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Knesset committee rubber-stamps Haredi authority over conversions
Ha’aretz The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee yesterday passed, by one vote, a new version of the bill giving the Chief Rabbinate the … |
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Washington Times Bethesda's Katie Ledecky stamps herself as favorite in 2016 Summer OlympicsWashington TimesUnited States' swimmer Katie Ledecky, right, poses for a photo with fans ahead of the final night of racing at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015. Ledecky won five gold medals at the 2015 championships. … more…
WINA AM 1070 Republicans seek farm subsidy cuts, mull food stamps to cashWINA AM 1070WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the House of Representatives on Tuesday proposed $31 billion in farm subsidy cuts and the conversion of food stamps into a cash benefit program, as a way to help balance the federal budget in 10 years….
After 18 months of steady declines, the number of Oklahomans receiving food stamps increased in February compared with the same month a year earlier. More: continued here
World Record Academy Largest stamp mosaic: Spain breaks Guinness World Records world recordWorld Record AcademyMALAGA, Spain — A total of 230,000 original postage stamps were stuck down by adults and children in the Costa del Sol capital's José María Martín Carpena sports centre on a strip of paper 220 square metres in size; it took…
Hugo artist wins 2012 trout stamp contestStillwater GazettePAUL – A painting of a rainbow trout by Nicholas T. Markell of Hugo will be featured on the 2012 Minnesota Trout and Salmon Stamp after Markell's entry was chosen as the winning design from among 17 entries in the annual stamp contest sponsored by the …and more »…
The Register-Guard Cutting food stamps— a new low for GOP?The Register-GuardAdrian Smith of Nebraska, a member of the Ways and Means Committee and an influential figure on agriculture policy, about Trump's proposal to make vast cuts to food stamps. Smith posited that the program could be cut in ways that “do not harm the most …Trump…