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Yom Kippur in Bangkok

I was the only American in the room and definitely the most clueless.

Rabbi David Wolpe in Thailand: Have you ever seen a menorah dance?

Traveling reminds us that the old is distinctive and the new melds together. I had never been to Thailand, or indeed to any country in Southeast Asia. As the bus rolled through the streets, nothing in the facade of the 7-Eleven convenience store or the crushed muddle of Bangkok traffic proved startling.

Indian police say Delhi, Bangkok blasts linked

Indian police have established a link between a bomb that wounded an Israeli diplomat\’s wife in New Delhi and a fumbled bomb plot in Thailand, the city\’s police chief said on Friday, adding that arrest warrants had been issued for three Iranians.

Thailand bombs meant to target Jews, police chief says

Thailand\’s police chief said bombs that exploded in the capital earlier in the week were meant to target Israelis. “I can tell you that the target was specific and aimed at Israeli diplomatic staff,” the national police chief, Gen. Prewpan Dhamapong, told a Thai television station late Wednesday, according to the Associated Press.

Arrests made in New Delhi, Bangkok

Thai investigators believe they have found a link between this week\’s bomb blasts in Bangkok and New Delhi, a senior security official said Wednesday, two of three attacks Israel has blamed on Iran.

Iranian national believed responsible for Thai blasts

Bombs that exploded in a Bangkok house being shared by an Iranian national were being prepared for a large-scale attack against an Israeli target, unnamed Israeli officials are quoted as saying.

Blue and White in Bangkok

Shabbat in Bangkok? What business does a partisan of the 613 mitzvot have in a city of 1,000 temptations?

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