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IDF forces fatally shoot Palestinian approaching southern Gaza fence
Soldiers spot man acting suspiciously near the fence and open fire when he refuses to heed warnings.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
12/15/2013 12:05:51 AM
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Iran says it sends second monkey into space, brings it back safely
Demonstration of rocket power is likely to cause concern in the West and among some Gulf states.
By REUTERS \
12/15/2013 12:31:48 AM
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Kerry: US plan allows for Israeli security, Palestinian sovereignty
US secretary of state meets with PM in J'lem to discuss advancing peace process; says Palestinian prisoner release set for Dec. 29.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF AND KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
12/15/2013 1:09:04 AM
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Comment: On Mideast security, the US has only just begun
The Obama administration appears as determined as ever to advance a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to curtail the Iranian nuclear threat in a way that will enhance, not endanger, Israeli security.
By CHARLES R. BRONFMAN AND PETER A. JOSEPH \
12/15/2013 1:29:56 AM
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IFCJ opens hotline for elderly who need help as result of weather
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
12/15/2013 1:46:46 AM
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First Person: The long way home
I found myself frustrated and angered that, in what was at first only light snowfall, the capital had ground to a halt.
By Ilan Evyatar \
12/15/2013 2:10:10 AM
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First Person: Under the weather
In the 30 years I have lived in Jerusalem, this is the fourth major snowfall I can remember. Each time is both as magical – and as predictable – as the one before.
By LINDA EPSTEIN \
12/15/2013 2:27:05 AM
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Discipline against student gunman thought to have sparked Colorado shooting
By REUTERS \
12/15/2013 2:29:24 AM
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Ukrainian chief rabbi mixes into political fray
"This is a time for patience and an open mind," says Dov Bleich; talks between government, opposition reach stalemate.
By SAM SOKOL AND REUTERS \
12/15/2013 2:40:12 AM
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Nati Gabbay takes over at JPost.com
"We have every intention of offering our readers an exciting, interactive multi-media experience,” says site's new managing editor.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
12/15/2013 2:56:54 AM
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Nazi art task force frustrates art restitution advocates
Task force's goal is to determine the origins of hundreds of pieces of art seized from the son of a Nazi art dealer.
By HENRY ROME \
12/15/2013 3:20:35 AM
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MKs call for transfer of animal rights authority
“Leaving enforcement in the hands of the Agriculture Ministry is like allowing a cat to guard ice cream,” Meretz MK Zandberg says.
By SHARON UDASIN \
12/15/2013 3:40:32 AM
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Classical Review: South American Baroque
Velasco: La Purpura de la Rosa; Jerusalem Khan, December 5.
By URY EPPSTEIN \
12/15/2013 3:48:20 AM
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An open or shut case
Eating problems plague not only underweight and overweight teens; they can affect toddlers and even infants. A Hadassah University Medical Center seminar recently studied the problems.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
12/15/2013 4:20:34 AM
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Health Scan: Help for the infertile
“Embryoscope” has increased by an impressive 11 percent the success in achieving a pregnancy in couples with fertility problems.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
12/15/2013 4:26:46 AM
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On the cultural front lines in New York
From Rembrandt and Magritte to Kandinsky, Schiff and Gilbert – they’re all there in the New York City cultural scene.
By IRVING SPITZ, SPECIAL TO THE JERUSALEM POST \
12/15/2013 4:39:34 AM
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Venezuela suspends Air France flight after bomb warning
By REUTERS \
12/15/2013 4:41:04 AM
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Mac TA already looking ahead to Top 16
Despite guaranteeing first place in Group D, yellow-and-blue still searching for further improvement.
By ALLON SINAI \
12/15/2013 4:47:07 AM
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Beersheba held to goalless draw by Ra’anana
Two of the day’s five scheduled matches were postponed due to the storm that struck Israel in recent days.
By ALLON SINAI \
12/15/2013 4:51:37 AM
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Nevo scales podium yet again in Europeans
Israeli swimmer takes silver medal in the 400-meters individual medley final in Herning, Denmark.
By ALLON SINAI \
12/15/2013 4:59:02 AM
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Route 1 to Jerusalem closed due to ice build up
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/15/2013 5:07:16 AM
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Citizen Kissin
Why does the government not proactively offer Israeli citizenship to prominent Jews across the globe?
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
12/15/2013 5:52:54 AM
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Biden aids Holocaust survivors
Society as a whole, including much of the organized Jewish community in the United States, has failed to adequately step forward to meet the needs of survivors who go hungry, or are cold.
