press  |  Jul 25, 08 3:10 PM CDT

      Paper Runs Obama's Western Wall Prayer

      (Newser) - The prayer Barack Obama put in Jerusalem’s Western Wall yesterday was removed by a Jewish seminary student and published in a local newspaper, the AP reports. It read, “Lord—Protect my family and me. Forgive me my sins, and help me guard against pride and despair. Give me the wisdom to do what is right and just. And make me an instrument of your will.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Israel  • Judaism  • prayer

    • Ancient Text Casts Doubt on Resurrection

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 10, 08 2:00 AM CDT

      Ancient Text Casts Doubt on Resurrection

      (Newser) - A new interpretation of a tablet written in 1st century BC questions the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Times of London reports. One biblical scholar says the text conveys the story of an angel telling a dying Jew, killed by Romans 4 years before Christ's birth, that he will live in 3 days. More »

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      religion  • Christianity  • Bible  • Judaism  • Jesus Christ  • resurrection  • New Testament  • Dead Sea

  • June 2008

    • Candidates Exploit Muslim-Jewish Divide

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 26, 08 6:05 PM CDT

      Candidates Exploit Muslim-Jewish Divide

      (Newser) - The presidential candidates are ignoring—even insulting—American Muslims in the hope of grabbing the Jewish vote, write Salam Al-Marayati and Steven B. Jacobs in the Los Angles Times . McCain and Obama have on several occasions snubbed Muslims, who seem to be the victims of modern McCarthyism—just substitute terrorism for communism. It's a "disturbing trend" that must stop, write the co-members of an interfaith peace group. More »

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      election 2008  • United States  • Islam  • America  • Muslim  • Judaism  • Jewish

    • Jewish Museum in SF Unsettles

      New York Times  |  Jun 9, 08 7:52 AM CDT

      Jewish Museum in SF Unsettles

      (Newser) - Architect Daniel Libeskind won worldwide acclaim for his stark, unsettling Jewish Museum in the heart of Berlin. Now the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco has moved into a new Libeskind-designed building. But as a critic for the New York Times observes, the Bay Area institution shies away from the particularities of the Jewish experience. More »

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      San Francisco  • Jews  • architecture  • Judaism  • Daniel Libeskind

  • May 2008

    • Einstein Called Faith 'Childish Superstition'

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 13, 08 3:22 PM CDT

      Einstein Called Faith 'Childish Superstition'

      (Newser) - A relatively unknown letter by Albert Einstein, offered at auction Thursday in London, offers new details on the scientist's tangled relationship with religion, the Guardian reports. While believers often consider Einstein a scientist who maintained his religious faith, the 1954 letter calls the Bible "primitive legends," and "the word god … nothing more than the expression and product of human weakness." More »

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      religion  • science  • auction  • Judaism  • Albert Einstein

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • World's Holy Days Converge

      Time  |  Mar 21, 08 8:51 AM CDT

      World's Holy Days Converge

      (Newser) - This Good Friday is not simply the most solemn day in the Christian calendar but a convergence of movable feasts that doesn't occur more than once in a century. March 21 is also the first day of the Jewish festival of Purim and the celebration of the birth of the prophet Muhammed. The three holidays have fallen on the same day only nine times in 800 years, Time reports. More »

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      religion  • Islam  • Christianity  • Judaism  • Buddhism  • Hindus  • Good Friday

  • February 2008

    • Paging Indiana Jones: Scholar Finds Ark

      Time  |  Feb 22, 08 11:03 AM CST

      Paging Indiana Jones: Scholar Finds Ark

      (Newser) - A real-life Indiana Jones says he has found the Ark of the Covenant—not on the set of the latest Raiders of the Lost Ark movie, but on a shelf in a museum storeroom in Zimbabwe. The alleged ark is an old drum with an uncharacteristic charred hole on its bottom and remnants of carrying rings on the corners, Time reports. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Africa  • Judaism  • Indiana Jones

    • 'Kosher' Phones Block Porn

      Reuters  |  Feb 4, 08 5:37 PM CST

      'Kosher' Phones Block Porn

      (Newser) - Israel’s top phone company is betting that its most orthodox customers need less temptation in their lives. Bezeq Israel Telecom launched a “kosher” phone service yesterday that will block calls to and from “improper” numbers, such as porn lines. In true kosher fashion, Israel’s top rabbis have approved the restrictions, Reuters reports. More »

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      Israel  • pornography  • telecom industry  • Judaism  • kosher  • orthodoxy

