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June 11, 2012
Brazilian Jewish leaders ask President Rousseff not to meet with Ahmadinejad
Representatives of Brazil’s Jewish communities urged the country’s president, Dilma Rousseff, not to meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his visit to Brazil.
Obama signs bill extending investor visa to Israelis
President Obama signed legislation that would that would add Israel to the list of countries eligible for non-immigrant investor visas in the United States.
Cemetery chief Herbert Klapper’s salary among highest in Jewish communal world
Herbert Klapper, the president of a New Jersey not-for-profit cemetery, has one of the top salaries in the Jewish communal world.
Orthodox Jewish woman who claims abuse ostracized by own community
The abuse went on for nearly three years before the schoolgirl told anyone that her spiritual adviser was molesting her while he was supposed to be mentoring her about her religion, authorities said.
United Synagogue’s Koach campus program gets a reprieve
The Conservative movement has reduced funding for its college campus organization, and expects Koach supporters to come up with the remaining requested money, according to United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism’s executive vice president.
Ethicist Peter Singer awarded Australia’s highest honor
Peter Singer, a U.S.-based philosopher and ethicist, was awarded Australia’s highest honor.
Student apologizes for sporting Hitler look, offering Nazi salute on ‘Mustache Day’
A student at a Johannesburg private school who mimicked Adolf Hitler on \”Mustache Day\” and gave a Nazi salute has apologized, the school\’s headmaster said.
Israel skips U.S.-hosted counterterrorism meeting
Israel did not attend the inaugural meeting of a counterterrorism forum established by the United States.
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