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ISRAEL NEWS

BREAKING NEWS

09:50
Vandals spray paint home of Women of the Wall activist with graffiti reading 'Torah tag' (Haaretz)
09:17
Lapid to NYT: Israel must not halt West Bank settlement construction (Haaretz)
08:32
Shots fired from Syria into Israeli territory; no casualties or damage; Israel notifies UN (Haaretz)
06:31
Death toll rises to 14 after tunnel collapse at Indonesia mine (DPA)
05:42
Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held town (AP)
05:05
20-year-old man stabbed in altercation in Haifa (Army Radio)
04:18
Severe tornadoes hit Kansas, Oklahoma; no injuries reported (Reuters)
02:43
30-year-old man drowns to death off coast of Tel Aviv (Haaretz)
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Two truck collision kills one, injures three at Lehavim junction north of Be'er Sheva (Haaretz)
01:36
Militants kill 10 Iraq policemen in checkpoint attacks (Reuters)
01:09
4000 Meuhedet health maintenance organization workers to strike Monday (Israel Radio)
23:58
One killed, dozen wounded in sectarian shootings in Lebanon's Tripoli (Reuters)
22:09
U.S. tourist, 40, held at B-G Airport for trying to leave with IDF tear gas canister (Israel Radio)
21:44
Two Egyptian journalists, critical of President Morsi, face trial (Reuters)

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Jewish High Holy Days

Sukkot

Letter-shaped cookies for Simhat Torah

The sweet taste of the Torah, baked with a little butter and jam

Ever since the Middle Ages, Jews have sweetened children’s first day of learning the Torah and going to school (sometimes at the early age of three) with honey. Here's a Simhat Torah recipe that brings that tradition back to life!

By Vered Guttman | Oct 9, 2012 | 03:10 PM

Etrog

Word of the day / Etrog אֶתְרוֹג

We’ve just completed the festival of Sukkot, where one of the star players is a fragrant, delicate, citrus. Though the holiday is over, the etrog as a metaphor for political coddling is available year-round.

By Shoshana Kordova | Oct 9, 2012 | 08:31 AM

Every week there's a new "parashah".

On Root / Endings, beginnings, and the spaces in between

'Weekly Torah portion' or 'scandal' - Israelis and Jews are treated to a new parashah every week.

By Jeremy Benstein | Oct 9, 2012 | 08:14 AM

Samson striking the Philistines in an early third century C.E. mosaic in a synagogue in Wadi Hamam.

Samson follows the sun to Galilee

Local archaeologists have unearthed some seemingly out-of-place depictions of the sun god Helios in the mosaic floors of ancient synagogues. Can this be attributed to a link between the pagan god, the biblical hero Samson, and Joshua, who led the Israelites into the Promised Land?

By Elchanan Reiner, David Amit | Oct 6, 2012 | 02:13 AM | 2

Eran Shendar

Witness for the prosecution

The State Prosecutor’s Office is under attack, with Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman and others looking to curtail its powers. In a forthright interview, former state prosecutor Eran Shendar defends the current system and rejects attempts to delegitimize his former position.

By Ido Baum | Oct 6, 2012 | 02:04 AM

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Rosh Hashanah

When there’s nothing left to miss

The age of post-nostalgia: Why hobbies have gone the way of the dodo

Handwritten greetings cards, diaries, collecting certain objects, playing chess or musical instruments have all but disappeared.

By Assaf Inbari | Sep 15, 2012 | 04:26 AM

Fighting in Lebanon in 1982

30 years after Sabra and Chatila, a tale of duality and disaster

A new IDF report reveals a substantial gap between the army's goals in the First Lebanon War and how they were carried out on the ground.

By Amir Oren | Sep 15, 2012 | 04:07 AM

An IDF tank during the first Lebanon war.

Reluctant recruit: One IDF soldier examines his scars from the Lebanon War

'The last thing I ever wanted to do in my life was be a soldier,' says Daniel Ben-Tal. But then came the Lebanon War.

By Daniel Ben-Tal | Sep 15, 2012 | 03:51 AM

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Opinions and Blogs

Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz / Jewish World blogger

The no-net challenge

Yael Miller / Jewish World blogger

High Holy Days relief

Rabbi Joel Seltzer / Jewish World blogger

What my one-year-old taught me about Simhat Torah

Rabbi Michael Knopf / Jewish World blogger

Dancing with ourselves on Hoshanah Rabbah and Simhat Torah

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Yom Kippur

The Western Wall plaza during Selichot prayers.

WATCH: Prayers at Jerusalem's Western Wall and selichot, ahead of Yom Kippur

By Reuters | 09:33 AM

Wordplay: Regrets, he's had a few

By Michael Handelzalts | 09:22 AM

Of prostitutes and prophets

By Tali Artman-Partock | 08:44 AM

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