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October 26, 2010
Commemorations to mark Kahane assassination
A commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Rabbi Meir Kahane\’s murder will be held in a Jerusalem hotel, despite opposition. The memorial event for the leader of the extremist right-wing Kach Party is scheduled for Tuesday evening at the Jerusalem Ramada Renaissance Hotel. The event is titled \”Kahane was right.\”
Shin Bet supports revoking citizenship of Israelis convicted of terror
The Shin Bet security service support revoking the citizenship of anyone convicted of terror crimes, it emerged Tuesday during a Knesset debate on a proposal seen as targeting Israeli Arabs.
Tribe Life Gathering: New West Pops, Gilad Shalit support, Actor Ben Stein
The New West Pops, under conductor Steven Goldstein, debuted at the Kavli Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza on Sept. 19 with “From Broadway to Hollywood – In Concert,” featuring actress-singer Lorna Luft. From left: Nelson Dodge, executive director of New West Symphony/New West Pops, Bernie Fields, Luft, Blake Ginther, Tobi Foster and Goldstein. Photo by Jeff Bandy
‘Fiddler on the Roof’ writer Joseph Stein dies at 98
Joseph Stein, the Tony Award-winning writer of \”Fiddler on the Roof,\” has died. Stein died Sunday in Manhattan after fracturing his skull in a fall. He was 98.
Iran loads fuel rods in nuclear plant
Iran began placing uranium fuel rods in the Bushehr nuclear plant. Once the 163 fuel rods are set inside the core of the nuclear power plant, Bushehr will be fully operational. The plant should begin generating electricity in early 2011, Iranian Press TV reported Tuesday, citing Iranian officials.
Australian lawmaker cites Shoah victims and a survivor
Australia’s first Jewish lawmaker for the federal Liberal Party paid homage in his maiden speech to family members who perished in the Holocaust and one who survived. Speaking Monday in the House of Representatives in Canberra, Joshua Frydenberg, 39, and a graduate of Bialik College in Melbourne, said that “My great-grandparents, and many relatives on both sides, perished in the Holocaust, but one who survived is with us today. My great-aunt Mary Frydenberg spent two years at Auschwitz. She was transferred back to Germany by the Nazis and then sent on a death march, but she escaped with the assistance of a humane German guard.”
Will Rep. Cantor hurt Israel?
Aid to Israel has long been the locomotive that pulls foreign aid through the Congress, and for just as long as some lawmakers have been saying they\’d vote for aid to Israel only if it were separated from the rest of the world.
Lowey blasts Cantor on Israel aid proposal
The top foreign operations appropriator in the U.S. House of Representatives slammed a GOP proposal to vote separately on aid to Israel and foreign aid.
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