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Israel, Palestinians agree to steps to calm Jerusalem tensions, Kerry says
Israel and the Palestinians have pledged to take concrete steps to calm tensions around Jerusalem\’s holiest site, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday after talks in the Jordanian capital.
Suspected Paris synagogue bomber can be extradited from Canada
Canada’s Supreme Court declined to hear the case of the prime suspect in a deadly 1980 synagogue bombing in Paris, paving the way for his extradition to France.
Filmmakers on a mission to tell Palestinians’ stories
A new generation of Palestinian filmmakers is intent on telling \”the people stories you don\’t hear about\” rather than staying true to form with films charged with political messages such as \”Israel\’s Occupation\” or \”Nakba\” (the great catastrophe, referring to Israel).
Q&A with Federation head Jay Sanderson
At the Jewish Federations of North America’s annual General Assembly (GA), held this year in National Harbor, Md., Nov. 9-11, thousands of Jewish professional and lay leaders filled a conference center and hotel to listen to famous and powerful Jews, including two Supreme Court justices and the Israeli prime minister (via telecast), sit through breakout sessions and, most important, network with one another and share ideas that have been tested at Jewish Federations across the country.
The ‘Jerusalem Intifada,’ the president and the cliff
For years, Cassandras on the left warned that the festering captivity of the stateless Palestinian population living under military rule would reach a breaking point.
Waxman honored at UCLA Hillel
Dignitaries, students and Jewish community members gathered on Nov. 10 at Hillel at UCLA to celebrate the legacy of U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles) and the 40 years he has spent representing the area.
ADL notes accomplishments, road ahead, at annual meeting
Some 300 lay and professional leaders from across the United States gathered Nov. 6-8 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for the annual Anti-Defamation League (ADL) national meeting, which offered both good and bad news, as well as an upcoming changing of the organization’s guard.
Palestinians turn to vocational education to spur job market
Amjad Delbah sits in front of a computer screen wearing headsets, his crystal blue eyes matching the blue carpet in this state-of-the-art facility located in the city’s wealthy suburbs of Al-Tireh.