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July 18, 2011
Arson suspected in major Jerusalem forest fire
Arson is suspected in a major forest fire in Jerusalem that led to the evacuation of the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum.
Jews trying to interfere, Malaysian newspaper warns
The Malaysian government-backed newspaper said in an editorial that foreign Jewish groups will try to use a current push for reform to interfere in the country.
Mengele’s writings to be auctioned
The writings of Auschwitz\’s \”Angel of Death,\” Dr. Josef Mengele, are for sale by auction.
Rightist lawmaker sues against settlement boycott
A right-wing Israeli lawmaker has filed a complaint against the leftist Meretz Party for sponsoring a boycott against settlement products.
Palestinian minors’ rights violated in military courts, report says
The rights of Palestinian minors tried in Israel\’s military courts for rock throwing are being violated, according to a report by the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem.
Rabbi Avraham Dunner, European rabbinic leader, dies
Rabbi Avraham Moshe (Aba) Dunner, the longtime executive director of the Conference of European Rabbis and a leading figure in European Jewry, has died.
At the Three Weeks, mourning the narrowness of today’s Judaism
Amid the clutter of towels, beach umbrellas and summer lies something more dark and painful that marks the summer months for Jews. On July 19, we will begin the Three Weeks mourning period on the Jewish calendar with a fast.
Knesset suspends Arab lawmaker for flotilla participation
An Israeli-Arab lawmaker has been suspended from parliamentary debates for the rest of the term for sailing with last year\’s flotilla to Gaza.