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Community Briefs

A Passover appeal by Rabbi David Wolpe at Sinai Temple raised $700,000 in pledges for organizations in Israel helping victims of terror.

Up Front

Pfizer\’s Viagra, the anti-impotence drug, contains chametz and therefore is not kosher for Passover, rabbis say.

Orange County Briefs

Nearly 150 volunteers, who phoned local residents for pledges earlier this month, raised $260,911 for the Jewish Federation of Orange County, a 50 percent increase over the $171,081 raised during last year\’s Super Sunday.

Briefs

Twelve Israelis were indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles on charges of operating the largest Ecstasy smuggling network in the world.

Katherine Myer Graham

Even before she died July 17, if you entered Katherine Graham\’s name into an Internet search engine, you would have ended up with a few articles describing her role as publisher of the Washington Post and many more sites attacking Jewish control of the media.

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