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April 16, 2010

South Africa Jewish umbrella, NY’s Ackerman slam pressure on Goldstone

The South African Jewish umbrella body and a top U.S. Jewish lawmaker slammed the South African Jews who pressured Richard Goldstone into not attending his grandson\’s bar mitzvah.\n\nFollowing negotiations between the South African Zionist Federation and the Beth Hamedrash Hagadol in Sandton, an affluent suburb of Johannesburg where the event is to take place, an agreement was reached with the family that will keep Goldstone, a judge and the author of the Goldstone report into the 2009 Gaza War, from attending the synagogue service early next month.\n

Clinton to P.A.: talk

Hillary Rodham Clinton urged the Palestinian Authority to join negotiations with Israel.

Oren, J Street meet

Israel\’s U.S. ambassador formally met with the director of J Street.

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