http://Jreporting.comJReporting.com(...)http://jreporting.com/i/jreport-feed-logo.pnghttp://jreporting.com18334Once upon a time, I decided to train as a lawyer. I wasn’t a particularly diligent student; a glittering career at the bar never awaited me, and I went off to do other things afterwards. But I did pick up a few useful bits and pieces of information along the way.<br /> <br /> I know my consumer rights, for example*; I understand that a threatening letter from a lawyer is usually worth less than the paper it is printed upon. I can translate senseless legalese like rental agreements into everyday language – in short, I have developed something of a talent for detecting bull dressed up in fancy languagehttp://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2391095&t=Shabbat Goy: What’s in a name?anonymousThu, 28 Oct 2010 21:10:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.The Wikileaks website released a CIA document on Wednesday that examines the trend of Americans committing terrorist acts overseas, including American Jews in Israel.<br /> <br /> American Jews in Israel were one of four groups mentioned in the classified report, titled &quot;What if Foreigners See the United States as an Exporter of Terrorism?&quot;http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2086441&t=Leaked CIA memo cites U.S. Jews among exporters of terrorism - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel NewsanonymousThu, 26 Aug 2010 15:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.Norway&#039;s $450 billion oil fund has excluded two Israeli firms involved in developing settlements and one Malaysian forestry firm on ethical grounds, Norway&#039;s finance ministry said on Monday.<br /> <br /> The excluded companies are Africa Israel Investments (AFIL01.TA), Danya Cebus Ltd and Samling Global Ltd (3938.HK). The ministry said that the oil fund has already sold all its holdings in these companies.http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2058727&t=Norway oil fund excludes 2 Israeli companiesanonymousMon, 23 Aug 2010 13:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.Former GOP Sen. George Allen this week embraced the Jewish roots he never knew he had until four years ago.<br /> <br /> At the Reston Hyatt-Regency outside Washington, the former Virginia lawmaker on Thursday addressed followers of the Chabad-Lubavitch, an Hasidic movement whose members are encouraged to nudge non-observant Jews into adopting Orthodox customs.http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2063447&t=With eyes on 2012, George Allen embraces long-lost Jewish rootsanonymousMon, 23 Aug 2010 13:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.Nicosia has told a group of activists heading for Gaza that they will not be able to dock for provisions or refuelling at the Cyprus port of Limassol. <br /> <br /> The ship, carrying aid for Gaza from Lebanon, will now have to find another stop-off point, as the Cypriots have said they will not let the ship leave for Gaza if it pulls in to its harbour. <br /> <br /> The ship, the Mariam, had been due to depart from the Libyan port of Tripoli.http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2057878&t=Gaza-bound ship told to by-pass CyprusanonymousMon, 23 Aug 2010 13:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.Russia has rejected a U.S. court ruling to turn over a Jewish library to a Hasidic group in New York.<br /> A U.S. judge last week ruled against the Russian government for its refusal to return thousands of manuscripts that once belonged to a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi. The library was seized by Red Army in Nazi Germany as war booty.http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2057877&t=Russia refuses to turn over Jewish library to USanonymousMon, 23 Aug 2010 13:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.Senior figures in the government or in the judicial system cannot join a prayer quorum, according to Holon&#039;s Chief Rabbi Avraham Yosef, who is also a representative on the Chief Rabbinate Council and son of Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.<br />  <br /> &quot;It is forbidden to allow them to participate or to integrate them in any synagogue liturgy,&quot; Yosef said. &quot;We must ignore their existence, as if they were just air.&quot;http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2057874&t=Holon chief rabbi: Don't include judges in quorumanonymousMon, 23 Aug 2010 13:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.The Western Wall Heritage Foundation management has decided to replace the existing partition in the Western Wall plaza, which separates between the women and men&#039;s praying sections, because it does not allow the women worshipers to easily look over to the men&#039;s section.<br />  <br /> The foundation received many requests by women who frequent the Wall, claiming that during special celebrations held at the Kotel, such as bar mitzvahs, they are finding it difficult to watch the events through the partition, which is made of iron with small openings, each only a few centimeters wide.http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2064517&t=One-way mirror to replace Western Wall partitionanonymousMon, 23 Aug 2010 13:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.The Western Wall Heritage Foundation management has decided to replace the existing partition in the Western Wall plaza, which separates between the women and men&#039;s praying sections, because it does not allow the women worshipers to easily look over to the men&#039;s section.<br />  <br /> The foundation received many requests by women who frequent the Wall, claiming that during special celebrations held at the Kotel, such as bar mitzvahs, they are finding it difficult to watch the events through the partition, which is made of iron with small openings, each only a few centimeters wide.http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2057875&t=One-way mirror to replace Western Wall partitionanonymousMon, 23 Aug 2010 13:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.Police arrested Rabbi Yosef Elizur-Hershkowitz from Yitzhar before dawn on Thursday on suspicion of incitement to racial violence, possession of racist texts, and possession of material that incites to violence.