Brazil\’s president laid a wreath at Yasser Arafat\’s grave after refusing to visit the grave of Theodor Herzl.\n\nPresident Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva met with Palestinian Authority leaders Wednesday in Ramallah.
Cantor Sam Fordis passed away in Atlanta, GA on March 17, 2010. An acclaimed composer, arranger and violin virtuoso, Cantor Fordis served as Cantor of Valley Beth Shalom from 1959-79, Temple Emanu-El Burbank 1979-86, and Adat Shalom from 1986-96 before being named its Cantor Emeritus.
LONG BEACH, N.Y. — In the long and painful debate over whether he should have done more to halt the murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators in World War II, Pope Pius XII has an unusual defender.\n\nGary Krupp, who is Jewish, says he grew up hating the late pontiff. Now, at 62, the retired Long Island businessman is caught up in the controversy over the Vatican\’s effort to make Pius a saint. He says that as a Jew he\’s not interested in the sainthood issue — he just wants to defend the wartime pope\’s reputation from \”the worst character\”
The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society is backing new legislation aimed at protecting refugees and asylum seekers.\n\nThe Refugee Protection Act was introduced Monday by U.S. Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.) on the 30th anniversary of the Refugee Act of 1980.\n
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