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Toronto Jewish schoolteacher charged for alleged sexual assault after 40 years

A 71-year-old former Jewish day school teacher from Toronto was charged with indecent assault for allegedly sexually assaulting a student 40 years ago.

Designer Galliano reportedly sues Dior over firing for anti-Semitism

Designer John Galliano reportedly has filed an $18.7 million lawsuit against Christian Dior, the fashion house that fired him for anti-Semitic speech.

Teaching Jewish history isn’t rocket science — or is it?

Ed. Note: Adapted from a presentation given at YouthCon 2012. Cross posted to JewPoint0, the Darim Online blog. Can you guess what’s going on in this black and white photo? It’s a self-portrait taken by a robot millions of miles away in the year 2012. [[READMORE]] In 254 days, the Mars Curiosity rover made a whopping […]

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