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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Axl Rose - AP - 14.8.2010
Rock legends Guns N' Roses to performs in Israel, sources say

Reported summer show would be the first time the legendary band visited Israel since their now legendary 1993 show in Tel Aviv.

12:41 16.02.12 | 0 comments
A meal of bourekas at Leon and Sons in Jaffa.
The world is a puff pastry: the five best bourekas in Tel Aviv

It's as easy to find bourekas in Israel as it to track down falafel, and just like snowflakes, no two are alike.

12:38 16.02.12 | 0 comments
Elie Wiesel at the White House
Elie Wiesel criticizes Romney for keeping mum on Mormon posthumous baptism of Jews

Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate says does not see U.S. presidential hopeful as complicit in the Mormon custom, adding, however, that the issue was serious enough to be addressed.

11:35 16.02.12 | 2 comments
Ashkar - Eliyahu - 2.2012
Israeli Arab musician wins Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Award

Violinist Nabeel Abboud-Ashkar will be recognized for his work to encourage Jewish-Arab dialogue and coexistence through classical music education.

11:11 16.02.12 | 0 comments
New Delhi bomb - AP - February 2012
Report: Mossad chief visited New Delhi days before attack on Israeli officials

Times of India claims Tamir Pardo told local officials Israelis felt safer in India than in Turkey or South America, did not provide specific warning of New Delhi attack.

10:33 16.02.12 | 24 comments
Bus accident - Emil Salman
10 killed as Palestinian children's bus, truck collide near Jerusalem

Nine of the 10 fatalities were kindergarten children on their way to a field trip near the West Bank town of Ramallah; dozens reportedly injured.

09:57 16.02.12 | 35 comments
female voluntary service
Orthodox women start own voluntary emergency service after being knocked back by 'Hatzalah'

Ezras Nashim to start its own corps with the goal of serving Jewish women in the U.S.

09:35 16.02.12 | 0 comments
German soldier
Author wins $100,000 prize for Jewish history

The 2012 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature is awarded to Gal Beckerman for ‘When They Come for Us We'll Be Gone’.

09:19 16.02.12 | 0 comments
Ahmadinejad - AFP - February 2012
Japanese Prime Minister to Barak: Don't attack Iran

Noda told the Israeli defense minister that the attacks directed at Israeli diplomatic missions in New Delhi and Tbilisi are unacceptable, but he added that Israel should exercise restraint.

03:38 16.02.12 | 1 comments
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