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After establishing first website, ultra-Orthodox gays appeal in letter written to religious leadership, ‘Accept us as a living, viable part of ultra-Orthodox society’ Kobi Nahshoni Published: 02.10.08, 14:37 / Israel Jewish Scene Not 10 days after its inception, the HOD website, catering to the ultra-Orthodox gay community, has broadened its operations. In a letter distributed to Orthodox community leaders Saturday night, site operators appealed to the Orthodox community to recognize them as “a living, viable part of its rank and file.” The letter was sent to a wide array of rabbis, religious MKs, mayors, community leaders, and organization heads, including...

America's 'hush' This columnist has often wondered why it is that every time al Qaeda opens its collective mouth with murderous taunts and threats against Americans that more of us don't react in kind. Apart from New York City firefighter Michael Moran, who walked onto the stage of the post-9/11 benefit Concert for New York and told Osama bin Laden to "kiss my royal Irish ass," the majority of us have chosen to go about our daily lives and ignore the terrorists' menacing barrage of forebodings. Now I'm beginning to understand why.Washington pundit Diana West, a fellow columnist at The Washington Times, among other publications, just wrote "The Death...

Democratic mega-donor Charles Kushner is in jail, but auditors are still investigating the mess he left behind at two Livingston schools that bear his family name. Kushner ran a building fund for Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy and Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School in Livingston. Three trustees of the schools, all of whom asked not to be identified, tell the Auditor they are concerned that some of the funds have not been accounted for. The fund's balance usually runs between $6 million and $8 million. Financial auditors hired by the board have been scouring the books for two months, and have...