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Suspects assigned to six days of house arrest and ordered not to contact each other • Shin Bet refutes allegations of illegal interrogation tactics • Security forces raid yeshivah in Rechelim, issue written summons to 30 students to testify in case.
The legislation, passed unanimously in the state legislature last month, allocates $22.6 million for security in private schools, six times the funding from three years ago.
Researchers make inferences based on the study of words and their meanings, trying to piece together their history, though it’s far from an exact science.
“I’m trying to find if God exists,” he added. “I want to deal with people who are smarter than me.”
“We are all heartbroken by what has happened,” said the congregation’s rabbi, Sam Thurgood.
Rabbi Barry Diamond ran into his Thousand Oaks synagogue, and managed to evacuate four Torah scrolls and a Megillat Esther.
Masa Israel Teaching Fellows offer college students from North America the chance to build skills, gain experience, learn about Israel and its citizens, and hopefully, become Jewish leaders of the future.
Warning: Don’t be surprised if you find yourself pulling out your suitcase and throwing in your Naot sandals, the family photos and a year’s supply of Ziploc bags. Before you know it, you might even be downloading an aliyah application.
Jewish-camp professionals highlighted two areas that required financial support to better serve children with disabilities: capital improvements to increase accessibility and disability training for staff.
It’s the only Jewish day school in the United States and the only private school in California to receive the award this year.
Kollel program offers Jewish study, a warm meal and companionship to Holocaust survivors and other elderly in Jerusalem, Ashdod, Ashkelon and Tzfat.
“In recent years, the country has turned into a nation of all its people, all of its infiltrators,” said Israel Tourism Minister Yariv Levin. “Everything that has to do with Jewish life became some sort of issue of inequality and discrimination. This is what the legislation seeks to fix.”