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Females Help Females Talk About the Halachic Intricacies of Sex
November 5, 2009

With Shabbat fast approaching, the sun was starting to melt in the Jerusalem sky when the telephone rang in Noa Lau's kitchen.

Hillel Takes Proactive Stance on Hate Acts
November 5, 2009

Stanford University's Jewish community celebrated the first night of Sukkot eating the traditional festive meal inside the sukkah they put up every year.

Blacks, Jews Meet to Do Networking, Renew Ties
November 5, 2009 - Bryan Schwartzman

Organizers of an Oct. 28 Center City networking event for Jewish and African-American young professionals fretted over whether anyone would show up; the start time was just hours before the first pitch of the World Series.

After Newspaper Report Appears, Yemen Operation Out in the Open
November 5, 2009

After months of stressing the need for silence, two major Jewish organizations and a former Bush administration official are embracing publicity about their roles in bringing Yemenite Jews to the United States.

News Brief
November 5, 2009

Birthright Study: Trips Have Powerful Impact on Continuity
November 5, 2009

Birthright Israel is hinging a major fundraising push on a new study that says that the program, which sends young Jews on free 10-day trips to Israel, has a major impact on Jewish continuity.

The Battle Over Jerusalem Heats Up as Arab Leaders Let Charges Fly
November 5, 2009

As part of an intensifying struggle over Jerusalem, Arab leaders are keeping up a relentless barrage of criticism of Jewish construction in the city and alleged violations of the status quo on the Temple Mount.

For These Eight Women, Bat Mitzvah Ceremony's Better Late Than Never
November 5, 2009 - Aaron Passman

To hear the residents of Brith Sholom House tell it, Saturdays are usually a fairly quiet affair at the senior living center on Conshohocken Avenue in Philadelphia.

News Briefs
November 5, 2009

Mix of Generations Get Chance to Keep Judaism Alive for Future
November 5, 2009

It was a typical Bar Mitzvah in many ways: The Bar Mitzvah boy chanted the blessings over the Torah, his family looked on with pride, and when it was all over, the guests danced the hora and enjoyed a festive meal, complete with a blue-and-white sheet cake with the words "Mazel Tov" written across it.

Business Web Site Gets Targeted
November 5, 2009 - Aaron Passman

The Web site for Teva Landscaping, a local business run by native Israeli Ami Dolev, 36, was hacked into and vandalized with anti-Semitic, anti-Israel statements.

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