By MENACHEM Z. ROSENSAFT \
12/15/2013 5:57:16 AM
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Temple Mount high
With all the difficulties, the state must resolve the absurdity of the situation whereby a Jew is the second-class citizen at this so very Jewish place.
By YISRAEL MEDAD \
12/15/2013 6:04:35 AM
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Route 1 to Jerusalem reopens to public transportation and supply vehicles only
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/15/2013 6:09:44 AM
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December 15: Bunch of gangsters
It might also be a good time for the Palestinian Authority to explain how, if no Jew is allowed to be in its conception of a Palestinian Jerusalem, the city can ever remain open.
By JERUSALEM POST READERS \
12/15/2013 6:27:45 AM
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Jerusalem Municipality calls on drivers to stay off roads before 9 a.m.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/15/2013 6:35:49 AM
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Sign language and tragedy in South Africa
Discover the hidden gems of the deaf world, and become knowledgeable about what it is that makes us special.
By YEHOSHUA SOUDAKOFF \
12/15/2013 6:45:16 AM
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Remembering Weimar in Greece
Admirable attempts by the European Jewish Congress and other Jewish organizations to combat anti-Semitism often seem as futile as trying to change the weather.
By MATI WAGNER \
12/15/2013 6:54:36 AM
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Ten days of mourning end as South Africa buries Nelson Mandela
South Africa has lost it's "greatest son," says deputy leader of ruling party; Zuma: We have to take Mandela's legacy forward.
By REUTERS \
12/15/2013 12:46:35 PM
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Eight lightly injured after minibus slips due to storm damage
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/15/2013 8:50:54 AM
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Controlled blasts by Afghan army shake Kabul
By REUTERS \
12/15/2013 8:58:24 AM
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Public tours at the Knesset canceled due to weather conditions
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/15/2013 9:27:18 AM
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Knesset, comptroller to look into readiness to storm amid mounting criticism
Knesset c'tees to examine readiness of municipalities, gov't ministries, search and rescue bodies to snow storm.
By LAHAV HARKOV AND Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
12/15/2013 9:56:58 AM
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Weekly cabinet meeting pushed to 3 p.m. due to icy roads
By JPOST.COM STAFF, LAHAV HARKOV \
12/15/2013 10:20:10 AM
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Light aircraft makes emergency landing near Herzliya Airport; 2 lightly injured
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/15/2013 10:28:21 AM
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Six animals die at the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem during snowstorm
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/15/2013 10:39:49 AM
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Japanese diplomat survives stabbing during kidnap bid in Yemen
By REUTERS \
12/15/2013 10:40:41 AM
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Route 1 opens to private vehicles leaving Jerusalem
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/15/2013 10:47:54 AM
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The eyewitness
A young social worker dared to complain to her superiors about appalling conditions at the Vel’ d’Hiv roundup of Jews in Paris during the Holocaust. Seven decades on, France has finally awarded her the Legion of Honor.
By BERNARD EDINGER \
12/15/2013 10:51:31 AM
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The Market Place: Visionary optimist
Dov Lautman 1936-2013.
By SHLOMO MAITAL \
12/15/2013 11:04:52 AM
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Cabinet to discuss proposal to purchase plane, build new residence for PM
Lapid objects proposal, saying government should demonstrate austerity in times of financial hardship.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/15/2013 11:18:59 AM
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A superhero from the shtetl
In creating Superman’s universe, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster found inspiration in their heartbreaks, failures and daily travails.
By TIBOR KRAUSZ \
12/15/2013 11:22:05 AM
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The need to rename God
Interbreathing, not overlordship, is how our world now works.
By ARTHUR WASKOW \
12/15/2013 11:31:40 AM
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Mandela Legacy and Pink Floyd fantasy
By STEVE APFEL \
12/15/2013 11:34:00 AM
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A colossus in our midst
Jews comprised a remarkable proportion of the whites who participated in the anti-apartheid campaign.
By VIC ALHADEFF \
12/15/2013 11:43:23 AM
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A pity we didn’t listen
The former South African president wanted good ties with Israel, dependent on freedom for the Palestinians.
By ALON LIEL \
12/15/2013 11:57:36 AM
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Iran will continue nuclear talks with West despite tightened US sanctions, Zarif says
Iranian FM says Tehran will provide a "proper, calculated, purposeful and smart response" to "improper measures" taken by the US.
By MICHAEL WILNER, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT \
12/15/2013 12:11:42 PM
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Migrants make way to Beersheba bus station, refuse to return to open detention facility
PIBA says will work to find and return detainees, who were moved to new facility on Thursday.
