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Wednesday - 4 Tevet 5769 - December 31, 2008

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kosher
Customers stew as kosher meat gets scarce
Harkin help kept Postville plant open
Jewish food movement comes of age
Making kosher food more sustainable
You Are What You Eat
What kind of meat do Jewish food activists eat?
israel
Additional draft to be okayed
Amos Oz: Hamas is responsible
Answering Israel’s critics
Gaza rocket reaches furthest point
IAF pummels Hamas smuggling tunnels
IDF chief: Difficult moments still to come
IDF issues emergency instructions
Israel 2009: 7.4 mil residents, 75.5% Jews
Israel op enters a problematic phase
No rest for the shell-shocked
Northerners prepare for possible attacks
Rockets hit Ashdod area
Rockets reach Beersheba
Rush to build shelters for kibbutz in the line of fire
Us or Them: The Chanukah War
Western Wall: Hundreds pray for soldiers' wellbeing
Arutz Sheva
Ha'aretz
Israel 21C
Jerusalem Post
Ma'ariv- Hebrew
J News

european union flag
Czech Republic defends Israeli strikes
Greek newspaper attacks Jews
Work halted in medieval Jewish cemetery
Two Israelis attacked in Denmark mall
usa
Chicago synagogue firebombed
Does “Jewish Heritage” Make Someone a Flight Risk? The Feds Say Yes
Insight into Bush's 'promising' Middle East
Is the 'C' in Chanukah for Commercialization?
Kadish admits to spy charge
Menorah battle in court again
Some US Hispanics trace their Jewish past
US company buys Israel's Scopus Video Networks for $86 million
US court: Ex-Agriprocessors manager to remain jailed

canada
Book on Lithuanian collaboration donated to Holocaust centre
Economic downturn causing 'anxiety, concern'
European Council of Jewish Communities to open offices in Israel
Gabriel Soudry lauréat d’un Prix en Ingénierie
Jewish kids have the best deal
Liberal’s coalition negotiator speaks out
Madoff scandal reaches into Canada
Survivors’ stories on menu at Yad Vashem dinner
Winnipeg federation trains future leaders
Winnipeg Jewish Post gets new editor

oceana
Anti-Semitism Reaches Record High in Australia
Australia Jewish News
Jewish groups back air offensive
Levy back in the chair at ADC
Turkish delights
US, Australia back Gaza strike; rest of the world doesn't

spinning globe
A Jewish wedding in Kochi
Amnesty Int’l urges Yemen to protect its Jews
It's time once more to blame the Jews
Jewish Communities of the World
Jewish life flourishes where Kazakh gulag once stood
New Indian Chabad House to reach out... to gentiles
YEMEN: Jews in north fear for their lives

people
Family Affair / The Shovals
Former POW marks 35 years since his Hanukka miracle
'Jewish Jordan' Goodman: It's about giving back
Marc Chagall and FDR
'There's no Color Red in Ramat Gan'

students



health
People flirting with skin cancer to boost vitamin D: report
The benefits of an extra hour sleep and vitamin D
Vitamin D Deficiency Boosts C-Section Risk
Vitamin D deficiency common in diabetic kids

Arts jewish art
A Loving, Uneven Tribute: Bikel's One-Man 'Sholom'
An intimate view of the Diaspora
Ancient Jewish Rock 'n Roll: DeLeon
Different look at the Shoah
Jamie Bell Interview, Defiance
No Schmaltz, but Plenty of Soul
jewish culture
Chabad to open new centers in India
Fabulously observant: Top Jewish stories of 2008
Hesed Aims to Get Active Community Volunteer Back on Her Feet
Jews and Episcopalians—kindred spirits
The Jewish Ethicist: Witness for Hire, Part 2

laughter
Ferris Beuler's Day Off
Growing Up Jewish
Jewish Humor
Jewlarious's Top 11 Features of 2008
Junk Cheer
history
A Wartime Tale That Had to Be Told
Documentary examines 'Heroes of the Holocaust'
Jewish History Resource

women

Highlight Mitzvah of Challah
yiddish

Stories with a Yiddish Twist
obits
Emissary to former Lubavitch rebbe dies
Evelyn Rosen, 84, volunteer
Joza Karas dies at 82; musician revived compositions by Jews in concentration camp
Hamilton rebbetzin had deep ties with Ramah
Rabbi David Lieber dies at 83
Tunisian Jews mark rabbi’s death

Announcements
Seeking Babysitter in the FairOaks/ Government Center area

I am looking for a babysitter in the FairOaks/ Government Center area (near Wegman/Costco) for my 5 month old Baby. 

If you know of a reliable and responsible babysitter, I would appriciate your recommendation. Email me at ronit1e@yahoo.com

Thanks Ronit

Yiddish Club Forming in Herndon

Congregation Beth Emeth, Herndon, VA will convene a Yiddish Club for the entire community to meet on the first Tuesday of each month, starting January 6, 2009.  

Members will engage in a variety of activities that utilize the Yiddish language, including reading stories, listening to music and radio broadcasts, reading Yiddish newspapers and enjoying the company of other Yiddish speakers.  

There is no cost and one need not be completely fluent to attend the meetings, which will be held at Congregation Beth Emeth, located at 12523 Lawyers Road, Herndon, VA 20171, 2.9 miles south of the Dulles Toll Road, Reston Parkway Exit. 

For more information, call 703-860-4515, ext 127

 

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