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April 3, 2012
Netanyahu seeks delay in Hebron home eviction
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested a delay in the eviction of Jewish settlers who moved into an Arab-owned home near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
Gerald Estrin, computer pioneer in U.S. and Israel, dies
Gerald (Jerry) Estrin, a computer pioneer in the United States and Israel who built the first computer in the Middle East, has died.
Rubashkin appeals conviction, sentence to Supreme Court
Former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin has appealed his conviction and sentence for bank fraud to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Australia to ask U.S. to extradite alleged child molester
Australian police plan to ask U.S. authorities to extradite a former teacher at a Melbourne Jewish school over a child sex abuse scandal.
Illegal relatives of US citizens could stay in the U.S. while applying for green cards
French Islamic militants planned to kidnap Jewish judge
Suspected Islamic militants arrested throughout France were planning terrorist attacks including kidnapping a Jewish judge.
Tunisia’s Jews keep wary eye on political developments
Tucked on a quiet side street blocks from the Mediterranean Sea, the last kosher restaurant in the Tunisian capital is a thriving center of Jewish tradition in a country of 10 million with nearly an entire Arab and Muslim population. Yet Jacob Lellouche, who has owned and operated Mamie Lily since it opened 16 years ago, says his business is hardly a Jewish bubble.
Merged social justice groups become Bend the Arc
Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice is the new name for the organization that was born from the merger of Jewish Funds for Justice and the Progressive Jewish Alliance.