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Back to homepageHelena-Reet Ennet bans phones from her house in Estonia: “I totally love to cut myself off from the rest of the world”
Helena-Reet Ennet, the CEO of Gossip Media LLC*, has banned phones from her house in Estonia.
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Top Jewish online sites, magazines and newspapers
LA-Jew.com — A comprehensive guide to Jewish people living in Los Angeles, CA. (Provides investigative and insightful news reporting related to Jewish issues & the best LA entertainment site – featuring: entertainment, celebs, photo galleries, famous Jewish, kosher dining, travel,
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LA Jewish Guide: Los Angeles Synagogues
LA-Jew.com — A synagogue, also spelled synagog ( בית כנסת beyt knesset, meaning “house of assembly”; בית תפילה beyt t’fila, meaning “house of prayer”; שול shul; אסנוגה esnoga; קהל kal) is a Jewish house of prayer. Synagogues have a large hall
Read MoreShemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah Guide 2010
Shemini Atzeret begins this year on Wednesday evening, September 29, 2010, and continues with Simchat Torah through Friday, October 1, 2010.
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Rosh Hashanah holiday guide
Rosh Hashanah begins this year on Wednesday evening, September 8, and continues through nightfall of September 10. What follows is a how-to guide to the basics of Rosh Hashanah observance.
Read MoreNetanyahu tells Israeli public: No guarantee peace talks will succeed
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the nation Tuesday in a New Year’s greeting that there was no guarantee negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians would succeed, but vowed to aim for a peace agreement by the end of the year.
Read MoreNetanyahu: Arabs must accept Jewish State
“Last year was one of the safest years in two decades,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told Israelis in a message for the Jewish New Year. “But last week’s brutal murder of four Israelis, including a mother of six and a
Read MoreEliyokim Cohen: L’ shana Tova everyone
5770 is coming to a close, and I’m sure those of you that reflect on the past year will have some things that you are proud of and others that you are ashamed of inundating your thoughts. When you think
Read MoreJewish birth rate in Israel at record high
A Hebrew University demography professor has announced there were more Jewish births in the past year in Israel than any other time in the history of the State. According to data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics on the
Read MoreIsrael’s population reaches 7.6 million
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah 5771, the population of Israel surpassed 7,645,500, of which 5,770,900 people are Jews, 1,559,100 are Arabs, and another 315,500 labeled “other,” according to numbers published by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday.
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Hebrew — The Holy Language
LA-JEW — Hebrew (עִבְרִית, Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, it’s considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews & the
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Irena Sendler who saved 2,500 Jewish children died
Irena Sendler (15 February 1910 – 12 May 2008) was a Polish Roman Catholic nurse/social worker who served in the Polish Underground during World War II, and as head of children’s section of Żegota, an underground resistance organization in German-occupied
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Synagogues, Shuls & Temples — What’s in a name, functions, organization, ritual items
The synagogue is the Jewish equivalent of a church, more or less. It is the center of the Jewish religious community: a place of prayer, study and education, social and charitable work, as well as a social center.
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