Biden agrees to meeting on Pollard
Jewish Journal
October 6, 2011
Vice President Joe Biden has agreed to meet with Jewish communal leaders to discuss the case of Jonathan Pollard.
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October 6, 2011
Israel holds suspects in settler deaths, mosque fire
Jewish Journal
October 6, 2011
Israel said on Thursday it had arrested five Palestinians in the West Bank in connection with the stoning of a vehicle that overturned, killing a Jewish settler and his baby late last month.
Shin Bet: 2 Palestinians admit to throwing rocks that killed Israeli Asher Palmer and infant son
Jewish Journal
October 6, 2011
The Shin Bet security service reports that it has arrested two Palestinian citizens from Halhoul who admitted to throwing a rock that caused a fatal crash near Kiryat Arba on September 23rd. 25-years-old Asher Palmer and his one-year-old son Yonatan were killed after their vehicle flipped over.
Swedish academics call for boycott of Israeli institutions
Jewish Journal
October 6, 2011
More than 200 professors and students from Sweden have signed on to a call for an academic boycott of Israeli institutions.
Israeli reservists called up for surprise pre-Yom Kippur drill
Jewish Journal
October 6, 2011
The Israeli military called up reservists for a surprise drill on the 38th anniversary of the start of the Yom Kippur War.
Ethiopian aliyah hindered by overload at Israeli absorption centers
Jewish Journal
October 6, 2011
It’s a typical Friday morning in Israel’s largest absorption center: A handful of local residents, all immigrants from Ethiopia, mill about examining wares for sale at a small, unofficial souk.
Reports show Argentina with an anti-Semitism problem
Jewish Journal
October 6, 2011
Two reports that reveal the extent of anti-Semitism in Argentina were released by DAIA, the Jewish umbrella organization.
The Jewish Zen of Steve Jobs
Jewish Journal
October 6, 2011
Social networking sites began buzzing immediately after word spread of the death of Apple Inc. visionary Steve Jobs Wednesday evening. Rabbis took time out of their busy preparations for Yom Kippur to halt their sermon writing and post personal reflections on what the contributions of Steve Jobs’ creative spark had on them.
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