Israeli-Kazakh billionaire Alexander Mashkevich has resigned as president of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, a spokesman confirmed to JTA.
Actor Peter Falk, a four-time Emmy winner as the rumpled TV detective on \”Columbo\” who also won acclaim as an actor in indie films by John Cassavetes and others, died at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif., on June 23 at 84.
Israel\’s government approved expanded economic sanctions against Iran.\n
Israel\’s Security Cabinet ordered the Israel Defense Forces to prevent the upcoming flotilla to Gaza from reaching the coastal strip.\n
Employees at the Schechter Institute for Jewish Studies in Jerusalem returned to work following a seven-week walkout.
Journalists who participate in the flotilla to Gaza could face sanctions, including a ban from Israel for 10 years.
Several senior employees of the Canadian Jewish Congress have lost their jobs in a restructuring of Canada\’s Jewish organizations and advocacy agencies.
The Palestinian leadership officially decided to go ahead with plans to ask the United Nations for recognition as an independent state.
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