  • December 2007

    • Video Spoofs Jews on Christmas

      Baltimore Sun  |  Dec 18, 07 11:20 AM CST

      Video Spoofs Jews on Christmas

      (Newser) - A band teacher at a Baltimore yeshiva is the latest YouTube celebrity thanks to his holiday spoof on the Jewish dilemma of what to do on Christmas. His video, "Chinese Food on Christmas," in which a rock band of faux Hasidic Jews jams for fellow members of the tribe at a Chinese restaurant, has drawn over 500,000 hits, the Baltimore Sun reports, and a few online Scrooges have noted their displeasure. More »

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      Christmas  • Judaism  • Chinese food  • Christmas music

  • October 2007

    • Jesus 2.0: GodTube Is a Smash With Believers

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 21, 07 8:12 AM CDT

      Jesus 2.0: GodTube Is a Smash With Believers

      (Newser) - GodTube, one of the fastest-growing sites on the web, is drawing masses of the Christian faithful to its user-generated videos, social-networking tools and the "GodCaster," which offers live video presentations. It's not a church, the LA Times reports, but a for-profit business backed by a "who's who" of ministries, megachurches and Christian retailers. More »

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      Islam  • Christianity  • website  • Judaism  • Jesus Christ

    • Coulter: Jews Need to Be 'Perfected'

      MSNBC  |  Oct 12, 07 4:05 AM CDT

      Coulter: Jews Need to Be 'Perfected'

      (Newser) - After drawing fire last week for wishing women weren't allowed to vote, conservative provocateur Ann Coulter has struck a new nerve, saying that the nation should be Christian and Jews need to be "perfected." She made the comments on CNBC's "The Big Idea" with Donny Deutsch, who said he was a Jew and offended by her remarks, calling them "hateful" and "anti-semitic." More »

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      Republicans  • Christianity  • Jews  • Judaism  • Christians  • CNBC  • Ann Coulter  • Donny Deutsch

  • September 2007

    • Madonna Toasts New Year With Israeli Prez

      Associated Press  |  Sep 16, 07 3:36 PM CDT

      Madonna Toasts New Year With Israeli Prez

      (Newser) - Madonna enjoyed "a dream come true" yesterday by celebrating the Jewish New Year with Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, the AP reports. She landed last week with husband Guy Ritchie and a gaggle of Hollywood Kabbalists to attend a conference about Jewish mysticism. "I am an ambassador for Judaism," Madonna told the Israeli president. More »

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      Israel  • Madonna  • Judaism  • Kabbalah  • Shimon Perez

    • God's No 'He' Man in Reform Judaism's New Prayer Book

      New York Times  |  Sep 3, 07 5:00 PM CDT

      God's No 'He' Man in Reform Judaism's New Prayer Book

      (Newser) - After 20 years of development, Reform Judaism's new prayer book hits the shuls in about a month with a gender-neutral text that eliminates references to God as "He." The new prayer book, "Mishkan T’filah," is intended to offer something for everyone, from those who prefer all-Hebrew services to those who might not even believe God exists, the Times reports. More »

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      religion  • Jews  • Judaism

  • August 2007

    • Berlin Synagogue Reopens

      BBC  |  Aug 31, 07 10:10 AM CDT

      Berlin Synagogue Reopens

      (Newser) - Germany’s largest synagogue has re-opened its doors after a major restoration, welcoming political leaders and Holocaust survivors to its unveiling. Built over 100 years ago, the Berlin temple was burned on Kristallnacht but the structure survived Nazism, Communism and decades of neglect. Architects re-created the original appearance with the use of just three historical photographs, the BBC reports. More »

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      Germany  • Holocaust  • Berlin  • Judaism  • Communism  • restoration  • Nazism  • synagogue  • Kristallnacht

    • France Bids Adieu to Archbishop

      BBC  |  Aug 10, 07 4:34 PM CDT

      France Bids Adieu to Archbishop

      (Newser) - Catholic and Jewish prayers rang out at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris today during the funeral of the former archbishop of Paris, Jean-Marie Lustiger, who died Sunday at 80. A convert from Judaism whose mother died at Auschwitz, he was known for his tireless work to bridge his two faiths, and thousands of mourners gathered to pay their respects. More »

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      Nicolas Sarkozy  • Catholic Church  • death  • Catholicism  • funeral  • Judaism  • Notre Dame  • archbishop  • Auschwitz

  • July 2007

    • The Last Jew in Afghanistan

      NPR  |  Jul 19, 07 4:58 PM CDT

      The Last Jew in Afghanistan

      (Newser) - Kabul resident Zabolon Simantov is quite literally the last Afghan Jew. He is the sole remaining member of a community that once numbered 4000.  He stays, he says, to keep the country's Jewish history alive. In this all-Muslim country, he has been pressured to convert and is cautious in displaying any signs of his faith in public.   More »

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      Kabul  • Judaism

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