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The Condor, hotel for Orthodox Jewish families, opens in Williamsburg

Holidays are supposed to be happy times, but for large Orthodox Jewish families, they can be a handful.“Most of the families here have on average eight, nine, maybe 10 kids,” said Zalman Glauber, a 35-year-old father of five in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. “Housing a guest – it strains the family.”It’s no fun for guests, either, who often must contend with a ...

The churches against Israel

A few days ago UK researchers announced that 17 skeletons belonged to Jews were found at the bottom of a medieval well in Norwich, England. The Jews were murdered in a pogrom or had been forced to commit suicide rather than submit to demands for conversion to Christianity.Read More: @ ynetnews.comReaders found more information by searching for:The churches against Israel (2)israel jewish ...

The Chabad Telethon: Beyond Silence

One of the most moving letters you’ll read this year was written by Irwin Cotler, a Canadian member of parliament, to the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge, imploring him to hold a minute of silence for the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinian terrorists 40 years ago at the Munich Olympics.Rogge had already refused the request ...

The Business of Haredi Weddings

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) there are 135,000 households that see themselves as part of the haredi sector, and with an average of six members in each haredi family, roughly one million people belong to the haredi sector in society. This means that nearly every haredi family has a family member undergoing the matchmaking process at any ...

The Brooklyn Jew who helped shape Chinese cuisine in the U.S.

Ed Schoenfeld, co-owner of RedFarm, an unassuming New York hotspot that promises “Chinese cuisine with greenmarket sensibility”, sits at a table in his restaurant, sinking his teeth into a pastrami egg roll. Schoenfeld is something of an anomaly — a Jewish guy from Brooklyn who has reached the summit of the Chinese food world. His smattering of Cantonese has what ...

The Best Jewish Oscar Winners of all Time

It’s no secret that Jews and Jewish-themed movies have heavily influenced American filmmaking. This year, stalwarts such as Woody Allen and Steven Spielberg have been nominated for Academy Awards, as were the Israeli film “Footnote” and the Polish Holocaust movie “In Darkness.”In addition to celebrated directors, actors and screenwriters, there are plenty of artists in less recognized roles who have ...

The Battle Over $33 Flights To Hong Kong

It was an airfare deal too good to be true: fly first class to Hong Kong for just 4 frequent flier miles and $33 in taxes.Clearly, it was a computer glitch. But it’s also turning out to be the first major test of the Department of Transportation’s new consumer protection rules prohibiting airlines from “increasing the price after the consumer ...

The Battle For Kiryas Joel

The extremely close fight for NY-19 could come down to the Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel.Both Democratic Rep. John Hall and Republican Nan Hayworth met with the two factions of KJ this week to seek their endorsements, according to the Middletown Times Herald-Record.YNN’s Curtis Schick asked Hayworth herself for an updated today and was told she is “of course” looking ...

The average Israeli

The average Israeli wants to wake up in the morning and find milk for his coffee in the fridge.He once heard about “free trade” coffee, but doesn’t quite remember what that is. It sounds like something that a pompous “bleeding heart” would say.The average Israeli doesn’t want to be a bleeding heart. He would like to be considered the “salt ...

‘The Anti-Semite’ Banned from Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes film festival has cancelled the screening of a new film, titled “The Anti-Semite,” by controversial French comedian Dieudonne, himself a notorious anti-Semite.The film, which was produced by the Iranian Documentary and Experimental Film Center and also known as “Yahod Setiz,” was not scheduled to be shown at the Cannes festival proper but as part of its Marché du ...

The £9BILLION man: Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune set to double as Facebook raises £323m in deal

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune has doubled to £9billion overnight after a huge cash injection from Goldman Sachs.The bank has invested £291million in the social networking site with Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies putting in a further $32million, the New York Times reported.Facebook is now valued at £32billion catapulting 26-year-old Zuckerberg from 212 into the top 40 of Forbes’ ...

Thatcher Remembered for Affection for UK Jewry

History will remember former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for relentlessly facing down communism and helping to turn back more than three decades of socialist advance in her country.But it was Thatcher’s embrace of British Jews and insistent promotion of Jews in her Conservative Party that inspired an outpouring of tributes from Jewish and Israeli leaders following her death Monday ...