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 Audio: Sarah Aroeste Revives Sephardic Ladino Music with New BeatsFinely Crafted Ladino Songs Jewish Theatre of Pittsburgh returns to Rodef Shalom Judeo-Moroccan culture shared through art New award for Kosher Cookbook Poem of the Week: The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus Steve Rosenberg and friends dip into their trove of early music instruments Susana Behar shares songs from her Sephardic ancestry Yukking it up in Israel Jewish Stories by Marnie Winston-Macauley Stories with a Yiddish Twist by Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe |
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| Health | ||||||
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Works for You 24/7: Quarantine Stations DEET, Showers, and Tick Checks Can Stop Ticks Healthy Travel to the 2012 Olympic Games Prevent carbon monoxide (CO) Poisoning Skin Cancer Awareness: Protect Your Skin Tourette Syndrome: Mike's Story 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Results |
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| Recalls | ||||||
Recent Food Recalls All Other Recalls |
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| Science & Technology | ||||||
 Engineered Robot Interacts With Live Fish Hubble Spots a Bright Spark in a Nearby Spiral Galaxy Microbes Discovered in Extreme Environment on South American Volcanoes NASA's Spitzer Finds First Objects Burned Furiously New Property of Flames Sparks Advances in Technology Parasitic Plants Steal Genes from Their Hosts Pregnancy: Why Mother's Immune System Does Not Reject Developing Fetus as Foreign Tissue Quantum Computers Move Closer to Reality, Thanks to Highly Enriched and Highly Purified Silicon Scientists Discover Huge Phytoplankton Bloom in Ice-Covered Waters U.S. Experienced Second Warmest May, Warmest Spring on Record, NOAA Reports |
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| Business | ||||||
 China Business Seeks White, Jewish Male To Bolster CredibilityCrown Heights Keeps the Peace, One Kosher Frank at a Time G. Willi-Food Reports Q1 2012 Sales up 4.6% From Q1 2011 Hong Kong Billionaire Enters Israeli Phone Market How sweet it is for Hopedale chocolate company |
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| Jewish Women | ||||||
 Authentically EgalitarianBetter After 50? Female Rabbi Joins the Ultimate Men's Club From LA surfer girl to a lone soldier in one of Israel's toughest units Goodbye, Sisters Hear her now? Dr. Ruth isn't done speaking up Israeli feminist organizations target broadcast authority for 'silencing women' Q&A: Dvora Meyers, Unorthodox Gymnast Q&A: Shira Hadasha's Rahel Berkovits The Martyred Woman of Valor: Dulcea of Worms The Paradox of the Mechitza Video: The Book of Sarah Women only 'get' misery Why Our Daughters Should Learn to Use Tefillin Why Judaism Needs Feminism |
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 Chocolate Yogurt Cake Cooking with natural peanut butter Fennel and pear soup Flaky Bourekas That Crumble in Your Mouth Kid-sized blueberry pie The Ultimate Blueberry Muffin Measurement Conversion |
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| People | ||||||
 Architect Moshe Safdie on the “Bilbao Effect”Despite loss, Israeli chess grandmaster wins fans Hockey player inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Interview with Israeli Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom Israeli President Peres and Bob Dylan Have Something in Common Lieberman: Is he the most demonised Jew in the world? Sheila Chadwick, Fairfax County schools employee Steven Spielberg Pays Tribute to Late Ray Bradbury Two Sassoons |
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| Campus News | ||||||
 Conservative Movement Likely To Suspend College OutreachDeconstructing your Jewish identity on campus Group to host dinner celebrating Shabbat 100 Hillel's Big Night Jewish prof. says she lost her job at Texas A&M for complaining about crosses Koach may be put on hold New minority label at CUNY: 'Jewish' UCSD Hillel Turned Down by Community Planning Association |
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| Jewish Culture | ||||||
 B'nai B'rith to relocate DC archives to CincinnatiDaddy and I: The Same, But Different Jews say no to online porn; Mormons applaud Long-awaited Chabad Center to Open in Tacoma, Washington Out Of The Shul And Into The Bar Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Orders Shas to Back 'Regulation Law' The Gift Of Unity Video: The Book of Sarah Weekly Torah Portion |
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| Kashrut / Kosher | ||||||
 As Economic Troubles Deepen, Kosher Food Banks on the RiseCOR unveils new vegetarian, vegan hechsher First Time: Kosher Beef In Japan Supermarket How sweet it is for Hopedale chocolate company Kosher Traveler: Blending Traditions in Haifa Laura Chenel's Chèvre Announces Kosher Certification What type of hot dogs are you buying?
