<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Jewish-Interest News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=76&amp;catid=283</link><description>News Feed for - Jewish-Interest</description><item><title>Life in Jerusalem's city of three faiths</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96152022&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T08:06:00</pubDate><description>Jerusalem's Old City is a district containing a number of holy sites venerated by Muslims, Christians and Jews. The BBC's Heather Sharp, who moved into a home within its walls last year, reports on daily </description><source>BBC</source></item><item><title>Iranian president to begin first visit to Brazil</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96233922&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T06:26:00</pubDate><description>BRASILIA: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in Brazil on Monday for a controversial day-long visit that has already drawn criticism from Israel and members of the US Congress. Ahmadinejad's </description><source>Jang Group</source></item><item><title>Iran conducts desert war games as show of strength, warning to Israel</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96283916&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T07:25:00</pubDate><description>TEHRAN - Irans army and Revolutionary Guard staged large-scale air-defense war games yesterday to show off the countrys deterrence capabilities in the face of rising pressure from the West over its nuclear </description><source>Boston Globe</source></item><item><title>Peres and Mubarak in talks</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96219400&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T06:39:00</pubDate><description>CAIRO ?? Israeli President Shimon Peres held discussions in Egypt yesterday on efforts to restart Middle East peace talks after the Egyptian president accused Israel of creating obstacles to a settlement </description><source>Sowetan</source></item><item><title>Whither American Jewry?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96285335&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T07:47:00</pubDate><description>Many years ago Ehud Avriel,z'l author of 'Open The Gates' and a hero for rescuing Jews from Nazi Europe, came to Chicago as a Consul General. Driving him home his first day, he told me that his primary </description><source>Jewish Indianapolis</source></item><item><title>Mubarak: Jerusalem a 'pan-Arab' issue</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96274861&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T05:40:00</pubDate><description>Article's topics:  Shimon Peres,  Hosni Mubarak,  Settlements Article's topics:  Shimon Peres,  Hosni Mubarak,  Settlements  Jerusalem is not a Palestinian "problem" but a pan-Arab one, and Israel will </description><source>Jerusalem Post</source></item><item><title>Palestinian boycott calls won't hinder Jerusalem light rail construction</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96270241&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T04:24:00</pubDate><description>By + Recommend: Despite recent calls by Palestinian Authority officials to boycott two French companies working on Jerusalem's much-anticipated light rail system, the local spokesman for one of those </description><source>Jerusalem Post</source></item><item><title>Rabbis at secret meet: Soldiers willing to refuse orders are 'heroes'</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96269090&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T04:05:00</pubDate><description>Dozens of religious Zionist rabbis held a secret meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday to discuss ways of bolstering the hesder yeshivas, the halachic argument for refusing to obey military orders to evacuate </description><source>Haaretz</source></item><item><title>Scribe writes new chapter in city's Jewish history</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96264494&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T01:50:00</pubDate><description>The city's Jewish community will soon get a new Sefer Torah, and this time the handwritten scroll of the most sacred scripture in Judaism is being made in Hong Kong.</description><source>South China Morning Post</source></item><item><title>Peres Sidesteps Mubarak?s Demand for Eastern Jerusalem</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96283558&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T07:24:00</pubDate><description>by Tzvi Ben GedalyahuFollow Israel news on and (sLinkData '') President Shimon Peres, visiting Egypt on Sunday, sidestepped Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak?s declaration the Arab world agrees that all </description><source>Israel National News</source></item><item><title>Hertz Family Foundation Completes $1 Million Grant to Wiesenthal Center??s Museum </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96289486&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T08:45:00</pubDate><description>and the Rabbinical Council of California. The family also regularly funds selected medical programs, including significant 2009 grants to UCLA / Ahmanson, Maayanei Hayeshua' Hospital in Israel, AmfAR </description><source>Earthtimes.org</source></item><item><title>Iran in Jerusalem</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96287820&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T08:20:00</pubDate><description>It looks like yet another demonstration in Jerusalem, but it isnt, because the ultra-Orthodox moved to a new phase. Up until now, they only demonstrated against things that happen in the public sphere, </description><source>Ynet News</source></item><item><title>The Israeli Exception: Gilo And East Jerusalem</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96283391&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T07:20:00</pubDate><description>In 1987, the conservative author Midge Decter described her association with Israel and those willing to place it above conventional judgment. ??We know ourselves to be bound by ties so deep, so essential, </description><source>Scoop</source></item><item><title>Wrong-Way Non-Jewish Police Driver Sparks Outpost Disturbance</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96246840&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T07:56:00</pubDate><description>(IsraelNN.com) A non-Jewish policeman broke the law, drove the wrong way on a one-way street at Gilad Farm, and prompted another dispute with ??illegal? families.