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USAA Is The Best Bank In America
I’ve had a credit card with USAA since 1994. They are the best. I remember when I used to make credit card payments by mail and some of the banks would drag their heels processing payment so they could charge … Continue reading
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The Criminal Charges That Have Brought Down Three High-Ranking Israeli Government Officials in Five Years
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Nechemya Weberman Guilty on 59 Counts of Sexually Abusing a Young Satmar Girl
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How Much More Isolated Has Israel Become in Just the Past Year?
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Jewish Pre-Shabbos Haste Causing Car Accidents
S. emails: “I live on Whitworth between Beverly drive and Robertson and every week we have 4 to 5 car accidents on this Stretch. I sometimes worry on Shabbat when kids and families crossing the intersections without the stop signs. … Continue reading
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How the Obama and Netanyahu Administrations are Getting U.S. & Israel on Same Plan for Iran Nuclear Development
Following Netanyahu’s bold speech at the United Nations, an exclusive interview with his spokesperson, Mark Regev, in which he discusses how the U.S. and Israel have “an agreement in principle” on keeping Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
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Edon Pinchot Interview After “America’s Got Talent”; Why do Cops Think the Beating of a Jewish Student in Michigan Wasn’t Anti-Semitic?
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Meet Edon Pinchot, America’s Got Talent‘s Yarmulke-Wearing, Orthodox Jewish 14-Year-Old Singing Sensation.
Exclusive interview, photos and videos. Meet Edon Pinchot, America’s Got Talent‘s yarmulke-wearing, 14-year-old, singing sensation.
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Jewish “Terrorism” Condemned by Both Israel and U.S.; An Opera Based on the Talmud
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Huge Music Festival Set To Land in Israel; The Strongest Female Weightlifter is 10 Years Old and an Orthodox Jew
This week’s top stories from the Jewish world: The Lollapalooza music festival is set to rock Tel Aviv in 2013; lifting weights with the strongest girl in the world; author Jon Friedman discusses Bob Dylan and more!
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