In the aftermath of the discovery of a $42.5 million fraud at the Claims Conference, a group of Holocaust survivors has called for the appointment of an ombudsman.
Mideast peace talks may not reach fruition before their initial September 2011 deadline, a U.S. State Department official said on Monday, citing recent negotiations deadlock over Israel\’s refusal to extend its moratorium on settlement building as one reason for the delay.
Vice President Joe Biden, Jerry Seinfeld and Bette Midler headlined a festive opening weekend for the new National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia.
U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor\’s promise that the new GOP majority will \”serve as a check\” on the Obama administration was \”not in relation to U.S.-Israel relations,\” his spokesman said.
The makers of a new Canadian reality TV show have apologized for an online trailer in which one of the program\’s characters says she hates Jews.\n
Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli and her boyfriend, popular American actor Leonardo DiCaprio, arrived in Israel for a vacation under heavy security.
Personal property of disgraced Jewish financier Bernard Madoff was sold at an auction that raised more than $2 million to repay victims of his multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.
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