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by Allison C. Witty - VIN News

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Marine Le Pen, the far-right leader of France’s National Front Party, called today for a ban on the public wearing of veils by Muslims and yarmulkes by Jews, thereby inflaming the existing religious tensions caused by the earlier publication of offensive cartoons of Prophet Mohammed in the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Far-Right Politician Wants to Ban Yarmulkas in France

by Allison C. Witty – VIN News

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Marine Le Pen, the far-right leader of France’s National Front Party, called today for a ban on the public wearing of veils by Muslims and yarmulkes by Jews, thereby inflaming the existing religious tensions caused by the earlier publication of offensive cartoons of Prophet Mohammed in the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

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Yisroel and Miriam (née Haberman) Cohen from Remsen Village had a baby boy!
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Miami Mayor Meets with Jewish Leaders

L-R: Rabbi Mark Rosenberg, Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, Mayor Carlos Gimenez, Rabbi Leibel Shapiro and Rabbi Benzion Korf.

In Miami-Dade County, Florida, the mayor’s senior staff assembled Jewish Leaders from around the county to attend a High Holiday meeting with High-ranking members of the Miami-Dade Police and Fire Depts., Florida Highway Patrol and the Miami-Dade Medical examiner’s office.

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The small New Hampshire pond drew national attention with an effort to change its name from Jew Pond.

Jew Pond, an unassuming human-made body of water in New Hampshire that nonetheless became a center of controversy, will henceforth be known as Carleton Pond.

New Hampshire’s ‘Jew Pond’ Officially Renamed

The small New Hampshire pond drew national attention with an effort to change its name from Jew Pond.

Jew Pond, an unassuming human-made body of water in New Hampshire that nonetheless became a center of controversy, will henceforth be known as Carleton Pond.

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Historic: Feuding Satmar Rebbes Sit Down Together

A historic moment captured in this photograph has been making waves throughout the frum Jewish world. Both Satmar Rebbes, Reb Aharon Teitelbaum from Kiryas Yoel and Reb Zalman Teitelbaum from Williamsburg, who have been feuding for decades, have sat down together, along with other Admorim, Rabbonim and experts, to discuss how to reverse the growing opposition to the practice of Metzitzah B’Peh.

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Obama to Iran: If Israel Attacks, We Won’t Get Involved

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The Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot published a startling report Monday detailing a message it says was conveyed by the Obama administration – via two European countries – to Iranian officials. The request: if Israel decides to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, the U.S. will not support it and the Islamic Republic should refrain from retaliating on U.S. military installations in the Persian Gulf.

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