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…The report was completed on Nov. 23 and delivered in recent days to the European Union in Brussels, according to Ha'aretz. It charged that the Israeli government and Jerusalem municipality are working to change the demographic balance of Jerusalem and to cut off eastern Jerusalem from the West Bank. It also accuses the municipality of discriminating against the Palestinian residents of Jerusalem in areas such as building permits and education....…
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…Opinion OT-1ER VIEWS Answering Israel's Critics A s I approach the fifth anni- versary of writing a weekly feature for the Detroit Jewish News called "Answering Israel's Critics:' it struck me how, each and every week, I almost never have difficulty coming across some individual or organizational statement that is unfairly critical of Israel. It seems that, most weeks, declared enemies of Israel like Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and Syria use th...…
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…50th Gathering Beth Jacob convention brings North American students closer together. Shulamis Rubinfeld Special to the Jewish News 0 nce every five years, Southfield-based Yeshiva Beth Yehudah is privileged to host an international convention of students from girls' high schools that share the Bais Yaakov (Beth Jacob) philosophy developed by the late Sara Schenirer. This event took place the weekend of Nov. 19-22. Nearly 500 student deleg...…
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