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Shmuley’s Boteach’s Arms-Dealing Father
The LA Weekly reports: The connections could be seen last year, when Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and City Council President Eric Garcetti attended the Beverly Hills launch of the star-studded charity Turn Friday Night Into Family Night, founded by Rabbi Shmuley … Continue reading
Posted in Shmuley Boteach, Yoav Botach
Tagged Antonio Villaraigosa, city council president, eric garcetti, israeli prime minister ariel sharon, mayor antonio villaraigosa, prime minister ariel sharon, rabbi shmuley boteach
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How The Haredim Took Control In Israel
The Haredim have been yelling about the illegitimacy of Modern Orthodox conversions for many years. Only now do they have the political power to delegitimize such conversions. When the Mizrachi aka religious Zionists aka the Modern Orthodox in Israel opposed … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi, Israel, Modern Orthodox
Tagged chief rabbis, ehud olmert, meir lau, prime minister ariel sharon, prime minister ehud olmert, shlomo amar
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Two Assaults On Religious Zionism
Caroline Glick writes: Israel’s 2005 withdrawal from Gaza was presented to the world as a strategic bid to enhance prospects for peace between the Palestinians and Israel. Proponents of the move argued that removing all Israeli civilians and military … Continue reading
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Tagged ariel sharon, caroline glick, disengagement, fatah, grievances, haaretz, hamas and fatah, israeli civilians, israeli policy, judea and samaria, mortar shells, nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp, pretext, prime minister ariel sharon, progeny, religious zionism, rsquo, subtext, withdrawal from gaza, zionists
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