Veteran Israeli journalist Yair Lapid enters politics
Jewish Journal
January 9, 2012
Veteran Israeli journalist Yair Lapid has left his job as a television news anchor to enter politics
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January 9, 2012
Giffords attends vigil marking attack anniversary
Jewish Journal
January 9, 2012
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords led the Pledge of Allegiance at a vigil marking the one-year anniversary of an attack on the congresswoman and her constituents at a political event.
Knesset committee approves bill prohibiting use of Holocaust terms
Jewish Journal
January 9, 2012
A Knesset committee has approved a law that would prohibit the use of Holocaust and Nazi terms and symbols.
Adelson gives $5 million to Super PAC supporting Gingrich
Jewish Journal
January 9, 2012
Casino and hotel magnate Sheldon Adelson donated $5 million to a group supporting Newt Gingrich for the Republican presidential nomination.
New Olmert indictment keeps focus on political corruption
Jewish Journal
January 9, 2012
The indictment of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and 17 other Israelis on charges related to one of the largest real estate scandals in Israeli history is the latest shoe to drop in a country where political corruption has come to be seen as an epidemic.
Katy Perry’s preacher father slams Jews in sermon
Jewish Journal
January 9, 2012
The father of pop star Katy Perry, a preacher at an Ohio church, ranted against Jews during a sermon.
Iran starts underground nuclear work, condemns American to die
Jewish Journal
January 9, 2012
Iranian and Western sources said on Monday Iran had switched on a uranium enrichment plant deep inside a mountain, a momentous step that aggravates Tehran\’s nuclear dispute with the West.
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