Monthly Archives: December 2010

Yisroel Pensack: 40 Die in Chanukah Forest Fire in Israel in Country’s ‘Biggest and Deadliest’ Blaze

The New York Times reports: JERUSALEM — A fire raging in a northern Israel forest on Thursday has left at least 40 people dead, caused the evacuation of thousands of people, burned some kibbutz houses to the ground and prompted … Continue reading

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Holocaust Claims Conference

Background Professor Yitzchak Kerem emails: Noah Flug briefed Knesset Committee for survivors this week. He noted as “punishment” for Russian employee corruption (went on for 16 years with oversight and possible collaboration from Sol Kagan, Edgar Bronfman, Israel Singer, Julius … Continue reading

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What’s Dennis Wilen Doing?

Dennis ran the JewishJournal.com for a couple of years. He blogs yesterday: As you probably already know, I’ll be joining AOL’s Patch.com next week to build, run and grow Los Angeles’ new Brentwood.Patch.com, which I plan to launch before the … Continue reading

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Most Chareidi Jews In Israel Don’t Want To Work

Dennis Prager writes: The Wall Street Journal recently published a column about ultra-Orthodox (Charedi) Jews in Israel who do not work for a living. Sixty-five percent of ultra-Orthodox men ages 35-54 do not go to work. Instead, they study Torah … Continue reading

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Yisroel Pensack: Happy Chanukah!

This is not a Lubavitcher chossid, obviously.  The branches of Chabad-Lubavitch menorahs are straight and diagonal — not like this: or this: but like this: and this: and this:

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