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October 4, 2011
Freed hiker Joshua Fattal celebrates homecoming
Freed American hiker Joshua Fattal celebrated his homecoming in suburban Philadelphia with about 200 family members, friends and supporters.
In Putin’s return, Russian Jews see stability
Was Vladimir Putin’s carefully choreographed plan to return to Russia\’s presidency in 2012 a big blow to democracy or a victory for stability?
Blowing in the wind
Israel gave a conditional \”Yes\” to the Mideast Quartet\’s latest proposal to resume negotiations but the Palestinians are sticking to their demands for a settlement freeze and more before Mahmoud Abbas will sit down with Benjamin Netanyahu.
Jewish players at Chaminade sit out game for Yom Kippur
Some of the Jewish football players at a San Fernando Valley Catholic school will skip an annual rivalry game because of Yom Kippur.
[UPDATE] Melvin Gelfand, missing person, found dead
Gelfand was originally thought to have boarded a bus at 120th Street and Crenshaw Boulevard bound for Valley View Casino in San Diego on September 14, 2011, but there are no records of him boarding the bus or using his player’s card at the casino so it is doubtful that he made it there.
Anti-Semitic incidents in U.S. rise for first time since ‘04
The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States increased for the first time since 2004, according to the Anti-Defamation League\’s annual audit.
U.S. Supreme Court will not review French railway case
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by the descendants of Jews deported during World War II who want to sue a French railway in American courts.
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