Walking along the dimly lit corridors of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the liberators peered at black-and-white photographs and listened to tour guides detail events that many had witnessed as young men in the armed forces.
Alan Sillitoe, the novelist, who has died aged 82, often spoke of his love for Jewish culture and Israel.
Last week, National Security Adviser James Jones opened up his speech to the Washington Institute with a joke. Sometimes, this strategy works. Sometimes, it fails. It really all depends on the delivery, the setting, and the joke itself. Well, this was a joke about Jews. In a general sense, Jews and money:
An Iranian nuclear scientist has requested political asylum in Israel, an Israeli lawmaker said.\n
Two major international accounting firms cut ties with Iran.
Israel and the United States signed an open skies agreement.
An array of Jewish groups expressed their dismay at the passage of Arizona\’s restrictive new immigration enforcement law.\n
Israel has frozen new Jewish construction in eastern Jerusalem despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\’s claims that building would not stop, according to municipal officials.
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