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The graduation at Yeshivat Maharat was no ordinary cap-and-gown ceremony. Rather, it was history in the making for Orthodox women. Delete the scoop?
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Jared Marcum, the 14-year-old who was arrested and suspended from school after refusing to take off a National Rifle Association shirt, is facing up to a year in jail.
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Girl goes on date with guy. Guy acts creepy. Touches-her-bum-when-she-doesn't-want-him-to creepy. Guy is also a famous Canadian radio personality. Roughly a year later, girl writes a blog about it. That blog goes viral.
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This post raises many questions that could be part if a discussion on the ethics of social media
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App allows users to send geo-localized photos of anti-Semitic, racist incidents and features a panic button that connects users with police.
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The implications of this new app are pretty self-evident, and is posted here with a heavy heart. Delete the scoop?
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A kosher restaurant in Montreal was the target of an arsonist only days after a cafe in the area, also Jewish-owned, was on the receiving end of a similar attack. Delete the scoop?
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The number of guns on campus had been dropping since the 2005-06 school year, but they began to climb again during the 2009-10 school year.
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Schools: It's sad that our kids, on a daily basis, are not in a safe zone.
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HIGHLAND PARK, N.J. — Over the past few weeks, strangers have begun stopping high school computer science teacher Chaim Cohen on the street. Delete the scoop?
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Israel has been consumed in recent months with the challenge of integrating the insular, swelling ultra-Orthodox minority, known as Haredim, into society.
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The courtyard outside the Bradford County Courthouse in north Florida will soon become home to a monument to atheism.
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Monument is in 'free speech' area. PR director of American Atheists: "...it's only appropriate that we have matching monuments", referrring to a monumnet to the Ten Commandments on the site. Delete the scoop?
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Think your breakup was bad? It could have been a lot worse. How do we know? Because on Wednesday night, tweeters took up late night host Jimmy Fallon's Twitter challenge and offered up their very worst breakup tales.
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OSLO, Norway -- It may sound like an unlikely No. 1 best-seller for any country, but in Norway – one of the most secular nations in an increasingly godless Europe – the runaway popularity of the Bible has caught the country by surprise.
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Arvind Mahankali has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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Although the winning word is defined as "a small mass of leavened dough" really, we're talking about matzo balls here, as the winning word in the spelling bee. Pretty neat. Delete the scoop?
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Iconic Jewish entertainer Barbra Streisand on Monday took a swipe at Orthodox Jews in Israel who compel women to sit in the back of buses and assault them for following religious rituals traditionally reserved for men. Delete the scoop?
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NEW YORK (AP) — A former intern filed a class-action lawsuit Monday against Warner Music Group and Atlantic Records over his unpaid internship, similar to a spate of recent lawsuits in other industries pushing back against the widespread practice.
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Teenagers are unemployed at more than three times the national average. Youth Radio reporter Ashley Williams interviews Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President...
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Google is set to acquire Israeli startup Waze, which created an extensive navigation app. The sale will go through for more than $1 billion. Delete the scoop?
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CONTESTANTS at this year's Miss World beauty pageant will not wear bikinis in the parade in a bid to avoid causing offence in Muslim-majority Indonesia, organisers have confirmed. Delete the scoop?
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Internet users have many free, feature-rich services to choose from — no coding skills required.
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This article offers recommendations for sites based on your needs: social media connections? Popping up video? Presenting yourself to the world? Check out these options. Delete the scoop?
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"Whatever career we choose determines how we spend a large part of our lives."
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For those wondering how to capture their passions, this framework gives students a foundation to think about their future career options. Delete the scoop?
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Among students I've worked with, the majority are really not comfortable talking about Religion, at least in the way that American Judaism seems to define it for them. As they describe it, Judaism ...
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Israeli military plans clampdown on Facebook, other social media and outright use of the networks...
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The commonly used Hebrew word BA’ALI (my husband) is losing its appeal in recent years. The word ISHI (my male spouse) is becoming more popular. Why would anyone care? Well, it is a reflection of o...
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The error was in omitting te scores of a number of students in freshman classes from 2006 - 2012.