<br /> <br /> Elizur and Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira, also from the Yitzhar settlement near Nablus, wrote Torat Hamelech (The King’s Torah), a book that discusses the rules of war. In it they say it is permissible to kill young children if it is foreseeable that they will grow up to be mortal enemies of the Jews, or to put pressure on an enemy leader.http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2064518&t=Yitzhar rabbi freed after arrest for incitementanonymousMon, 23 Aug 2010 13:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.The scenario might have seemed unlikely: prominent Muslims and Jews from the United States, crossing the Atlantic in mournful, spiritual solidarity to visit two Nazi concentration camps. Together.<br /> <br /> The trip to Dachau and Auschwitz was meant to combat the rise in Holocaust denial that has popped up in various Muslim and non-Muslim circles around the world -- and online -- in recent years.http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2058730&t=Muslim leaders visit concentration camps as part of effort to combat Holocaust denialanonymousMon, 23 Aug 2010 13:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.The scenario might have seemed unlikely: prominent Muslims and Jews from the United States, crossing the Atlantic in mournful, spiritual solidarity to visit two Nazi concentration camps. Together.<br /> <br /> The trip to Dachau and Auschwitz was meant to combat the rise in Holocaust denial that has popped up in various Muslim and non-Muslim circles around the world -- and online -- in recent years.http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2057879&t=Muslim leaders visit concentration camps as part of effort to combat Holocaust denialanonymousMon, 23 Aug 2010 13:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.Police arrested Rabbi Yosef Elizur-Hershkowitz from Yitzhar before dawn on Thursday on suspicion of incitement to racial violence, possession of racist texts, and possession of material that incites to violence.<br /> <br /> Elizur and Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira, also from the Yitzhar settlement near Nablus, wrote Torat Hamelech (The King’s Torah), a book that discusses the rules of war. In it they say it is permissible to kill young children if it is foreseeable that they will grow up to be mortal enemies of the Jews, or to put pressure on an enemy leader.http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2057876&t=Yitzhar rabbi freed after arrest for incitementanonymousMon, 23 Aug 2010 13:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.Rabbi Menachem Stern&#039;s stringy brown beard is hardly an unusual sight in his Brooklyn neighborhood. But in trying to become a chaplain in the U.S. Army, Mr. Stern has gotten tangled in a military bureaucracy that has made exceptions for other beards, but not his.<br /> <br /> The 28-year-old rabbi was notified last year that he had been accepted as a chaplain in the Army Reserve.http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2055175&t=Brooklyn Rabbi Battles Army for a Waiver to Serve With a BeardanonymousSun, 22 Aug 2010 21:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.Rabbi Menachem Stern&#039;s stringy brown beard is hardly an unusual sight in his Brooklyn neighborhood. But in trying to become a chaplain in the U.S. Army, Mr. Stern has gotten tangled in a military bureaucracy that has made exceptions for other beards, but not his.<br /> <br /> The 28-year-old rabbi was notified last year that he had been accepted as a chaplain in the Army Reserve.http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2053254&t=Brooklyn Rabbi Battles Army for a Waiver to Serve With a BeardanonymousSun, 22 Aug 2010 21:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.Some of Providence&#039;s Jewish leaders are concerned that the city&#039;s public schools will not count Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur as official holidays this year.<br />  <br /> But school leaders say there is no need for concern.<br />  <br /> This is the first time in at least 30 years that the two of the most significant holidays in the Jewish calendar won&#039;t be days off.http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2050398&t=Providence schools cut Jewish holidaysanonymousSun, 22 Aug 2010 12:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.Some of Providence&#039;s Jewish leaders are concerned that the city&#039;s public schools will not count Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur as official holidays this year.<br />  <br /> But school leaders say there is no need for concern.<br />  <br /> This is the first time in at least 30 years that the two of the most significant holidays in the Jewish calendar won&#039;t be days off.http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2050173&t=Providence schools cut Jewish holidaysanonymousSun, 22 Aug 2010 12:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.Defense Minister Ehud Barak informed the cabinet meeting on Sunday that he had chosen Southern Command Chief Yoav Galant to serve as the next chief of staff.<br />  <br /> Barak will bring the decision for authorization in the cabinet after he consults with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2050399&t=Barak names Galant as next chief of staffanonymousSun, 22 Aug 2010 12:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.Defense Minister Ehud Barak informed the cabinet meeting on Sunday that he had chosen Southern Command Chief Yoav Galant to serve as the next chief of staff.<br />  <br /> Barak will bring the decision for authorization in the cabinet after he consults with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2050174&t=Barak names Galant as next chief of staffanonymousSun, 22 Aug 2010 12:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.The Obama administration, citing evidence of continued troubles inside Iran’s nuclear program, has persuaded Israel that it would take roughly a year — and perhaps longer — for Iran to complete what one senior official called a “dash” for a nuclear weapon, according to American officials.http://jreporting.com/detail.asp?c=2037532&t=U.S. Persuades Israel That Iran's Nuclear Threat Is Not ImminentanonymousFri, 20 Aug 2010 13:08:00 CSTen-usJreporting. Do not reproduce without permission.