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November 5, 2012
Microsoft Corp., Israel agree to strategic cooperation
Israel and the Microsoft Corporation have agreed to a strategic cooperation to advance computing technology. Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer met on Monday in Israel with government officials to discuss the cooperation.
Buffalo rabbis condemn High Holidays hiring at Buffalo Hillel
The Buffalo Board of Rabbis condemned the involvement in High Holidays services at the University of Buffalo Hillel of a rabbi who was expelled from the Rabbinical Assembly over ethics violations. Rabbi A. Charles Shalman ran this year\’s High Holidays services at the Hillel on Buffalo\’s North Campus in Amherst, N.Y.
Born after Rabin’s death, Israeli teens see in assassination the perils of extremism
About a year before Guy Ben-Simon was born, his parents attended the Tel Aviv rally where Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated. It was a night of shock and sadness, they recalled for him while he was growing up. They had called all of their friends, telling those who had not heard that the prime minister had been killed.
Lawrence J. Ramer, businessman and humanitarian, 84
Lawrence J. Ramer died at his home on Nov. 2 after a long battle with cancer. He was 84.
Israel upgrades Iron Dome system
Israel has upgraded the operational capability of the Iron Dome anti-missile system.
Israeli troops shoot, kill Palestnian infiltrator
Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian man who approached the border fence.
Report: Netanyahu, Barak ordered preparation for Iran strike in 2010
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered the Israeli military in 2010 to prepare for an attack on Iran\’s nuclear sites, an Israeli news channel reported.
Charges dropped against accused Jewish cemetery vandal
Police in New Zealand say charges will be dropped against one of the three men arrested in last month\’s attack on an historic Jewish cemetery.