The haredi mayor, Yaakov Guterman, says that talk of a settlement freeze is particularly unfair for Modiin Illit.

BBC: Jerusalem Diary: Monday 21 September

Finance Minister Yaakov Neeman, with the prime minister's backing, has no difficulty denying Cabinet colleagues' spending requests.

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Yaakov, the Chasid, told me that God had saved his family because grandmother Etel had said Psalms before boarding the bus.

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Surrounded by seven shelves of holy books, Yaakov, the family patriarch, told me that God had caused the crash and spared our lives.

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Take for instance a Washington Post story last week on Egypt's decision to bar Jewish worshipers from making their annual visit to the grave of Torah sage Rabbi Yaakov Abuhatzeira.

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The mayor, Yaakov Guterman, said he hadn't.

BBC: Jerusalem Diary: Monday 21 September

This study is unique in that it looks at a combination of different lifestyle and personality traits, said Dr. Yaakov Stern, professor of clinical neurology at Columbia University Medical Center, who was not involved with the study.

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