Kerry accused deal opponents of orchestrating the revelation. Vienna, August 12 – Hotel staffers cleaning up after the nuclear negotiations between Iran the p5+1 world powers last month came across what appears to be a secret element of the deal that ...
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By John Kerry I travel a lot. When a man travels a lot, he’s bound to leave things in various places. Once I left my good razor in Saigon, and a couple of pairs of dress socks in Beijing. I’m ...
Read More »Newly Discovered Talmud Tractate ‘Nahagin’ Bars Backseat Driving
Nahagin apparently lies in the third order of the Mishna’s six divisions, which addresses laws governing male-female relationships. Jerusalem, August 13 – Researchers sifting through fragments from the medieval repository of manuscript remnants called the Cairo Geniza have unearthed a previously ...
Read More »When Syria’s Jews All Gone, Persecution Of Them To End
There will be no Jewish residents of either country barred from holding public office, serving in the army, or wielding authority over non-Jews. Damascus, August 12 – Syria is poised to become a country in which no persecution of Jews ...
Read More »Google To Change Alphabetical Order; Israel Branch Tasked
Google Israel representative Etaoin Shrdlu anticipates that schools, phone companies, and other organizations that depend on alphabetization will almost all adopt the new alphabet order by 2025. Hertzliya, August 12 – Just days after announcing its reorganization under a new ...
Read More »Palestinians Praised For Recycling Bottles As Molotov Cocktails
“Now we can say that the Palestinian cause is supported by none other than the prestigious environmental organization Greenpeace. Amsterdam, August 11 – A leading environmental organization lauded Palestinian groups today for promoting ecologically sensitive policies by repurposing used bottles ...
Read More »Labor MKs Decry ‘Rampant Sexism’ In Human Trafficking Industry
“Bibi and his cronies have done precious little to bring the number of men anywhere near the number of women in this popular field.” Tel Aviv, August 10 – A group of Opposition lawmakers from Labor held a conference today ...
Read More »New EU-Issued Tourism Guide Rates Synagogues By Flammability
It includes scores for more than 100 historic synagogues. Brussels, August 10 – The European Union has published a new guidebook for tourists and tour guides interested in visiting houses of worship, updated to reflect the sensibilities of today’s discerning ...
Read More »We’ll Know They’ve Caught The Right Duma Suspects If They’re Jewish
By The British Broadcasting Corporation Our job as one of the world’s most venerable, reputable news organizations is to use our judgement to determine what events our worthy of your attention, and, in the process, to arrive at an assessment ...
Read More »Rabbinate Approves Ads On Head-Tefillin
The decals are mounted in such a way that under Jewish law they are considered adhering to, but not part of, the ritual ornament. Jerusalem, August 8 – Israel’s Chief Rabbis endorsed a new ruling this morning that allows the use of ...
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