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Cryptic first Strauss-Kahn tweet ignites imaginations
Jewish Journal
June 25, 2015
If you were a disgraced politician accused of pimping and rape in a trial that revealed your fondness for anal sex and orgies with young women, what would be your first message to the world after your acquittal?\n
South African minister Ebrahim Ebrahim ‘discouraging’ Israel visits
Jewish Journal
August 14, 2012
South Africa\’s deputy international relations minister, Ebrahim Ebrahim, is \”discouraging\” his countrymen from visiting Israel.
Syrian minister says gov’t will not use chemical weapons on rebels
Jewish Journal
July 23, 2012
Syria will only use its chemical weapons on threats from outside of the country, Syria\’s Foreign Ministry said.
Israeli official woos expats — you <I>can</I> go home again
Tom Tugend
February 8, 2007
Zeev Boim argued that the key to luring back expats lies in providing decent jobs, and that Israel\’s strong economy, especially in the high-tech sector, is in a position to offer such employment.
Arab’s nomination to Israel’s Cabinet stirs up simmering controversy
Dan Baron
January 18, 2007
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert praised Majadele\’s nomination. But its ratification, which was expected to take place at Sunday\’s Cabinet meeting, was postponed for a week.
New faces and new places for Consuls General of Israel
Tom Tugend
January 18, 2007
As Israel\’s top representative in this region, the consul general has always exerted a strong symbolic influence in the Los Angeles Jewish community, and his actual impact has varied according to his own priorities and changing circumstances.
Noteworthy sessions and events at the G.A.
Jewish Journal
November 9, 2006
Noteworthy sessions and events at the General Assembly
Trouble Mars Pope’s Trip to Auschwitz
Dinah Spritzer
June 1, 2006
Eleven years ago, at ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, misunderstandings between Poles and Jews ran so deep that even a rabbi\’s desire to say the Mourner\’s Kaddish reportedly disturbed some Polish politicians
After the Ashes
Rabbi Elazar Muskin
March 24, 2005
Natan Sharansky\’s attitude is as old as the Bible. This week\’s Torah portion began with a description of the olah, the obligatory burnt offering that was brought twice a day — morning and afternoon — to the Holy Temple.
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