By BEN HARTMAN \
12/15/2013 12:29:47 PM
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Agricultural damage from storm estimated at NIS 10m., ministry says
By SHARON UDASIN \
12/15/2013 12:35:34 PM
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Egged renews buses to and from Jerusalem
By SHARON UDASIN \
12/15/2013 12:38:32 PM
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Route 1 to Jerusalem opened on both directions
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/15/2013 12:41:43 PM
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Nelson Mandela buried in Qunu grave
By REUTERS \
12/15/2013 12:47:17 PM
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Kinneret rises 10 centimeters during weekend storm
By SHARON UDASIN \
12/15/2013 12:51:14 PM
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Temperatures remain low as weekend storm blows over
Public transport to and from the capital operates in limited capacity; power outages continue in many neighborhoods in the city.
By SHARON UDASIN \
12/15/2013 1:24:17 PM
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Highway 443 to Jerusalem opened in both directions
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/15/2013 1:49:58 PM
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IDF fires, lightly injures Palestinian on Gaza border in 2nd incident in 24 hours
Group of Palestinians carry out suspicious activity at security fence, refuse calls to vacate the area.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
12/15/2013 2:09:39 PM
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Qatari-funded fuel enters Gaza to ease power crisis
Israel allows entry of 450,000 liters of fuel to the Strip; enclave's sole plant gradually resumes operations.
By REUTERS \
12/15/2013 4:48:59 PM
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Syrian opposition vows to help prevent journalists being kidnapped
By REUTERS \
12/15/2013 2:22:54 PM
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Will Assad triumph in Syria?
The Syrian opposition is now effectively in the hands of extreme Islamist groups with a very different agenda from that of the secular-led Free Syrian Army.
By NEVILLE TELLER \
12/15/2013 2:53:33 PM
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Six animals at Jerusalem Biblical Zoo perish during storm
Hundreds of dogs and cats from capital’s largest animal shelter remain without heat and shelter.
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
12/15/2013 2:58:34 PM
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Livni blocks bill limiting foreign gov't donations to far-left NGOs
Bill meant to "limit foreign entities' ability to influence Israeli democracy through donations to NGOs."
By LAHAV HARKOV \
12/15/2013 3:11:21 PM
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Animated Anne Frank movie in the works
'Waltz With Bashir' director Ari Folman to write, direct animated feature based on 'The Diary of Anne Frank.'
By JTA \
12/15/2013 3:26:55 PM
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Despite ban, institute vows to publish 'Mein Kampf'
Institute for Contemporary History says it considers project an “important contribution toward historical-political education.”
By JTA \
12/15/2013 3:27:34 PM
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Defense minister helps push vehicle stranded in snow
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
12/15/2013 3:48:58 PM
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Bill against discrimination based on sexual orientation clears hurdle
By LAHAV HARKOV \
12/15/2013 4:00:29 PM
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Study finds post-trauma symptoms in 83% of detained migrant children and parents
Report also finds “most children under the age of 12 have shown psychological difficulties, severe emotional distress and behavior problems.”
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
12/15/2013 4:23:08 PM
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Drafting them with care
IDF service has the capacity to invigorate one’s very being, instilling feelings of pride, self-worth and belonging. It is a privilege rather than a burden.
By JOSEPH RASKAS \
12/15/2013 4:25:03 PM
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Report: Gaza's lone power plant resumes operation
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/15/2013 4:31:38 PM
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UN starts first aid airlifts from Iraq as winter weather affects Syria
By REUTERS \
12/15/2013 4:52:29 PM
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MKs to choose new Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman this week
Committee is still missing a chairman, after Avigdor Liberman left role last month to resume post as FM.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
12/15/2013 4:55:18 PM
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The Syria mess is Obama’s doing
Syria, Israel's northern neighbor, is becoming a destination for jihadists from all over the world; Who is to blame? President Barack Obama.
By PAMELA GELLER \
12/15/2013 4:55:47 PM
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Jerusalem municipality, police coordinate recovery around the city
Some 5,000 homes remain without power; officials working to get public transportation up and running again.
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
12/15/2013 9:39:39 PM
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Israel transfers 600,000 liters of fuel to Gaza power plant
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
12/15/2013 9:22:54 PM
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Peres voices pride in Jerusalem’s handling of snowstorm crisis
President visits Jerusalem Emergency Center to personally thank volunteers.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
12/15/2013 6:08:48 PM
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14,000 homes still without power throughout country
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/15/2013 6:42:16 PM
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Jpost.com is looking for a Jewish, Israeli name for the storm
The weekend storm in Israel, region internationally known as 'Alexa', but we are asking you to find a name with more 'yiddishkeit'.
