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As Election Nears, Israeli Candidates Vie for the American Vote

The debate moderator asked the candidates what their parties would do to prevent a third intifada, an increasingly common concern in the Israeli election campaign. In his answer, Jeremy Gimpel drew from his upbringing – in Atlanta, Ga.“I’m from America,” Gimpel said in English. “We don’t talk to terrorists. In America, we eliminate terrorists.”Soon after Gimpel had finished, New Jersey ...

Artist Installs Name Plaques in Front of the Homes of People Killed in the Holocaust

Artist Gunter Demnig carefully pried a cobblestone out of the sidewalk on Friedrichstrasse in downtown Berlin and replaced it with a shiny square brass plaque. “Davisco Asriel lived here,” the inscription read. “Born in 1882. Deported 25.1.1942. Murdered in Riga.” It was the latest of more than 25,000 such plaques that Demnig has installed across Europe in front of the ...

Art Experts Discuss Recovering Treasures Looted by Nazis

Experts from museums, auction houses, government agencies and other institutions are meeting in Germany this week as part of an international effort to train art-world professionals in recovering art and cultural treasures looted during the Nazi era.Sixty-seven years after the end of World War II, there are still millions of items that were lost or stolen during the Nazi era ...

Arsonists set fire to synagogue on Greek island of Corfu

Arsonists set fire to a synagogue on the Greek island of Corfu early on Tuesday, damaging prayer books but causing no injuries, in the third such attack in Greece in less than two years, police said.The arson attack, staged just as the Passover festival was starting, alarmed the country’s dwindling Jewish community.“The door was violated and two empty gazoline canisters ...

Arsonists Destroy Florida Jewish Bookstore

A raging fire set by anti-Semitic arsonists destroyed $100,000 worth of holy objects in a Florida Jewish bookstore.A surveillance camera disclosed that just before the fire broke out, several people were seen running away from the South Florida Judaica store, which was stocked with items for sale for Hanukkah. Firefighting officials said they are sure the blaze was the result ...

Arrest of presidential contender shakes France’s Jews

Shock waves continue to ripple throughout France as Dominique Strauss-Kahn, considered the likely Socialist Party candidate to challenge President Nicolas Sarkozy in French presidential elections next year, remains in a New York City jail on charges of sexual assault.Saturday’s arrest of Strauss-Kahn appears to significantly change the political playing field in France, as some recent polls had showed that the ...

Arrest Made in Flatbush Liquor Store Murder of Yosef Robinson HY”D

Police made an arrest in a deadly shooting at a liquor store in Brooklyn. 33-year-old Eion Klass was arrested on charges of 1st and 2nd Degree Murder and Criminal Possession of a Weapon. The victim, 34-year-old Yosef Robinson, was gunned down by a masked man last week while trying to protect his girlfriend. It happened last Thursday in Midwood. The ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger claims being Governor of California cost him $200 million

It might have come with a sweet California mansion, but being Governor cost Arnold Schwarzenegger $200 million, he claimed earlier this week.The former governator told a newspaper in his native Austria that his time in office, including expenses and lost revenue from movies and endorsements, resulted in a hefty pay decrease, Reuters reported.But Schwarzenegger said he didn’t regret taking the ...

‘Armed with Tallits,’ MKs Join Kotel Women, Prevent their Arrest

Leftist female MKs donned prayer shawls Tuesday morning and joined the Women of the Wall for a prayer session at the Kotel. The MKs’ presence prevented the arrest of the Women of the Wall by police.MKs Stav Shafir (Labor), along with Tamar Zandberg and Michal Rozin (Meretz), joined the group, which regularly holds prayer sessions that challenge the traditional Jewish ...

Arizona Jews Up in Arms over Horse Named ‘Pogrom’

The name of a Polish champion horse that surfaced in coverage of the Scottsdale, Arizona Arabian Horse Show has caused a dustup because his moniker is associated with attacks on Jewish people.Pogrom, a 3-year-old colt on lease from the Polish government to Scottsdale’s Midwest Training Centre and Sloan Arabians, is an offensive name to those who associate it with anti-Jewish ...

Arizona immigrant law energizes Hispanics, Democrats

Protest organizers said on Wednesday outrage over the Arizona law — which seeks to drive illegal immigrants out of the state bordering Mexico — has galvanized Latinos and would translate into a higher turnout for May Day rallies in more than 70 U.S. cities.Read More: @ reuters.comTags: Arizona Immigrant, Democrats, Hispanics, Immigrant LawYou might also like…Israel Releases Top Hamas PrisonerLate Polish president’s twin brother to ...

Ariel Sharon to go home

In a few months it will be five years since former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sank into a coma. His situation remains unchanged, but he is expected to be moved back to his Sycamore Ranch in the Negev soon, together with the medical instruments required to support life, the Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported Wednesday.During the last few days, the final ...