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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Brazilian, Cuban religious officials meet

JTA

Brazilian Jewish officials met Cuba's religious affairs minister to talk about religious cooperation.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Slimmed-down Reform group opens biennial

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Union of Reform Judaism leaders stressed the group's consolidation of services at the start of its biennial conference.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Montreal Jewish center opens on Shabbat

JTA

A Jewish community center in Montreal opened on a Saturday for the first time.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Goldstone Follies: Live debate with Judge Goldstone

By Rob Eshman

Last year, the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem released a video showing an Israeli soldier shooting a rubber bullet into the left foot of a bound and blindfolded.
Palestinian demonstrator at close range while a lieutenant colonel and other soldiers watched. After an army investigation of the incident, a military court charged the battalion commander with conduct unbecoming an officer.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Italy protests ruling against crucifix display

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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Interpol head, Argentina’s prosecutor meet

JTA

The head of Interpol met with Argentine officials to reconfirm their commitment to recapture the Iranian terrorists accused of bombing a Buenos Aires Jewish center.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Merkel honors Holocaust victims in speech to Congress

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel honored the memory of Holocaust victims in a speech to Congress.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Israeli ambassador to Turkey pelted with eggs

JTA

Twenty Turkish students were arrested after they bombarded the car of Israel's ambassador to Turkey with eggs.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Big stars and nuts and bolts at the GA

By Jacob Berkman, JTA

Several big-name guests are slated to speak at the annual conference of North America’s largest Jewish charitable network, but the event itself promises to be heavy on the nuts-and-bolts fund-raising, budgeting and planning issues facing local federations.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

After report, Yemen operation is happily out in the open

By Jacob Berkman, JTA

After months of stressing the need for silence, two major Jewish organizations and a former Bush administration official are embracing publicity about their roles in bringing Yemenite Jews to the United States.

Monday, November 2, 2009

‘Russian who spied on Israel shot dead in Moscow’

HAARETZ.com

Shabtai Kalmanovitch, an Israeli immigrant from the former Soviet Union who served time in prison for spying for the KGB, was shot and killed while driving in downtown Moscow, news agencies reported on Monday.

Monday, November 2, 2009

New German memorial honors Nazis, ignores Jews

By Toby Axelrod, JTA

A controversy has erupted in a German town over a new memorial that critics say honors SS soldiers and ignores Jewish Holocaust victims.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Kristallnacht in Munich, then and now

By Rabbi Noam E. Marans, JTA

Kristallnacht, the “Night of Shattered Glass” that unmistakably signaled Hitler’s determination to eliminate European Jewry, came early to Munich’s 12,000 Jews.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Elliott Abrams: “US & Israel Had Agreement on Settlements”

Felice Friedson, The Media Line

Elliott Abrams came to prominence in the Reagan Administration and later served in several national security posts under President George W. Bush. He was Deputy National Security Adviser for Global Democracy Strategy, under President Bush, during which time he also headed the Near East, North Africa desk of the National Security Council. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He spoke with Felice Friedson at The Media Line's Mideast Bureau on October 26, 2009.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Accused spy planned India or Israel getaway

JTA

The scientist caught in an FBI spy sting reportedly told a colleague that he planned to flee to Israel or India if he were to face jail time in an unrelated fraud case.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

U.N. General Assembly to debate Goldstone

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The United Nations General Assembly will discuss the Goldstone report next week.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Lebanon breaks Guinness hummus record

JTA

Lebanese chefs broke the Guinness record for the world's largest plate of hummus.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

EJC asks EU to form human rights group

JTA

In the wake of the Goldstone report, the European Jewish Congress called on the European Union to form an independent human rights organization.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Goldstone: Waiting for Obama to specify flaws

JTA

Richard Goldstone called on the Obama administration to justify its claims against his findings in a United Nations report on the Gaza war.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Alleged Nazi Zentai arrested

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An alleged Nazi war criminal living in Australia was taken into police custody.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

21st Century Kosher

by Mark Pearlman of JInsider.com

As seen in The Jewish Week.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Israeli doctors disinvited from Egypt confab

JTA

An invitation for Israeli doctors to attend a breast cancer awareness conference in Egypt was rescinded.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Jewish activists on Darfur laud new U.S. policy

By Eric Fingerhut, JTA

Jewish activists concerned with Darfur are giving high marks to the new U.S. policy toward Sudan, but some are cautioning that the real test is how the strategy is implemented.

Monday, October 19, 2009

In do-over on Goldstone, Human Rights Council ignores Hamas

By Uriel Heilman, JTA

Who says there are no do-overs in international politics?