By JPOST.COM READERS \
12/15/2013 6:47:45 PM
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Israeli Consulate in Philadelphia to remain open
Earlier this year consulate faced possibility of closing in order to open one in Chengdu, China.
By HERB KEINON \
12/15/2013 6:57:57 PM
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Dozens demonstrate in Beersheba for release of those arrested in Prawer bill protests
By YASSER OKBI \
12/15/2013 7:19:50 PM
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Iran: No trace of missing ex-FBI agent in country
By REUTERS \
12/15/2013 7:32:23 PM
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Rights group: Syrian helicopter bomb raids kill 36 in Aleppo
By REUTERS \
12/15/2013 8:00:48 PM
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Italy to provide port for Syrian chemical weapons transfer
By REUTERS \
12/15/2013 8:04:08 PM
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Jerusalem Municipality announces no school, kindergartens Monday
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/15/2013 9:07:53 PM
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Exclusive: Hungary seeks Israeli gas as alternative to Russian supply
Hungarian State Secretary Péter Szijjártó blames EU crisis on “values,” cites gay marriage.
By NIV ELIS \
12/15/2013 8:41:13 PM
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Monitoring group: Syrian helicopter bombing kills 36 in Aleppo
At least 15 child casualties from "barrel bombing," according to UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
By REUTERS \
12/15/2013 8:47:19 PM
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'Code red' siren sounds in Hof Ashkelon, no rockets land in Israeli territory
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/15/2013 8:57:31 PM
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Bennett, Ben-Dahan help pregnant women in snow
Both MK's used their personal jeeps to help transport women in labor, other sick and needy to hospital during storm.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
12/15/2013 9:17:04 PM
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Preparing for the role of a lifetime
For Habima actor Moti Lugassi, all the world’s a classroom on the road to stage and screen.
By INBAL AHARONI \
12/15/2013 9:37:28 PM
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Klezmer through the ages
Avi Chai House in Jerusalem is offering a vyage of klezmer discovery on Thursday.
By BARRY DAVIS \
12/15/2013 9:49:10 PM
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Iran: From coercion to agreement
The agreement and its preceding negotiation dynamics yet again provide worrying clues regarding the endgame of the Iranian nuclear crisis.
By RON TIRA \
12/15/2013 9:59:26 PM
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The Region: The Arab-Israeli conflict – the neo-mandate solution
The Obama administration plan is very simple, assuming that everything goes smoothly – which of course it will not.
By BARRY RUBIN \
12/15/2013 10:04:17 PM
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Rights for all residents of Jerusalem
By altogether ignoring extreme violence perpetrated by Jews – and their political underpinnings – one can be easily led to the conclusion that violence is exclusive to the Palestinian community.
By BETTY HERSCHMAN \
12/15/2013 10:09:15 PM
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Call Me "Savta"
By Hannah Greenberg \
12/15/2013 10:11:00 PM
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Snowy Israel
The kids, of course, wait with great anticipation for the snow. Truth be told, it’s not just the kids.
By DAVID HA’IVRI \
12/15/2013 10:23:06 PM
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Assisting those suffering from emotional distress
Sahar is a non-profit organization that offers free Internet assistance in Arabic to people who are experiencing emotional difficulties.
By RANA ABBAS \
12/15/2013 10:30:08 PM
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Netanyahu to Reform Jews: The Western Wall belongs to all Jews
PM warns if Iran gets atomic weapons, other states in region will go nuclear; says ready for "historic agreement with Palestinians".
By HERB KEINON \
12/15/2013 10:32:40 PM
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Mother nature and humility
The storm that hit the country last week was uncommon in its intensity. The last similar storm occurred two decades ago.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
12/15/2013 10:33:55 PM
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December 16: Readers comment on the nation’s weather preparedness
There now is an opportunity to carry the main, high-voltage lines to the city in the new railway tunnels under construction from Sha’ar Hagai.
By JERUSALEM POST READERS \
12/15/2013 10:43:05 PM
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Think about it: Verbal violence
“Freedom of expression” in the democratic world tolerates almost anything as long as it cannot be proven that it leads directly to physical violence.
By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF \
12/15/2013 10:52:40 PM
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IDF soldier killed in Lebanese border shooting identified as St.-Sgt. Maj. Shlomi Cohen
Israel suspects Lebanese soldier acting alone opened fire; IDF will have to examine how Cohen was permitted to drive alone at night near the frontier, former senior IDF official says.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
12/16/2013 9:57:42 AM