German on trial for ISIS ties played for Jewish soccer team
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2014
A German man on trial for being a member of the jihadist group ISIS once played for a Jewish soccer club.
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U.N. says Palestinians, Israelis reach deal on Gaza reconstruction
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2014
The United Nations, Israel and the Palestinian Authority have reached a deal to allow reconstruction work to begin in the war-torn Gaza Strip with U.N. monitoring of the use of materials, U.N. Middle East envoy Robert Serry said on Tuesday.
Jewish group at Penn ends student stipend program following parent objections
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2014
An independent Jewish organization at the University of Pennsylvania has stopped offering students a stipend to participate in one of its programs after parents objected to the practice.
Brussels synagogue fire was arson, watchdog says
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2014
A fire that broke out at a synagogue near Brussels was the result of arson, a Belgian watchdog said.
Kerry open to conversation with Iran on ISIS
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2014
The Obama administration is ready to communicate with Iran in the bid to stop ISIS, Secretary of State John Kerry said.
70 years on, a missing private comes home
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2014
The scene at Arlington National Cemetery last Friday was not quite routine, but nor was it unusual: A clergyman said a prayer, an army NCO handed Bernard Gavrin’s closest living relative a folded U.S. flag, and a volunteer — one of the “Arlington Ladies” who attend to the needs of grieving military families — offered words of comfort.
Golden Dawn member convicted for threatening to put migrants in ovens
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2014
A member of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party was found guilty of inciting racist violence after threatening to turn immigrants into soap and to put them in ovens.
Komen organization apologizes for Houston race’s Yom Kippur date
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2014
The Susan G. Komen organization apologized for holding its Race for the Cure in Houston on Yom Kippur.
U.S. general says military cannot rule out larger ground role in Iraq
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2014
The most senior U.S. military officer raised the possibility on Tuesday that American troops might need to take on a larger role in Iraq\’s ground war against Islamic State militants, but the White House stressed they would not deploy on a combat mission.
5774: For Europe’s Jews, a year of upheaval and uncertainty
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2014
A laconic man who abhors hysteria, the president of France’s CRIF umbrella of Jewish communities is not naturally inclined to emphasize his community’s fear in public, preferring to underscore French Jewry’s achievements and capacity to prosper despite recent hardships.\n
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