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| Israel | ||||||
 IDF: Ultra-Orthodox recruits can plug gap in technical units Israel has true vision Israelis, learn Arabic Israel PM: illegal African immigrants threaten identity of Jewish state Israel sends 'unconventional' envoy Jerusalem Plans Massive Tourism Expansion--200 More Hotels Think again: Sinai and Jewish unity |
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| United States of America | ||||||
 A Synagogue Grows in St. Paul's ChapeNew Mosque in the Heart of Large US Jewish Neighborhood Trumbull synagogue makes history Without 'miracle,' Quincy's last Jewish temple to close Jews of the United States |
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| Canada | ||||||
 COR unveils new vegetarian, vegan hechsherFaces of our Jewish community House of Commons repeals anti-hate law Immigration bill’s impact cause for concern JNF brings Negev Dinner to SW Ontario Mayor Tremblay to head Israel trade trip New synagogue plans to attract unaffiliated Jews Our City Our World / Jewish Community Prenuptial contracts for marrying couples required by some Orthodox synagogues in Montreal The Jews of Manitoba, or 'The centre of its own Diaspora' Toronto city council condemns term ‘Israeli apartheid’ Yukking it up in Israel Jewish Canada |
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| Europe | ||||||
 Brutal Anti-Semitic Assault Wounds Three Chabad Youth in France Deal in Holland Allows Kosher Slaughter Finding Jewish Life in Eastern Europe French Police Arrest Two in Connection With Villeurbanne Assault Hungarian prime minister 'indignant' over Jewish cemetery attack Jewish celebration in Rome canceled to honor earthquake victims Jewish museum in Ireland seeks $13m. expansion New German president begins official visit to Israel with welcome from Peres Out and about in Jewish Berlin Queen Elizabeth Blessed by Chief Rabbi of Britain on Her Jubilee Rebirth of Jewish life in Berlin Sarajevo, 1992-2012: What Future for a Broken Society? European Jewish Press |
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| Greater Middle East | ||||||
 Fake refugees farce must endIn warning to West, Iran says fresh round of nuclear talks may end in failure Jewish leader's murder sparks fear in Yemenite community Once Tolerated, Alcohol Now Creates Rift In Tunisia Report: Jewish tourists in Jordan assaulted Sephardi roots lead photog to vibrant culture in Turkey Tunisian parliament might reserve two seats for Jews Wiping Palestinian Refugee Rights Off the Map 2 |
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| Asia | ||||||
 New Sefer Torah For Hong Kong |
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| Former USSR-CIS | ||||||
 Chabad School in Lugansk Hosts National Academic Competition Holocaust Marker Vandalized In Belarus Hundreds of Former Soviet Jews Gather to Celebrate Heritage Jewish Ritual Bath Unveiled in Outlying Moscow Neighborhood Jews meet in Moldova to celebrate heritage New Mikvah In Moscow Was Kiev Beating Anti-Semitic Act? Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS |
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| Latin America | ||||||
 Cuba Extends WelcomeFrom Cuban cell, Gross thanks Jewish community for support Jewish Dental Practitioner Arrives in Costa Rica and Slips by Customs Museum explores 3 waves of Jewish immigration to Costa Rica NY Rabbi Meets Cuban Diplomats to Urge Release of Alan Gross
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