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Demontrators outside Tunis synagogue threaten Jews

TUNIS (WJC)–There are heightened fears among Tunisia’s Jews over their safety after Islamists held anti-Jewish protests outside the main synagogue in central Tunis last week. The Interior Ministry on Tuesday condemned extremist demonstrations and incitement to violence, in an apparent reference to the protests outside the synagogue.   The leader of the country’s small Jewish community, […]

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24 senators call for UN Human Rights monitors for Iran

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and twenty-three of her Senate colleagues on Tuesday  sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging her to work towards the establishment of an independent human rights monitor on Iran at the United Nations Human Rights Council session beginning March 1. In their letter, led

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Man, 98, to stand trial for actions in Novi Sad, Serbia, massacre

BUDAPEST (WJC)—A 97-year-old man was charged by prosecutors on Monday for allegedly committing war crimes during World War II. According to the charge sheet, Sandor Kepiro was complicit in the execution of four innocent civilians in Novi Sad, Serbia, between 21 and 23 January 1942, as the commander of a patrol, according to a spokeswoman for

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Greek police arrest two alleged Palestinian terrorists

ATHENS (WJC)–Police have arrested a Palestinian man who holds a Lebanese passport and is suspected of being a member of the terrorist group Fatah-al-Islam. Ghaleb Taleb was arrested along with another man for being a member of the Lebanese-based organization, following a lengthy surveillance operation. The arrest by anti-terrorism police followed a report in the

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Diets high in fish oil can fight Alzheimer’s Disease, researcher says

TEL AVIV (Press Release)— Scientists today agree that there are five molecules that are known to affect or cause Alzheimer’s disease, which plagues an estimated five million Americans. The potency of these molecules is linked to environmental factors such as diet and lifestyle. Prof. Daniel Michaelson of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Neurobiology at the

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Want orderliness in Israel? Check its orchestra, but not its politics or classrooms

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–My insight of the evening, while enjoying Haydn’s Symphony #96, Bartok’s Concerto #2 for piano and orchestra, and Schubert’s Symphony # 9: This isn’t politics. Zubin Mehta was in control. The Israeli Philharmonic was was in tune and orderly. I did not notice a stray note, protest, or lack of compliance throughout

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Sharm el Sheikh is a mecca for tourists and possibly a deposed president

By Rabbi Ben Kamin DEL MAR, California– One of the incongruities (certainly less monumental than the cry for freedom that has transformed Egypt) has to do with apparent flight of deposed President Hosni Mubarak to “the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh.” Sharm el-Sheikh, situated majestically on the Red Sea, a world-class getaway, was not

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Do the Winfreys and Zuckerbergs of the world cause the rest to feel insignificant?

TEL AVIV (Press Release)— In the not-too-distant past, young people aspired to become lawyers and doctors. Now they yearn to achieve the celebrity of a Mark Zuckerberg or Oprah Winfrey — and these goals extend to adults as well. This has wreaked havoc with our self-image, says a Tel Aviv University psychologist, and undermined our

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Mixed emotions in Israel in response to Egypt’s popular revolution

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Like many others in Israel, I find it difficult to form an informed opinion about what’s happening in Egypt and (having started in Tunisia) obviously spreading to other countries. My liberal outlook on life and politics and my Jewish commitments are once again at odds – and I’m by no means unique.

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Women with secret eating disorders give them away in self-portraits

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–Women suffering from anorexia or bulimia draw themselves with prominently different characteristics than women who do not have eating disorders and who are considered of normal weight. This has been revealed in a new joint study from the University of Haifa, Soroka University Medical Center and Achva Academic College, Israel, published in

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Jewish world reacts to Mubarak’s resignation

NEW YORK (Press Releases) — Various Jewish communal organizations and leaders reacted on Friday to the announcement that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has stepped down and has passed power to the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces. Anti-Defamation League: Robert G. Sugarman, ADL National Chair and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director issued the following

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International commitments, alliances shown as simply momentary agreements

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –While you were watching Egypt, the rest of the world wasn’t sitting still.   1. We pointed out in 2009 that a Turkish delegation including the foreign minister went to Syria and signed a “strategic cooperation” agreement that included plans for joint military exercises. In December 2010, Turkey’s deputy chief

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