8.16.2012





Star Of David and The Tree Of Life



 


THIS DAY ( August 18 ) IN 
JEWISH HISTORY


August 18, 1920 - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, granting women the right to vote.
Birthday - American explorer Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) was born near Charlottesville, Virginia. Along with William Clark, he explored the American West, and in 1805, after a journey of over 18 months, reached the Pacific Ocean.



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Two ultra-Orthodox soldiers say that 
Egged's so-called kosher bus lines, which



Defendants recruit two Israeli women to
 approach US rabbi. Rabbi receives nude


Activists hang posters, set up stalls in ultra-Orthodox
 neighborhoods in order 

Ashdod residents say municipality closed
 stretch of beach to the public to 


Members of Montreal delegation volunteer
 in Beersheba, where 'people are even 

Young religious man walks from Jerusalem to
 Ofra via hostile Arab villages to 

Rabbi Yehuda Kreuzer, who heads yeshiva
founded by slain extremist, speaks 




Shabat Shalom and Shavua Tove


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