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North Korea fires three short-range missiles into Japan territorial waters (Reuters)
11:06
France's President Hollande signs gay marriage bill into law (Reuters)
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Bomb, insurgent attack kill four Afghan soldiers and police chief (DPA)
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5-year-old hospitalized in Be'er Sheva with head injury from fallen object (Haaretz)
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Earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.9 shakes northeast Japan, no worries for tsunami (Reuters)
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Report: Israeli officials say weak Assad preferable to Islamist take over in Syria (Haaretz)
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Over 60 injured in Connecticut commuter train accident (DPA)
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Obama trims funding request for Afghanistan war by 10 percent (Reuters)
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Firefighters working to put out blaze in Ashkelon governmental building (Haaretz)
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France says it won't attend Syria peace conference if Iran delegates present (Reuters)
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Egyptian police clash with youth in Cairo after anti-Morsi protest (Reuters)
00:57
Kerry to attend Syria talks in Amman on May 22 (Reuters)
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Four injured, one of them seriously, in car accident near Kfar Adumim (Haaretz)
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U.S. says Russian missiles may embolden Syria's Assad (Reuters)
21:48
Turkey's Erdogan says UN must decide on any Syria no-fly zone (Reuters)

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Jewish World Opinions

Action, not just words, needed in battle against exclusion of women

Cautious optimism is warranted after AG Yehuda Weinstein's decree on the fight for women's equality, but enforcement is key.

By Shari Eshet | May 16, 2013 | 11:28 PM | 3

Women's protest in Jerusalem - Michal Fattal - December 23 2011

Shavuot, the forgotten holiday

Unlike most Jewish holidays, Shavuot has no sad undertones. Could this be why 'the Torah’s birthday’ is generally overlooked?

By Yael Miller / Jewish World blogger | May 16, 2013 | 07:30 AM

Giving Shavuot a public relations makeover

The significance of Matan Torah is difficult to grasp in the modern day. Celebrating that ongoing relationship with God makes it accessible.

By Rabbi Elianna Yolkut / Jewish World blogger | May 15, 2013 | 04:51 PM

'I am Joseph, your brother’

The turnaround in the Vatican’s view of Judaism is credited to one person: Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli. Upon his ascent to the papacy in 1958, when he chose the name John XXIII, he took it with the words: 'I am Joseph your brother.'

By Rabbi David Rosen | May 7, 2013 | 05:53 AM | 2

Dispelling Israeli media’s stereotypes about Poland in the Holocaust

The coverage by Israeli journalists of Poland's commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising gives no suggestion of the deep and reflexive context of contemporary Polish engagement with the tragedy of Polish Jews.

By Dominika Blachnicka-Ciacek | Apr 28, 2013 | 01:40 PM | 41

The tragedy of Rabbi Broyde's errors

Pathbreaking Orthodox Rabbi Michael Broyde's online deceptions devalued his contribution to the moral and practical arenas where he had the most resonance: the intersection of Judaism and modernity.

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen | Apr 25, 2013 | 08:00 PM | 8

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Shavuot

Why are so many Jews unsuccessful at counting the Omer?

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The Jewish Thinker

Mother's day flowers

When you love your mum but she hates Mother's Day

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The perfect Shavuot cheesecake

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A wide variety of cheeses are sold in Israeli stores. Make sure to read the contents on the package

Choosing cheeses for Shavuot

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