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In Bath, Israeli music inside the concert hall, pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside

BATH, England (WJC)–British activists of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) are planning to protest outside a concert hall  later this week, over a concert given by a string quartet from Israel. The ‘Bath Chronicle’ reports that the Bristol branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign alleges that group – the Jerusalem String Quartet – was aligned […]

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Iranian arms shipment seized by Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria (WJC)–The Nigerian government has reported to the UN Security Council the seizure of a shipment of arms from Iran. Last month, authorities in the West African country discovered the weapons, including rocket launchers and grenades, in containers labeled as building materials. Tehran claimed the weapons were the subject of a “misunderstanding”, which had

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13 European countries link their Holocaust archives

BRUSSELS (WJC)–A project to connect Holocaust-related documents throughout Europe has been launched  at a ceremony sponsored by European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and attended by senior EU officials, Israel’s Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev. The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI ), a four-year, US$ 9.5 million project funded by

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Mysterious Stuxnet worm designed to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program, report concludes

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (WJC)–Research by the cyber security company Symantec on a computer virus concludes that it was specifically made to target electronic equipment used in uranium enrichment, deepening suspicions its aim was to sabotage Iran’s suspected nuclear arms program. Stuxnet, a malicious computer worm of unknown origin that attacks command modules for industrial equipment,

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Paucity of information on Netanyahu-Clinton agreement fuels rumors, confusion

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– That seven hour meeting between Prime Minister Netanyahu and Secretary of State Clinton in Washington D.C. produced a lot of talk, but less by way of clear documents. There are questions about the promise of 20 advanced military planes, whether the Americans are clear about excluding Jerusalem from the 90-day settlement

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

U.S. imam describes self as a ‘recovering anti-Semite’ following trip to Auschwitz

By Jeanette Friedman SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey — The auditorium at Jubillee Hall was filled November 14,  as curious Seton Hall students, Jews (including Holocaust survivors and educators), Muslims and Christians came to hear Imam Abdullah Antepli describe how a trip he took to Auschwitz last August changed his life. He was one of the

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USA

Hanukkah Under the Stars set for Dec. 7 at Fleet Science Center

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Congregation Beth Am and The San Diego Jewish Academy with sponsorship from the San Diego Jewish Journal, present a unique Hanukkah experience on Tuesday, December 7,   at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park. The community is invited to Hanukkah Under the Stars! At 6:30 p.m, there will be a private showing

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

ZOA urges Israel to reject U.S.-sought construction freeze

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the Israeli government not to extend the 10-month freeze on Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria which ended on September 26.  The ZOA is urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to accede to international and U.S. pressure, now that the issue is being

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Middle East

ADL denounces Bnei Brak rabbis’ ‘biased’ opposition to African renters

JERUSALEM (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday condemned the recent decrees by rabbis in Bnei Brak prohibiting residents from renting apartments to African migrants, calling them “biased pronouncements.” ADL’s Israel Office issued the following statement:   “We are deeply disturbed by the calls from rabbis in Bnei Brak to discriminate against migrants who have come to Israel

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Middle East

Those who wear a Star of David or a Crucifix less likely to buy brand name merchandise, Tel Aviv researcher reports

TEL AVIV (Press Release)– Marketers hope to connect between the consumer and the products they represent by creating a strong brand identity. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher is giving marketers a heavenly new angle to consider— religious faith—on which to build their advertising strategies. Prof. Ron Shachar of Tel Aviv University’s Leon Recanati Graduate

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Netanyahu Cabinet weighs 90-day West Bank settlement freeze

JERUSALEM (WJC)–The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is weighing plans for a renewed halt of West Bank settlement building in exchange for a package of political and security guarantees by the United States. US President Barack Obama said this was “a signal that he is serious.” The proposed 90-day construction freeze would only

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Middle East

Israel’s Cabinet approves immigration for 8,000 Falash Mura

JERUSALEM (WJC)–Israel’s Cabinet has approved a plan to bring about 8,000 more Falash Mura – Ethiopians of Jewish ancestry – to Israel over the next four years. The Cabinet’s approval follows an agreement reached by aid groups that once these 8,000 Ethiopians are brought to Israel mass immigration from there would come to an end.

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Middle East

French railway apology for Holocaust role seen as insincere by Holocaust center

PARIS (WJC)–Guillaume Pepy, the CEO of the state-owned French railway company SNCF, has issued a statement apologizing for SNCF’s collaboration in sending some 76,000 French Jews to the Nazi death camps during World War II. Pepy said that SNCF wanted “to convey its profound sorrow and regret” for being part of the Nazi plan to

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U.S. knowingly admitted some Nazis after World War II, report says

NEW YORK (WJC)–A confidential report written in 2006 that chronicles the history of the US Justice Department’s special unit for the prosecution of Nazis accuses the post-war US government of making America a “safe haven” for several Nazi war criminals. Agents from the Office of Special Investigations (OSI) found that war criminals “were indeed knowingly

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