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The Jews Down Under~Roundup of Australian Jewish News

Compiled by Garry Fabian Opposition leader speaks on Hizb utTahir CANBERRA, 21 July -  Australian opposition Leader Tony Abbott has conceded that members of Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir hold concerning views, but as long as they do not incite terrorism, the group has a place in Australian society. Speaking to radio shock jock Alan Jones last [...]

Credit Suisse forfeits $536 million for helping Iran, other countries, circumvent U.S. laws

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Credit Suisse AG, a Swiss corporation headquartered in Zurich, has agreed to forfeit $536 million to the United States and to the New York County District Attorney’s Office in connection with violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and New York state law. The forfeiture is the largest ever entered [...]

Savoring Jewish life in Burma

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Interior of Musmeah Yeshua ________________________________________________ By Sammy Samuels YANGON, Myanmar–Jewish life in Burma today is quite different from what it was during colonial times, which lasted until World War II.  Before the war, it still was the case that “the sun never set” on the British Empire, including in Southeast Asia. Jewish merchants, who migrated [...]

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