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Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Andy David called the activists' claim to be bringing aid to Gaza "ridiculous." He labeled the voyage "a politically motivated provocation!' Ariel Sharon Going Home JERUSALEM (JTA) — Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma for nearly five years, is expected to be moved from an Israeli hospi- Ariel Sharon tal to his Negev ranch. The former Israeli prime minister, 82, who suffered a stroke on Jan. 6, 2006, that left him comatose, will be moved soon from the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in Tel Aviv to his home for a trial peri- od, Yediot Achronot reported Sept. 22. If the trial is successful, Sharon report- edly will be taken back permanently to the ranch, which has been equipped with the necessary medical equipment and access to his second-floor bedroom, the newspaper reported. Sharon's sons, Gilad and Omri, report- edly requested the move. Ancient Synagogue Found JERUSALEM (JTA) — A 1,500-year-old Samaritan synagogue was found in the Jordan Valley. The remains of the syna- gogue and a farm were discovered ear- lier this month near Beit Shean during an archaeological excavation by the Israel Antiquities Authority. The exca- vation, which was funded by the Israeli Ministry of Construction and Housing, was undertaken before enlarging a residential neighborhood. The building includes a rectangu- lar hall that faces southwest toward Mount Gerizim, the holiest site of the Samaritan sect. The floor of the hall was a colorful mosaic decorated with a geometric pattern. The farmhouse was comprised of a central courtyard sur- rounded by storerooms; its southern part features a residence, guest hall and industrial installations. According to the antiquities author- ity, the temple was built at the end of the fifth century C.E. and remained until the eve of the Muslim conquest in 634 C.E., when the Samaritans abandoned the complex. It is the third Samaritan temple dis- covered in the Beit Shean area. "The synagogue that is currently being revealed played an important part in the lives of the farmers who inhabited the surrounding region, and it served as a center of the spiritual, religious and social life there,' said Walid Atrash and Yaakov Harel, directors of the excavation for the antiquities authority Samaritanism is an Abrahamic religion closely related to Judaism that follows the Samaritan Torah, which adherents say is what the ancient Israelites practiced before the Babylonian Exile. Rabbi Raps Kapparot JERUSALEM (JTA) — A leading Israeli rabbi has come out against the tradition of using a live animal for the kapparot cer- Rabbi Shlomo emony. Aviner Religious Zionist Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, chief rabbi of the West Bank settle- ment of Beit El and head of the Ateret Cohanim Yeshiva in Jerusalem, issued a religious ruling suggesting that it was better to give money to the poor rather than wave a live chicken over your head and transfer your sins to the animal in order to achieve atonement for sins in advance of Yom Kippur. The ruling came at the request of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Israel, Haaretz reported. "Because this is not a binding obliga- tion but a custom, in light of problems related to kashrut and the suffering of animals and given the edicts of the aforementioned rabbis, a recommenda- tion must be made to favor performing kapparot through money, by perform- ing the great mitzvah of providing for the needy,' Aviner wrote. Answering Israel's Critics The Charge Iranian Leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said last week dur- ing a press conference in New York that Zionism is "based on racist thoughts and ideas." The Answer Zionism is the national liberation movement of the Jewish people, brought to reality in the free and democratic nation of Israel. Ahmadinejad is a hypocrite who steals elections and oppresses reli- gious and other minorities. - Allan Gale Jewish Community Relations Council of Metropolitan Detroit © Jewish Renaissance Media, September 30, 2010