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Documentary Claims Mentalist Uri Geller Was CIA Spy

06/17/2013 | JTA and Staff Report

The Israeli magician and psychic Uri Geller worked as a CIA spy, according to a new documentary.

“The Secret Life of Uri Geller-Psychic Spy,” by Vikram Jayanti, says Geller used his powers against Russia, including erasing Soviet floppy discs and changing the mind of an unnamed Russian leader in order to convince him to sign a nuclear arms reduction treaty, The Independent reported.

City Council Bill Would Provide Safety Officers At Yeshivas

06/14/2013 | Adam Dickter | Assistant Managing Editor

The NYPD would provide a uniformed, but unarmed school safety officer at any non-public school upon administrators' request under a bill introduced by Councilman David Greenfield this week.

The city already provides at least one safety officer at each of the city's public schools. Greenfield, a Democrat who represents Borough Park and part of Flatbush in the Council, says the bill is a response to the Dec. 27, 2012 massacre of school children in Newtown, CT.

Scion Of Revered Rabbinic Family To Lead Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue

06/13/2013 | JTA

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, the scion of a revered rabbinic family, is the new spiritual leader of the country’s oldest Sephardic synagogue, Congregation Shearith Israel.

Four Women To Join Israel's Committee On Religious Courts

06/11/2013 | JTA

Four spots on the committee that appoints religious judges in Israel will be reserved for women under a new Knesset law.

Thousands Of Haredi Jews Protest Israeli Draft In Manhattan

06/10/2013 | Staff Report

Thousands of haredi Jews, including members of both rival factions of the Satmar chasidic sect, crowded into Foley Square in Lower Manhattan Sunday to protest Israel's plan to include the ultra-Orthodox in the army draft.

The protesters carried signs reading "The Israei Draft Law is an attack on religious freedom" and "Orthodox Jews willproudly go to jail rather than serve in the Israeli army."

Palestinian Terrorists Stepping Up Attempts To Abduct Israelis, IDF Says

06/07/2013 | JTA

Palestinian militants are stepping up efforts to abduct Israeli soldiers, according to data released by the Israel Defense Forces.

A total of 27 attempts to abduct an Israeli soldier have been foiled so far in 2012, Haaretz reported. The figure constitutes a doubling of such cases compared to the first six months of 2012, an unnamed military source told the newspaper.