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Women To Build Their Own Wall

Fed up with conflict over how women can worship at the Western Wall, a group of Jewish feminists has begun reconstruction of the Eastern Wall, where they expect to be able to do as they please, thank you very much. Former prime minister and ex-Jerusalem mayor Ehud Olmert paved the way for the unusual arrangement […]

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Israel Applies For U.S. Medicare

JERUSALEM—The State of Israel, which will turn 65 years old on May 14, plans to apply for Medicare, the U.S. national social insurance program, according to Chaim Weizguy, head of Israel’s Health and Welfare Agency. Weizguy announced that Israel wants to join Medicare in order to qualify for badly needed economic surgery that would then […]

President Endorses Gay Synagogues

President Baruch O. Bauma, head of The White House Synagogue (commonly known as The White Shul) in downtown Washington, D.C., announced today that he was in favor of gays and lesbians in his congregation being granted the same rights currently enjoyed by all other members. “The gays and lesbians have set forth their agenda: We’re […]

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