</description><source>Israel National News</source></item><item><title>Jerusalem Rises on the World's Art Stage</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96275958&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T05:49:00</pubDate><description>(IsraelNN.com) A week from Tuesday, Jerusalem will take its place in the art world when, for the first time in the capital and the country, a painting will be presented for auction with a starting price </description><source>Israel National News</source></item><item><title>Spain and Austria voice concern at Jerusalem settlement expansion</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96274466&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T05:36:00</pubDate><description>by: Updated: 22/Nov/2009 15:49 Page tools To add your comment, please fill all the fields below. Name(will be displayed) Email address (will NOT be displayed) City &amp; Country Subject Your view characters </description><source>European Jewish Press</source></item><item><title>Obama: New Iran sanctions proposal coming within weeks</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96272237&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T04:55:00</pubDate><description>WASHINGTON (JTA) -- President Obama said that within the next few weeks, the United States and other world powers would be formulating new sanctions on Iran. 'They have been unable to get to 'yes,' and </description><source>JTA</source></item><item><title>The Mofaz planstate now, ask questions later</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96249956&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T04:55:00</pubDate><description>Shaul Mofaz, shown at a Knesset session in April 2009, says his proposal aims to change the atmosphere between Israel and the Palestinians, so the gaps on the final-status issues can be bridged. (Miriam </description><source>JTA</source></item><item><title>Ethiopian Jews in Israel still await Promised Land</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96052248&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T04:35:00</pubDate><description>JERUSALEM ?? The ancient hymns brought tears to the eyes of Solomon Ayeli, as well as memories of his native Ethiopia which he left two decades ago for Israel ?? a country he loves but where he often </description><source>Philippines Daily Tribune</source></item><item><title>Jewish Neighborhood Becomes Flashpoint in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96266009&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T02:21:00</pubDate><description>For Israelis, Gilo is part of Jerusalem, for Palestinians, it's their land Photo: VOA - L. Ramirez The disputed Gilo neighborhood in Jerusalem Israel's recent decision to build more homes in Gilo, which </description><source>VOA News</source></item><item><title>Orthodox views: Jewish community faces uncertain future in Postville</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96260646&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T00:33:00</pubDate><description>(McClatchy-Tribune Informa) The Agri Star kosher meat processing plant offers a potential stabilizing force for the battered economy of Postville. Despite the promise of more jobs, members of the Orthodox </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Egypt's president warns Israel over Jerusalem</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96229157&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T00:47:00</pubDate><description>Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak emphasized to Israeli President Shimon Peres that the future of Jerusalem, which both Israelis and Palestinians claim as their capital, is an issue for the entire Islamic </description><source>News Channel 21</source></item><item><title>Israeli Occupation Forces Warplanes Strike Gaza Strip, 'Tutu' Bullets</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96284434&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T07:30:00</pubDate><description>Editorial Note: The following news reports are summaries from original sources. They may also include corrections of Arabic names and political terminology. Comments are in parentheses. Seven Palestinian </description><source>Al Jazeerah</source></item><item><title>Holocaust claims ??unfair??, says North Melbourne animal shelter</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96281977&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T07:04:00</pubDate><description>Dr Graeme Smith and Wyndham kittens. MARK WILSON N41WB900 THE Lost Dogs?? Home has bitten back at allegations of holocaust conditions at the North Melbourne pound. Managing director Dr Graeme Smith said </description><source>Moonee Valley Leader</source></item><item><title>Zionist Propaganda Body, CAMERA, Seeks Volunteers to Distort Wikipedia Input on </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96193268&amp;Channel_ID=76&amp;Category_ID=283</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T07:31:00</pubDate><description>Editorial Note: The following news reports are summaries from original sources. They may also include corrections of Arabic names and political terminology. Comments are in parentheses. A Zionist hasbara </description><source>Al Jazeerah</source></item></channel></rss>