An Israeli-Arab man was sentenced to prison for passing information on the Israeli army chief of staff to Hezbollah.\n\nRawi Sultani, 23, was sentenced Tuesday by the Petah Tikvah District Court to five years and eight months in prison for giving Hezbollah information on Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi.\n
Etgar Keret, best-selling Israeli author and filmmaker, reads excerpts from his work, screens clips from his movies and discusses writing in modern Hebrew at the James Gray Gallery. Australian author Luke Davies moderates a Q-and-A afterward at this Birthright Israel Next-sponsored event. Wine and cheese included. Mon. 7-10 p.m. Free. Bergamot Station Art Center, 2525 Michigan Ave., Building D4, Santa Monica. (310) 829-5854. losangeles.birthrightisrael.com.
The Catholic church, which does so much good, has declared Antisemitism to be a sin, but there are some within the hierarchy who always know the source of the Church\’s problems: It\’s \”the Jews.\” Consider the following report in The New York Times of April 3, 2010.\” \”Last week, the center-left daily newspaper LA Republica wrote, without attribution, that certain Catholic circles believed the criticism of the church stemmed from a New York \’Jewish Lobby.\’\”
Jews may not be the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of professional basketball. Yet a Jewish athlete, Ossie Schectman, scored the NBA’s first two points for the New York Knickerbockers against the Toronto Huskies on Nov. 1, 1946. Schectman was one of many Jews to play for the Basketball Association of America, which later merged with the National Basketball League to become the National Basketball Association.
Facing mounting community criticism for his alleged involvement in what has been called a Ponzi scheme, Ezri Namvar, an Iranian-Jewish philanthropist and businessman, last month voluntarily resigned from the Board of Trustees for the Beverly Hills-based Nessah Synagogue. Namvar sent an e-mail on March 16 to Nessah\’s board members, notifying the organization of his immediate resignation. Namvar was forced into involuntary bankruptcy in December 2008 and accused by investors of creating a Ponzi scheme that lost as much as $500 million loaned to him — most of it by Los Angeles\’ Iranian Jews.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attend the nuclear security summit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington next week, sources at the Prime Minister\’s Bureau said Tuesday.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced on Tuesday that Israel Defense Forces Chief Gabi Ashkenazi\’s term will not be extended for a fifth term.
Turkey\’s ambassador to Israel has been recalled after less than a year in office.\n\nAhmet Oguz Celikkol will be replaced by Cyprus diplomat Kerim Uras, who is an expert on Middle Eastern affairs, according to reports.\n
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