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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, […]

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

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

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

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

TEHRAN (WJC)–One person was reportedly killed and dozens of opposition supporters arrested on Monday, Feb. 14,  while taking part in a banned rally in the capital Tehran in support of the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. The rallies amounted to a test of strength for the reformist opposition, which had not taken to the streets

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Shortly after Hosni Mubarak resigned as Egypt’s President on Friday, U.S. President Barack Obama lauded the demonstrators whose persistence led to that resignation.  Here is a text of his remarks delivered at the White House: THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everybody.  There are very few moments in our lives where we have the

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