After fears that the school would have to cancel its classes in Yiddish after this spring\’s semester, the University of Maryland has managed to raise enough money to keep the program going at least through 2013.
The website of the Jewish People Policy Institute was hacked Thursday by a group that the institute claims is affiliated with Hamas. The JPPI, a Jerusalem-based think tank that focuses on the Jewish future and Israel\’s security, issued a statement saying hackers took over its website, then posted a picture of an Israeli tank and a Palestinian child on the English section, and removed a recently uploaded assessment and analysis documents.
A Jewish group is vowing to stop a neo-Nazi rally planned for April in New Jersey. The Jewish Defense Organization has promised to shut-down a two-day conference, including a rally at the State House in Trenton, organized by the National Socialist Movement, The Times of Trenton reported.
Tens of thousands of Egyptians prayed in Cairo\’s Liberation Square on Friday for an immediate end to President Hosni Mubarak\’s 30-year rule, hoping a million more would join them in what they called the \”Day of Departure.\”
The Obama administration is discussing with Egyptian officials a proposal for President Hosni Mubarak to resign immediately and turn over power to a transitional government headed by Vice President Omar Suleiman with the support of the Egyptian military, administration officials and Arab diplomats said Thursday.
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