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LONG BEACH A speech by a controversial Muslim leader calling Israel an "apartheid state" at Cal State Long Beach on Thursday sparked a demonstration by a Jewish student organization. Amir Abdul Malik Ali, a leader of an Oakland mosque, addressed an audience of more than 200 students, including demonstrators from Beach Hillel, in front of the University Bookstore in the afternoon. Ali, who has spoken before at CSULB, was invited to the campus by the Muslim Student Association. Ali said Israel was an "oppressor" comparable to Goliath, and he likened Muslims, including those in militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, to...

Please don't flood our server with search requests! Flood control will be lifted in approx. 1 hour. That's the message I got when I was searching for articles with "Hamas" as a keyword. I was looking for older articles from when Israel pulled out of Gaza to help me in a snit I am having with an Israel hater. Has anyone else had this? And yes, I am logged in, this has nothing to do with moose or cheese, and it is hugh and series.

The dispute over which of Moses Teitelbaum's sons will succeed him as the grand rabbi of the Satmar sect of Hasidic Jews raged in and out of court for the last six years of his life. Rabbi Teitelbaum's death last night appears unlikely to bring the controversy to a close. Less than two hours after the rabbi died, as tens of thousands of grieving Satmars thronged the streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and Kiryas Joel, N.Y., a judge in Orange County issued several orders. Rabbi Teitelbaum's third son, Zalmen, lives in Williamsburg; his eldest son, Aaron, lives in Kiryas Joel in...

Moses Teitelbaum, the grand rabbi of the Satmar Hasidim, one of the world's largest and fastest-growing sects of Orthodox Jews, died yesterday in Manhattan. He was 91 and lived in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. His family, through spokesmen, said he died at Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he had been hospitalized for a number of ailments. Rabbi Teitelbaum became leader of the Satmars in 1980, succeeding his uncle Joel Teitelbaum. In Hasidism, a mystical brand of Orthodox Judaism, the grand rabbi is revered as a kinglike link to God, holding vast sway over members' lives. Joel Teitelbaum had transplanted the tattered remnants...

SANTA ANA – When Kim Bogue lost her wallet last week, she had little hope that she'd recover it or the $900 and bundle of credit cards inside. With a team of co-workers, she twice searched the Santa Ana civic buildings where she works as a janitor. They pulled bags from dumpsters, rummaged through offices, and checked all the bathrooms, but found nothing. "I prayed that night and asked God to help me," said Bogue, who was saving the money for a trip to Thailand, her home country. "I was sick all weekend." That same weekend, a homeless man who...

Chevrolet is having a contest for their new Tahoe LS. It's quite simple. All you do is just choose some animated bits, add some text, choose a music track, and voila, you've made a Chevy commercial. It's fun, and hey, what can you lose but a few minutes? Give it a try! http://www.chevyapprentice.com/

In a case that became a symbol of how illegal immigrant fugitives escape U.S. justice, the man accused of murdering sheriff's Deputy David March in 2002 has been arrested in Mexico and is facing extradition, authorities said Thursday. Armando Garcia was captured Thursday in Jalisco, and officials with the attorney general's office in Mexico City said they will begin extradition proceedings expected to take about two months. "It's a great day," said March's widow, Theresa. "I feel so relieved that no one was hurt. No one has to live another nightmare at the hands of Armando Garcia." March, a 33-year-old...

LONDON - Two British men were charged on Saturday with firearms offenses after allegedly trying to sell a stolen copy of the new Harry Potter book to a tabloid newspaper before its release. Police were called to an address in Kettering in central England on Friday after reports of a shot being fired. The Sun newspaper said the incident came as the men tried to sell one of its reporters a stolen copy of “Harry Potter And the Half-Blood Prince” for 50,000 pounds ($90,880). Northamptonshire police confirmed two men from Kettering had been charged in connection with the incident. “A...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A rabbi wearing a yarmulke and a man wearing swastikas got into a fight at Kansas City International Airport Sunday evening.According to a police report, Rabbi David Fine, 36, of Overland Park, was in the KCI terminal when he commented to Steven T. Boswell, 30, of Olathe, about a large swastika logo on his shirt and his swastika necklace. Fine told Boswell that he should be ashamed of himself, and Boswell responded by calling the rabbi inhuman, the police report stated. The rabbi allegedly threw a cup of coffee in Boswell's face and punched him. Boswell...

WHITTIER -- Seventy-two-year-old Carlos Salas owns one newspaper in Los Angeles, another paper in Baja California and a jewelry store in Pasadena. He has a home in Spyglass Estates near Whittier and another in Tijuana. Also in Tijuana, he founded a Jewish university and is the teacher at a Jewish congregation. Now, the spry, dark-haired native of Zacatecas, Mexico, is taking on a new challenge.In an effort that experts say is either rare or unprecedented, Salas is trying to attract Southern California Latinos with Jewish roots back to the faith.He has officially joined Beth Shalom of Whittier, a conservative congregation...

TORONTO, Oct. 24 (JTA) — You may not find Dr. Neil Rosenstein’s new book listed on national best-seller lists, but the noted genealogist — with his tongue halfway in his cheek — compares it to the popular thriller “The Da Vinci Code.” Both books, the noted American genealogist and surgeon said, deal in varying degrees with family trees reaching back 30 centuries to the biblical House of David. But Rosenstein, a 60-year-old New Jersey resident, notes that while Dan Brown’s novel presents a clever blend of fact and fancy, “The Lurie Legacy,” published recently by the New Jersey-based publishing house,...

Tests confirm what tradition and whispers have alluded to -- a Sephardic community often unbeknownst to many of its members. ALBUQUERQUE — As a boy, Father William Sanchez sensed he was different. His Catholic family spun tops on Christmas, shunned pork and whispered of a past in medieval Spain. If anyone knew the secret, they weren't telling, and Sanchez stopped asking. Then three years ago, after watching a program on genealogy, Sanchez sent for a DNA kit that could help track a person's background through genetic footprinting. He soon got a call from Bennett Greenspan, owner of the Houston-based testing...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Police responding to a tip raided a single-story home and detained 79 suspected illegal immigrants they found inside. Three to four suspected smugglers also were taken into custody Monday, said Officer Jason Lee, a police spokesman. Link for the rest of it: http://kcal9.com/topstories/topstoriesla_story_139134545.html

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... Do you have a word you'd like to see used? Freepmail me, and if it has not been used in a while, I will add it to our list. Do you have a...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... Do you have a word you'd like to see used? Freepmail me, and if it has not been used in a while, I will add it to our list. Do you have a...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... Do you have a word you'd like to see used? Freepmail me, and if it has not been used in a while, I will add it to our list. Do you have a...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... Do you have a word you'd like to see used? Freepmail me, and if it has not been used in a while, I will add it to our list. Do you have a...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... Do you have a word you'd like to see used? Freepmail me, and if it has not been used in a while, I will add it to our list. Do you have a...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... Do you have a word you'd like to see used? Freepmail me, and if it has not been used in a while, I will add it to our list. Do you have a...