By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Most Jews in the world are sure, or would like to be sure, that Israel has an unassailable case in dealing with the Palestinians. When the rest of the world, or at least much of it, thinks otherwise, Jews tend to ascribe it to two reasons: (1) the non-Jewish world has […]
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Middle EastSACRAMENTO (Press Release)–California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner on Thursday announced that the remaining 216 of 1,327 insurance companies licensed in California have responded to his request to provide data on their investments with companies doing business with Iran’s nuclear, energy and defense sectors. Because all licensed insurance companies have now complied with the data call, the
STOCKHOLM (WJC)—A former Swedish neo-Nazi suspected of involvement in the theft of the infamous Nazi German “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign from Auschwitz said he had acted as a middleman. “My role was to go get the sign in Poland. I was the middleman and was supposed to take care of the sale,” Anders Högström, 34,
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Travel and FoodDETROIT (WJC) –A man was taken off a Detroit-bound plane at Miami Airport after making anti-Semitic threats. According to a police report cited by US media, Mansour Mohammad Asad stood up as Northwest Airlines Flight 2485 was about to take off and shouted: “I am a Palestinian and want to kill all the Jews.” The
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Middle East, USAMUMBAI (Press Release)–The Chabad House in the Indian city of Mumbai, which was the site of a terrorist attack in November 2008, has received an anonymous letter warning of another attack. Israeli media reported that the hand-written letter included a picture of Hitler and included the message “Israel is dogs. We will strike again –
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Middle EastJERUSALEM (WJC)–United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon have uncovered ten bombs in a weapons cache near the Israeli border. According to the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, the arms were probably produced in Iran or Syria and planted near the border by Hezbollah fighters. Israel’s UN ambassador in New York, Gabriela Shalev, wrote in a letter to
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The 20th Anniversary San Diego Jewish Film Festival, sponsored by the Mizel Family Foundation, and presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS, will run February 10-21, 2010. The San Diego Jewish Film Festival showcases more than 50
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Travel and FoodRAMALLAH, Palestinian Authority (WJC)–Tayeb Abdel Rahim, director-general of the Presidency of the Palestinian Authority and a member of the Fatah Central Council, has claimed that Hamas had forged an alliance with Iran in a way that harmed Arab national security and Palestinian interests. “Hamas has turned the Palestinian cause into a cheap card in the
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C (WJC)–James von Brunn, the 89-year-old white supremacist accused of killing a security guard at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, has died. He was wounded in the attack he perpetrated on 10 June 2009, when guards returned fire after he had gone on a shooting rampage. However, the cause of death
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USABAGHDAD (WJC)–Iraq is planning to sue Israel for bombing its nuclear reactor at Osirak nearly three decades ago. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has instructed his Foreign Ministry to find out from the United Nations whether it can receive compensation from Israel. Israel’s Air Force bombed the reactor, which had not yet gone on line,
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Middle EastJERUSALEM (WJC)–Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon has said that peace talks with the Palestinians were not likely to resume in the coming weeks. “Instead of moving toward negotiations, the Palestinians just attack Israel in the world,” Ayalon said at a gathering of the Israel Council for Foreign Relations in Jerusalem, which is sponsored by
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press release)–In a brief detailing the “serious threat” of armed violence by extremists and extremist groups, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to ensure that states retain the right to reasonably regulate the possession of firearms by those who practice and preach racial and ethnic violence. “We have placed
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The Justice Department announced that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian national, was charged Wednesday in a six-count criminal indictment returned in the Eastern District of Michigan for his alleged role in the attempted Christmas day bombing of Northwest Airlines flight 253 from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Detroit. Count one of the indictment
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Compiled by Gail Umeham ** Lasker Lodge News Southwestern Jewish Press February 19, 1954 Page 5 To those who saw and heard Phil Klutznick, it was an experience long to be remembered. He was everything that could b expected in a Supreme president. B’nai B’rith can be very proud of him. Sam Fendel, District Grand
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