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BGU: Autistic brains not physically different

November 4, 2014

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– In the largest MRI study to date, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Carnegie Mellon University have shown that the brain anatomy in MRI scans of people with autism above age six is mostly indistinguishable from that of typically developing individuals and, therefore, of little clinical or scientific value. […]

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Falling prices — good or bad economic news?

November 4, 2014

By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–The Israeli Consumer Price Index has fallen 0.3% for the month of September. This drop follows a 0.1% reduction in August. From September 2013 to September 2014, the Index has fallen 0.3% overall. If housing is not included in the index, it has fallen 1.2% over that period. Based on these

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Israel to restrict releases of future terrorists

November 4, 2014

By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit)—The Knesset approved a bill submitted by Member of Knesset Ayelet Shaked (Habayit HaYehudi), which effectively prevents the government from releasing prisoners in any future political deals. The bill creates a new charge in murder cases, “murder under extraordinarily severe circumstances.” Prisoners convicted of murder in this category, under the bill,

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Conversion battles date back at least to Ezra

November 4, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Jewish wars. Not really wars, but a continuation of disputes going back at least to the time of Ezra. Jews have been quarreling about who is a Jew since then, and over the centuries have added numerous other squabbles. It all amounts to disputes among people who have been literate

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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle East

High Court hears passport case for Jerusalem- born

November 3, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Fielding more than 50 questions in half an hour from Supreme Court Justices, Alyza D. Lewin presented the case for enforcement of a 2002 law that gives American citizens born in Jerusalem the right to list their place of birth in U.S. passports as “Israel.” She argued alternatively (1) that “what goes

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APN: Ramat Shlomo separates Jerusalem, Ramallah

November 3, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Americans for Peace Now (APN) joins its Israeli sister organization, Israel’s Peace Now movement, in strongly condemning the Israeli authorities’ decision to proceed with an East Jerusalem construction project that has triggered deep disapproval among the international community, including in Washington. A spokesperson for the Department of State in Washington said

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U.S. being bested by Iran in nuclear talks

November 3, 2014

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the run up to November’s P5+1 talks, Iran has already won the battles that count; remember, this is the bazaar. After last year’s unsatisfactory interim agreement, this author wrote: A deal that is not a capitulation requires two conditions: the parties must equally value the process; and there

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Abbas praises Glick’s shooter; fireworks new weapon

November 3, 2014

By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas sent a letter to the family of Muataz Hijazi, the terrorist who attempted to murder Rabbi Yehuda Glick last week. In his letter he wrote to express his “sincere condolences” to the family, Abbas said “with anger, we have received the news of the

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Palestinians and Israeli check points

November 3, 2014

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The organization known as Machsom Watch has been in existence for over ten years. Since its first tentative steps as a small group of humanitarian feminists who wanted to protect the human and civil rights of Palestinians it has grown in numbers, is less radically feminist, but is

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East

Prager offers 4 explanations for Jew- hatred

November 2, 2014

By Caren Ford and Donald H. Harrison WESTLAKE VILLAGE, California—Radio commentator and print media columnist Dennis Prager says Israel is isolated in world opinion because it is the “Jewish state.” Prager, in an evening address Thursday, Oct. 30, sponsored by the Conejo Jewish Academy, offered four reasons why Jews and the Jewish state are

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East

Who converts, who sells newspapers roil Knesset

November 2, 2014

By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–After much political backroom dealing, a highly controversial conversion bill will be enacted by Cabinet decision, instead of becoming law through Knesset vote. MK Elazar Stern (Hatnuah) had proposed a bill to the Knesset that would completely change how conversions were processed in Israel. Among the changes were the kind of

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Ban Jews from Temple Mount, Arab areas?

November 2, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Politics is the essence of civilization, It’s the ideal way to deal with inevitable disagreements. Lots of argument, then voting (either mass electorate or within a governmental forum) and accepting the results.. Until the next opportunity to argue and vote. Criticism is welcome, and essential. All this separates the civilized from those

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Tensions escalate in Glick shooting aftermath

October 31, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Police statistics were showing a decline in the incidence of violence associated with Jerusalem until a Palestinian activist took upon himself a motorcycle shooting of Yehuda Glick. The immediate response was celebrations in Arab sections of Jerusalem, followed by an uptick of violence when the police and their colleagues in other

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Kerry wants religious status quo at Temple Mount

October 30, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued the following statement concerning the aftermath to the shooting of Temple Mount advocate Rabbi Yehudah Glick by a Palestinian terrorist on Wednesday, Oct. 29: “I strongly condemn yesterday’s shooting of a U.S. citizen outside the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem. My thoughts and prayers are

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

BGU: Autistic brains not physically different

Falling prices — good or bad economic news?

Israel to restrict releases of future terrorists

Conversion battles date back at least to Ezra

High Court hears passport case for Jerusalem- born

APN: Ramat Shlomo separates Jerusalem, Ramallah

U.S. being bested by Iran in nuclear talks

Abbas praises Glick’s shooter; fireworks new weapon

Palestinians and Israeli check points

Prager offers 4 explanations for Jew- hatred

Who converts, who sells newspapers roil Knesset

Ban Jews from Temple Mount, Arab areas?

Tensions escalate in Glick shooting aftermath

Kerry wants religious status quo at Temple Mount

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