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Following Question To R’ Kanievsky Avraham Fried Shares Origin Of Song Lyrics

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 May 2012 07:28 Written by Sandy Eller/ VIN News Thursday, 17 May 2012 07:15

New York - The lyrics of a recently released song by superstar Avraham Fried have become the subject of internet buzz in recent days as word comes that the lyrics in question were actually brought to one of today’s foremost gedolim in order to ascertain their origin.

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Iran To Sue Google Over Dropping Persian Gulf Name

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 May 2012 08:04 Written by AP Thursday, 17 May 2012 07:53

The unmarked Persian Gulf - aka Arabian Gulf - as seen on Google Maps.

Tehran - Iran says it will sue Google over dropping the name of the Persian Gulf on Google Maps.

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New SoHo Restaurant To Serve Prepaid Shabbat Dinners and Nonmevushal Wines

Last Updated on Monday, 14 May 2012 12:29 Written by The Wall Street Journal Monday, 14 May 2012 11:48

Manhattan, NY - The plans for Jezebel look like many other SoHo restaurants aiming to draw a hip, downtown crowd.

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Three Top Executives to Leave JP Morgan After $2 Billion Loss

Last Updated on Monday, 14 May 2012 07:46 Written by AP Monday, 14 May 2012 07:39

By David Henry and Carrick Mollenkamp

New York - Three high-ranking executives at JPMorgan Chase are expected to leave their jobs this week after a trading blunder cost the bank $2 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

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Six Scientists Honored With Prestigious Wolf Prize

Last Updated on Monday, 14 May 2012 07:27 Written by JPost Monday, 14 May 2012 07:21

Winners of the 2012 Wolf Prizes for science display their awards in the Knesset (Parliament) in Jerusalem, Israel, 13 May 2012 at the conclusion of the ceremony in the Chagall Hall, before a large, tapestry mural by artist Marc Chagall, himself a Wolf Prize winner. (Photo AP)

Jerusalem - Six renowned scientists and music greats win this year’s Wolf Prize—considered second only to the Nobel Prize in prestige and one that has often served as predictor of the Nobel—on Sunday at the Knesset.

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Chabad Of The Five Towns Lag Baomer Celebration In Cedarhurst Park 5772

Last Updated on Monday, 14 May 2012 07:26 Written by TFTI Sunday, 13 May 2012 00:00

The Five Towns Community gathered to celebrate Lag B'Omer at the Andrew J. Parise Park formerly Cedarhurst Park, an event sponsored and organized by Chabad of the Five Towns. the Highlight was the fabulous show by "The ARIELIST ACROBATS" , and there were activities for all ages, Petting Zoo, Archery, Races, Bubble bonanza and of course a giant bonfire and music by Azamra DJ.

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ABC News Special: Orthodox Man Sits Almost A Year With No Charges In Isolated Bolivian Prison

Last Updated on Sunday, 13 May 2012 00:12 Written by ABC News Saturday, 12 May 2012 23:54

In a grim Bolivian prison, a lone American man has languished for nearly a year

Santa Cruz, Bolivia - Jacob Ostreicher, Accused of Money Laundering, Says He Is Innocent

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Stadium Seating for Internet Morals

Last Updated on Friday, 11 May 2012 13:07 Written by Sophia Hollander/The Wall Street Journal Friday, 11 May 2012 12:55

A group of ultra-Orthodox Jews have rented out Citi Field for a meeting later this month intended to draw thousands of men to discuss the dangers of the Internet and formulate a community wide response.

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Bill blockbuster: O’s an ‘amateur’

Last Updated on Friday, 11 May 2012 14:10 Written by Carl Campanile/NY Post Friday, 11 May 2012 14:03

Bill Clinton thought so little of President Obama — mocking him as an “amateur” — that he pressed his wife last summer to quit her job as secretary of state and challenge him in the primaries, a new book claims,

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Lawrence-Cedarhurst firefighters revive infant

Last Updated on Friday, 11 May 2012 13:48 Written by Jeffrey Bessen / LI Herald Friday, 11 May 2012 13:38

A busy afternoon for the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department became busier as firefighters responded to a home at 36 Maple Ave. in Cedarhurst on Thursday at 4 p.m. to a call for a 2-year-old not breathing.

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Picture of the Day: Facebook Rehab

Written by TFTI Wednesday, 09 May 2012 23:10

Crown Heights Museum Brings Kids 3,000 Years Of Jewish History

Last Updated on Tuesday, 08 May 2012 23:37 Written by DNAinfo.com Tuesday, 08 May 2012 23:15

A girl puts a note in the wall at Crown Heights’ Jewish Children's Museum. The Museum recently unveiled its (eminently climbable) Voyage Through Jewish History, which takes pint-sized visitors through stories of the bible to the contemporary age. PHOTO CREDIT DNAinfo/Sonja Sharp

Brooklyn, NY - It’s a place where kids can walk through the divided waters of the Red Sea, slip a note into Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall, peer inside Maimonides’ medical bag or strum King David’s harp.

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