Archive for July, 2008

New Jewish Dating Site Launched

JEWISH LEDGER — July 23 — MeetMeAtShul.com, a brand new dating website for Jewish singles around the world is now up and running, say its co-creators, Daniel Levine and Shane Urowitz. The site is free. FULL ARTICLE @ JEWISH LEDGER.
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Turning Humiliation Into Inspiration - New York Times

Turning Humiliation Into InspirationNew York Times, United States -5 hours agoYasmine was browsing through the young-adult section of a bookstore and amid books for Jewish teenagers, Catholic teenagers, Christian teenagers and even …

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Greek Jews protest Salonika’s decision not to include the city in … - European Jewish Press

European Jewish Press

Greek Jews protest Salonika’s decision not to include the city in …European Jewish Press, Belgium -23 hours agoThe ruling group, headed by Salonika’s mayor George Papageorgopoulos, rejected the bill by saying that the killing of 91% of the Jewish population of …

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Online Dating's Real-Life Matchmakers - TIME

Online Dating's Real-Life MatchmakersTIME -15 hours agoIf you thought the traditional Jewish matchmaker went out of style with Fiddler on the Roof, SawYouAtSinai.com has 35000 love-seeking, Orthodox Jewish…

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ASSISTED LOVING True Tales of Double Dating With My Dad. - New York Times

New York Times

ASSISTED LOVING True Tales of Double Dating With My Dad.New York Times, United States -5 hours agoTo be fair, Morris doesn’t see it as an opportunity when it first presents itself — or, rather, when Joe presents him with the personals section of Jewish…First ChapterNew York Timesall 2 news articles

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'The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe,' Gershon David … - Los Angeles Times

'The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe,' Gershon David …Los Angeles Times, CA -9 hours agoBut though that kind of high-culture thoroughness might be expected, we also meet flyweight Stanislaw Rotholc (1912-1996), the first Jewish boxer to become …

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Palestinian family losing Jerusalem home after five decades - AFP

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Palestinian family losing Jerusalem home after five decadesAFP -2 hours ago"They are nothing more that a right to farm, dating from 1879, not mentioning any name nor the precise place." Sheikh Jarrah has become a symbol of the …

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Museum and gallery events - Philadelphia Inquirer

Museum and gallery eventsPhiladelphia Inquirer, PA -13 hours agoArtists' depictions of war dating from the 18th through 20th centuries. Closes 8/10. Garry Knox Bennett: Call Me Chairmaker - 52 unique sculptural chairs. …

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Religious conversions The moment of truth - Economist

Economist

Religious conversions The moment of truthEconomist, UK -16 hours agoA colourful body of jurisprudence, dating from the British Raj, concerns people who changed faith to solve a personal dilemma—like men who switched from …

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Jewish Dating and the world of Jewish people under goshalom.com

Jewish Dating and the world of Jewish people under goshalom.com. Author: Joshua Cohen. After researching facts about the various Jewish populations from around the world, I was pleasantly surprised to see that certain countries boast …
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