COMMUNAL
Pray, now Amy can confess to a new habit

TROUBLED: Winehouse

OH, no! Just when we thought pop diva Amy Winehouse could not embroil herself in any more controversy, she has.

The 24-year-old troubled Jewish singer has reportedly started wearing rosary beads and has turned to the Roman Catholic faith.

Apparently, it is all for a show of solidarity for husband Blake Fielder-Civil.

He is locked up in London's Pentonville prison, remanded on charges of assault and conspiring to pervert the course of justice.

Amy has confessed to having problems with drink and drugs. Now, with Catholicism, it looks like she'll be doing even more confessing!


'Youngsters' 97 and 88 wed

MAZELTOV! Yacov Manul, 97, and his wife Orah - a mere 88 - have been married for almost 70 years.

They recently made aliyah from India . . . and to show their commitment to the Jewish state, decided to be remarried there.

The young-at-heart couple - members of the Bnei Hamenashe tribe - had waited 15 years to be allowed to emigrate.

They have nine children, 70 grand-children and 'countless' great grand-children.

Many were at Kiryat Arba to see the devoted couple remarry.

Just proves it's never too late to fulfil your dreams.


Despair over flawed flags

CLANG! Thousands of Israeli flags being waved proudly for Independence Day are WRONG.

It turns out they have a design flaw - a cock-up by a Chinese manufacturer.

The Star of David is askew instead of standing ramrod straight.

Labour MP Sheli Yehimovitch was so incensed that she urged the public not to fly the flawed flags.

Let's hope Israelis learn a lesson from the debacle. Perhaps next Yom Ha'atzmaut they'll buy flags made in the Jewish state . . . and not choose to save the odd shekel by opting for cheapies imported from China.

THIS ONE'S OK: There may be problems with the China-produced flags but there's certainly nothing wrong with this one. The world's largest flag - the size of two football fields - is seen this week at moshav Shal'abim next to the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway. What a fantastic sight it was for passengers coming in to land at nearby Ben Gurion airport.

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