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nelson mandela
Report: Mandela received Mossad training
Jewish Journal
December 20, 2013
Nelson Mandela received training from Israel’s Mossad in the 1960s, an Israeli government document has revealed.
World pays homage to Mandela in mass memorial service
Jewish Journal
December 9, 2013
World leaders, from U.S. President Barack Obama to Cuba\’s Raul Castro, will pay homage to Nelson Mandela at a mass memorial in South Africa on Tuesday that will recall his gift for bringing enemies together across political and racial divides.
Netanyahu to skip Mandela memorial due to high travel, security costs
Jewish Journal
December 9, 2013
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not attend a memorial service in South Africa for Nelson Mandela due to the high cost of transportation and security.
Chanukah at the White House
Rob Eshman
December 6, 2013
My new favorite way to celebrate Chanukah is lighting candles with Barack Obama. The annual White House Chanukah Party was held Dec 5, a day after Chanukah.
Kerry urges Israel, Palestinians to make peace like Mandela
Jewish Journal
December 6, 2013
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry closed another Middle East troubleshooting mission on Friday by urging Israel and the Palestinians to follow Nelson Mandela\’s lead and make peace.
Jewish organizations mourn loss of Mandela
Ryan Torok
December 5, 2013
Jewish organizations have expressed condolences over the passing of Nelson Mandela, the former South African president and anti-apartheid activist, saying that the world will miss a leader whose dedication to human rights resonated with Jewish values.
Nelson Mandela, 95, first democratic president of South Africa, was close to country’s Jews
Jewish Journal
December 5, 2013
In the early 1940s, at a time when it was virtually impossible for a South African of color to secure a professional apprenticeship, the Jewish law firm Witkin, Sidelsky and Eidelman gave a young black man a job as a clerk.
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