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December 22, 2010
The Eulogizer: Bible scholar, businessman-FBI informant, online journalism pioneer
The Eulogizer is a new column (soon-to-be blog) that highlights the life accomplishments of famous and not-so-famous Jews who have passed away recently. Learn about their achievements, honor their memories, and celebrate Jewish lives well lived with The Eulogizer. Write to the Eulogizer at eulogizer@jta.org. Read previous columns here. Noted Israeli Bible scholar Professor Shemaryahu Talmon, a Holocaust survivor who became a noted Israeli Bible scholar with a worldwide reputation, died Dec. 15 at 90.\n
L.A. County hate crimes are down, but those against Jews are up — by all counts
First, the good news: Hate crimes committed in Los Angeles County dropped for the second year in a row, according to numbers for 2009 released on Dec. 21 by the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations. The bad news: Hate crimes against Jews reported in Los Angeles County during the same period increased by a whopping 49 percent from the previous year.
Israel protests Gaza rockets in U.N.
Israel has filed a complaint in the United Nations over rocket attacks from Gaza.
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The final 1,000 new immigrants for 2010 are arriving in Israel.
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