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What is the difference between Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews? | Yahoo …

| September 4, 2015

Ashkenazi Jews come from European (Christian) countries, whereas Sephardic Jews lived in the Iberian Peninsula, African and Middle Eastern (Moslem) countries. Throughout the centuries of exile the Ashkenazim and Sephardim developed distinct cultures, different prayer-books (the essentials are the same, but there are many different nuances), and many different customs

Sephardi | people | Britannica.com

| September 4, 2015

Alternative titles: Sefardi; Sefardic Judaism; Sefardim; Sephardic Judaism; Sephardim Sephardi,also spelled Sefardi, plural Sephardim or Sefardim, from Hebrew Sefarad (Spain), member or descendant of the Jews who lived in Spain and Portugal from at least the later centuries of the Roman Empire until their persecution and mass expulsion from those countries in the last decades of the 15th century. The Sephardim initially fled to North Africa and other parts of the Ottoman Empire, and many of these eventually settled in such countries as France, Holland, England, Italy, and the Balkans. Salonika (Thessalonki) in Macedonia and the city of Amsterdam became major sites of Sephardic settlement.

Sephardic Connection

| September 4, 2015

Welcome to the first step in the rest of your life, for the good, positive and beautiful! Are you tired of pretending not to see the same faces at young professional events? Sephardic Connection is a private Sephardic Jewish online dating site whose goal is to provide singles with a new way to meet and ultimately date their match. Sephardic Connection has been designed by Torah Ohr to bring the clarity, excitement and success of dating into full-gear! We know that G-d is the real matchmaker; nonetheless, we still need to exert our most honest efforts

Gaza Could Become ‘Uninhabitable’ By 2020, UN Warns

| September 4, 2015

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A new United Nations report says Gaza could be "uninhabitable" in less than five years if current economic trends continue. The report released Tuesday by the U.N.

Gaza Could Become Uninhabitable by 2020, U.N. Report Warns

| September 4, 2015

The Gaza Strip could become uninhabitable within five years, a United Nations report released Tuesday warns, as a result of Israeli military operations and a nearly decade-long blockade that have crippled its economy and infrastructure.

Egypt Starts Dig on Gaza Border to Stop Smuggling Tunnels – ABC News

| September 4, 2015

Egyptian military bulldozers are digging through the sand along Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip in recent days, pressing ahead with what appears to be a renewed campaign to pressure Gaza's Hamas rulers and stamp out militant activity along the border. The project, billed as an Egyptian military-operated fish farm, effectively would fill the border area with water and is designed to put an end to the last remaining cross-border underground smuggling tunnels, Egyptian military officials said. Hamas accuses Egypt of further isolating the beleaguered Palestinian territory

Where We Work | UNRWA

| September 4, 2015

The Gaza Strip is home to a population of more than 1.76million people, including 1.26 million Palestine refugees. For the last decade, the socioeconomic situation in Gaza has been in steady decline. Years of conflict and closure have left 80 per cent of the population dependent on international assistance.

Judaism: Pictures, Videos, Breaking News

| September 4, 2015

Enemies are real, but reducing their capacity and danger is a goal worth achieving. When you can't completely defeat an enemy at a given point in time -- or not without other dire consequences -- smart diplomacy is better than more failed and destructive wars

SodaStream leaves West Bank as CEO says boycott …

| September 4, 2015

People at work in the new SodaStream factory in Israels Negev Desert next to the city of Rahat. The chief executive of SodaStream has accused his companys critics of antisemitism and hurting the interests of the Palestinian workers they claim to protect as it shuts down its factory in the West Bank and moves to Israels Negev Desert

Suspected far-right activist booted out of West Bank | The …

| September 4, 2015

Police sent a suspected Jerusalem far-right activist to house arrest Tuesday night as part of efforts to combat Jewish extremism.


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