Recently added articles from Chicago Jewish Star:
Seven and eight branches, ancient and modern
Dec 04, 2009; ... THE MENORAH The miracle of eternal lights The menorah, an ancient Jewish symbol, plays a key role in the observance of Hanukkah. But long before the Hanukkah menorah was the menorah of the Tabernacle in the wilderness, and after that the one of the First and Second Temples in ...
Shul to Apts.
Dec 04, 2009; ... WAS OLDEST IN WALES The oldest synagogue in Wales - in the town of Merthyr Tydfil, population 30,000 - is to be converted into eight apartments, the London Jewish Chronicle reported last month. Some 2,000 Jews live in Wales, ...
DEMJANJUK A 'SCAPEGOAT'
Dec 04, 2009; ... PROSECUTORS CONFIDENT OF CONVICTION, BUT DEFENSE DEFLECTS GUILT OF ALLEGED WAR CRIMINAL MUNICH, Dec. 1 - The long-awaited Nazi war crimes trial of John Demjanjuk opened here with his attorney claiming his client is a scapegoat for German guilt over the Holocaust. Demjanjuk, 89, ...
Dazzling Funk Groovers: Nir Yaniv and King Cano Huricane Kwa-Zulu
Dec 04, 2009; ... GENRE-BREAKING DUO DELIVERS ITS TRANSCENDING SOUND FROM ULTRA-HIP TEL-AVIV TEL AVIV - Visitors to Nahalat Binyamin or the seaside Tayelet promenade here, or the opening this summer of the Maccabiah Olympics in Ramat Gan, have all been dazzled by virtuoso funk, reggae and groove singer ...
Lebanon falling to Nasrallah leadership
Dec 04, 2009; ... HEZBOLLAH CHIEF DE FACTO HEAD SULEIMAN TO SEEK NEW ARMS IN MEETING WITH OBAMA A TERRORIST STATE? WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 - When Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman comes to Washington next week, he plans to ask for increased military aid for a government that just gave a ...