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5770 Approaches!

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September 16th 2009
The weather is starting to change here: odd, unsettled days with heat and wind that carries fine, fine sand, and then chilly nights. The equinox will be next week, right in between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. So my main theme today is up-coming holidays! Living It is so much fun watching people get ready for Rosh Hashanah, which begins Friday night, and all the holidays that follo ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more