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The owner of New York City’s famed 2nd Ave Deli tells Fox News that he is now "afraid of what can happen and what the future holds" after his Jewish eatery was vandalized this week with a swastika. Jeremy Lebewohl told "Fox & Friends" on Thursday that "At first I was just shocked, and I was upset about it, I was angry about it" and "then I was just sad that all of this is happening in my city" when he discovered what was drawn on his business on Monday

Dr. David Neiman explores the historicity of the Biblical accounts of Joseph and the Exodus from Egypt. Joseph rises to the position of "Tzafnat Pa'aneakh" after successfully helping the Pharaoh of Egypt with his economic plans. Under Joseph's guidance all land became the property of Pharaoh. A new Pharaoh comes to power who does not favor the Israelites. They are enslaved and forced to build the storage cities of Pithom and Ramses. These cities were arsenals for the armies of Egypt. Under Seti I and Ramses the II, Egypt was on the warpath. Ramses II was defeated at the battle...

By John Beifuss of The Commercial Appeal Already a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Michael Ramirez, former editorial cartoonist for The Commercial Appeal, this weekend received the cartoon industry's highest honor. Ramirez, 55, won the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year during the 70th annual "Oscars of cartooning," the awards ceremony of the National Cartoonists Society, the world's oldest, largest and most prestigious organization for professional cartoonists. The black-tie event took place Saturday night at The Peabody, marking the first time the cartoonists had met in Memphis. As the 73rd winner of the Reuben Award (a total...

ARABIAN SEA (NNS) -- USS Reuben James (FFG 57) rendered medical assistance to a Sri Lankan fisherman while conducting maritime security operations (MSO) as part of a Dutch-led task force in the Arabian Sea, April 21. During a routine visit to a Sri Lankan fishing vessel, the Deuedu Pietro, Sailors from Reuben James discovered that one of the vessel’s crew members had sustained a knee injury five days earlier that had become infected. The Sailors radioed back for medical assistance from Reuben James’s independent duty corpsman, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (FMF/PJ) Matthew Breske. Breske joined the boarding team aboard the...

ATLANTA - Georgia Tech cornerback Reuben Houston returned to practice Wednesday, one day after a judge ordered him back on the team even though he is facing felony drug charges. Houston, a two-year starter with seven career interceptions, had been suspended from the team since his June arrest. Excerpted...Link to full article

"Reuben James Houston, a starting senior cornerback on the Georgia Tech football team, was arrested in Atlanta on Tuesday and is facing drug charges in connection with a Fresno marijuana distribution operation, according to federal prosecutors. Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Escobar said Houston, 22, is accused of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute nearly 100 pounds of marijuana valued at approximately $60,000."

just the updated header for now..rumours of delayed phone calls on Clay Aiker's ATT line while the calls went right throgh for Reuben

Happy Independence Day, my brothers and sisters of Israel: Our flag has just been raised to full mast, and once again it is flying proudly over our Holy City, on the mount of memorial and heroism, as though it were natural and self-evident, as though it were always so. But the Yizkor [memorial] prayer, and the sad trumpet fanfare still echoing in our ears and the distress of Memorial day, still in our hearts—these remind us, today, as they do each year, how far all this is from self-evident. At this time, during this ongoing war against terrorism, we are...