Saturday, December 5, 2020

Is supporting Israel and Jewish causes the most important value for citizens of America? More than welfare of America?

 

ראש תכנית החלל הישראלית: יש חוצנים במאדים; הם בקשר עם טראמפ

 https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1160618

 בראיון שהעניק פרופ' חיים אשד לידיעות אחרונות, הוא מספר בביטחון על בסיס תת-קרקעי במאדים, בו שותפים יחד חוצנים ואסטרונאוטים אמריקניים | "אם הייתי בא עם מה שאני אומר היום לפני חמש שנים, היו מאשפזים אותי"

 

 

Thursday, December 3, 2020

The Supreme Court decision won’t change anything for synagogues like mine

 https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/the-supreme-court-decision-wont-change-anything-for-synagogues-like-mine-650773

 As the rabbi of a synagogue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, I have been keeping a close eye on pronouncements by the governor about the ever-changing New York state guidelines governing houses of worship. Since reopening in the summer, we have taken note of how quickly synagogues have had to adapt when they found themselves subject to occupancy limits of 10 or 25 people. When the US Supreme Court rendered a decision about the legality of these state-imposed restrictions, we followed it with great interest.

In last week’s split decision, the court set aside the attendance limits that Governor Cuomo had imposed on houses of worship in red and orange zones. The decision does not immunize synagogues, mosques or churches against government restrictions. It simply insists that those restrictions must not be more severe than those placed on comparable secular gatherings.

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Leifer case to come before Supreme Court for what could be final time

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/leifer-case-to-come-before-supreme-court-for-what-could-be-final-time

The Supreme Court will convene Thursday morning to adjudicate what could well be the final appeal from Malka Leifer’s defense team, with its six-year effort to prevent the alleged child rapist from being extradited to Australia just about out of options.

The latest appeal is against the Jerusalem District Court’s September decision in favor of extraditing the former headmistress of Melbourne’s Adass Israel ultra-Orthodox girls’ high school back to Australia, where she is wanted on 74 charges of child sex abuse.