My Birthright Experience
Dayton Natives, Craig Doner, Lauren Jacobson, and David Frydman recently went on the Birthright Israel during the summer of 2008, click on the link below to read Lauren's story. Lauren's Story
Israeli Author Sheds Light in Shadowy Corners
by Stephanie L. Freid
"Coming out" in any culture can be fraught with controversy, internal conflict and emotion. And within religious environs, announcing one's homosexual preferences increases the complications exponentially.
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Myth and Fact: Should East Jerusalem be part of a Palestinian state?
by Mitchell G. Bard
Before 1865, the entire population of Jerusalem lived behind the Old City walls (what today would be considered part of the eastern part of the city).
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PRAGUE (JTA) -- A Lithuanian plan to sell a building that once housed the Vilna Ghetto Jewish library was halted by the U.S. Embassy, JTA has learned.
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Moldova: 30,000
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Morocco: 7,500
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Paraguay: 1,200
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Suriname: 200
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Syria: 250
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Tajikistan: 1,800
Thailand: 250
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Turkmenistan: 1,200
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United States: 5,800,000
Ukraine: 400,000
Uruguay: 32,500
Uzbekistan: 35,000
US Virgin Islands: 400
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Yemen: 800
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Zaire: 320
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