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World News
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For religious gays in Israel, new initiatives provide hope
TEL AVIV — Gidi Grunberg at 16 fell in love with a boy at his Orthodox high school near Tel Aviv. Consumed by guilt, he transferred to a high school that was more strictly religious, hopeful that with more rigorous Torah study his attraction to men would pass. More...
Senate passes Iran sanctions bill
By Ron Kampeas JTA news service

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate has passed a comprehensive Iran sanctions bill. The bill, passed by voice vote Jan. 28, hews closely to a companion bill passed last month in the U.S. House of Representatives; White House requests to roll back some of the harsher provisions were unheeded. More...

Rabbis call for Rubashkin’s release

NEW YORK (JTA) -- A coalition of seven Orthodox rabbis has issued a plea for the release of Sholom Rubashkin, the former manager of the Agriprocessors kosher meat plant in Postville, IA, while his case is on appeal. More...

Phylactery phobia: Tefillin incident grounds airplane
By BRYAN SCHWARTZMAN Jewish Exponent

PHILADELPHIA — If there’s any upshot to the misunderstanding that grounded a small aircraft in Philadelphia — and scared the wits out of two Jewish children — it’s that the general public might now know a bit more about tefillin. More...

Israelis play beach soccer in Clearwater

Despite the frigid temperatures during the first weekend of January, two professional men’s soccer teams from Israel – one from Hadera, the Pinellas- Pasco Federation’s Partnership 2 More...

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