Topic: Passover
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Gilad Shalit deal: Which Palestinian prisoners will walk free?
Nearly 500 Palestinians are scheduled to be released by Israel Tuesday in an exchange for soldier Gilad Shalit. Here’s the status of seven well-known prisoners (See the whole list here):
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/12
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Maundy Thursday: Queen Elizabeth gives out money, Czech children go skinny dipping
Maundy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles, falling every year on the day before Good Friday.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/18
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/14
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Modern Parenthood
Mother's Day: Childhood milestones aren’t motherhood's tombstones
Mother's Day: A mom with a daughter headed off to college thinks about the long days and short years of motherhood. Marking childhood milestones as new phases for everyone makes means they are not tombstones of motherhood that ends when kids go away.
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Chapter & Verse
Jonathan Safran Foer: "I'm not so interested in the comforting kind of religion"
Jonathan Safran Foer spoke on God, prayer, writing, and film adaptations at Calvin College's Festival on Faith & Writing.
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Modern Parenthood
Does mother's Passover picture book cross church state line?
A mother debates the merits of reading a Jewish children's book in her son's private pre-school, wondering if the book's Passover plot crosses the church state line.
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Hebron settlers threaten retaliation after Israeli police evict them
The tensions in Hebron, a mainly Arab city that's holy to both Muslims and Jews, test Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's willingness to expand settlement in the West Bank.
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Leap year: why we have a need for the occasional Feb. 29
The leap year is a testament to the tough time that humans have trying to organize 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 16 seconds into a year.
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Gilad Shalit deal: Which Palestinian prisoners will walk free?
Nearly 500 Palestinians are scheduled to be released by Israel Tuesday in an exchange for soldier Gilad Shalit. Here’s the status of seven well-known prisoners (See the whole list here):
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/12
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Stir It Up!
Fried matzoh with horseradish mayo grilled cheese
There is no reason observant Jews can't enjoy a good grilled cheese during Passover.
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Global News Blog
In Israel, even cows keep kosher for Passover
In Israel the Passover restrictions that rule out leavened bread and wheat apply to livestock as well so that their milk can be considered kosher for Passover.
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Maundy Thursday: Queen Elizabeth gives out money, Czech children go skinny dipping
Maundy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles, falling every year on the day before Good Friday.
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Stocks end higher, led by materials, energy
After Standard & Poor's downgraded its outlook on US debt Monday and sent stocks downward, stocks rose on Tuesday, with the Dow gaining about 65 points
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Stocks sink after S&P downgrades US outlook
Standard and Poor's cut its outlook for long-term US credit on Monday, sending US stocks downward
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/18
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The Vote
Sarah Palin speaks of 'blood libel.' Really?
Sarah Palin, former GOP vice-presidential candidate, charged journalists and pundits with 'blood libel' for linking political rhetoric with the shooting of US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others.
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Facebook draws 7,000 to anti-Muslim pork sausage party in Paris
A group calling for "resistance to the Islamization of France" is using Facebook to advertise an anti-Muslim party at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris Friday. Some 7,000 have RSVPed already.
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Israel silent on Obama's four-month building freeze in East Jerusalem
Officials in Israel refused to comment on a plan floated by the Obama administration for a four-month building freeze in East Jerusalem, according to a report in Haaretz. Analysts say the plan won't fly with Netanyahu's conservative coalition partners.
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Chapter & Verse
What to read for Passover
There is plenty of Passover-themed fiction for children. What is there for adults?
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After US dustup, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces growing challenges
Amid US and Palestinian anger over Israel expansion plans in East Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing mounting skepticism on peace talks from Palestinians and splits within his ruling coalition.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 03/25
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Climbing Mount Sinai (God's Stairmaster)
Retracing Moses' footsteps to witness the sunrise from the summit of Mount Sinai.
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Classic review: Arab and Jew, Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land
A humane, caring portrait of people in a troubled homeland.
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Diggin' It
Plants of the Bible
Two new books about the plants of the Bible
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More blacks explore Judaism
Conversions to Judaism among African-Americans are growing in a way that could affect the presidential election.
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