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September 12, 2012
Israel Action Network reaches out to 5,000 rabbis
The Israel Action Network is reaching out to 5,000 rabbis during the High Holy Days season as part of an ongoing campaign to counter the de-legitimization of Israel.
The Hollywood treatment
“Fundamentally, your job is not that different from my job,” screenwriter Alex Litvak told a room full of rabbis assembled at American Jewish University for the annual High Holy Days conference sponsored by the Board of Rabbis of Southern California.
Joshua Venture Group names 8 fellows to receive $100,000 each
The Joshua Venture Group named eight fellows for its 2012-14 Dual Investment Program.
Jordan’s King to address British Jewry
King Abdullah of Jordan will address the Board of Deputies of British Jews at its annual dinner, the Jewish Chronicle reported. The November event’s theme is multiculturalism, interfaith and world peace, the newspaper said.
Letters to the Editor: Friendship Circle, Fifty Shades, shopping carts
DDT had already lost much of its potency when it was banned in the United States (“Everything Is Easier Than Doing Good,” Sept. 7). It was used unsuccessfully in Africa to combat malaria-carrying mosquitos.
Boxer lashes out at Netanyahu for attacking Obama on Iran
Barbara Boxer, a top Jewish U.S. senator and the sponsor of major pro-Israel legislation, blasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for lashing out at President Obama on Iran.
Israel’s population rises to nearly 8 million
Israel\’s population is nearing 8 million, up almost 100,000 from the end of 2011, according to data released on the eve of Rosh Hashanah.
Egypt security forces, protesters clash outside U.S. Embassy
Security forces fired teargas to disperse stone-throwing demonstrators near the U.S. embassy in Cairo late on Wednesday, some 24 hours after protesters scaled the walls and tore down the flag over a film insulting the Prophet Mohammad.
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