Turkey is increasing security for Turkish Jewish citizens and institutions following the killing of several Turkish citizens on a Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted by Israel.
The student body of Rachel Corrie\’s alma mater voted to urge the college to divest from companies that supply equipment to Israel\’s military.
Hundreds of Israelis demonstrated outside the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) asked the Obama administration to investigate reports of neglect and vandalism at Jewish cemeteries in Europe.
A senior Israeli official claimed that activists aboard the Gaza-bound aid boarded by Israeli commandos had plans to kidnap an Israeli soldier.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, along with the Israeli Consulate, convened a community meeting Wednesday evening, June 2, to plan what they hope will be a large rally on Sunday, June 6, to support Israel. The rally will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday in front of the consulate at 6380 Wilshire Boulevard.
My recent visit to the White House was a moving experience, and not simply because it was the White House, though one has to be pretty cynical not to be moved by that alone. I was there with a group of about 150 others, including Hall-of-Famer, Sandy Koufax, who were invited by President and Mrs. Obama to join them in the first-ever White House celebration of Jewish American Heritage month.\n
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