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Argentinian Jews: Don’t meet Iranian ministers

BUENOS AIRES — Argentinian Jewish leaders are urging their country to reject Iran’s request for a meeting of their respective foreign ministers at the UN General...

Jews in the Bible Belt: ‘What church do y’all go to?’

CHATTANOOGA — Sometimes, Benjamin Rosenthal thinks about leaving the small town of Indianola, Miss., pop. 11,000, where he spent most of his life. He wants to go...

Paralympics: Gershony nets Israel’s first gold

JERUSALEM — Israeli tennis player Noam Gershony won a gold medal in men’s singles at the London Paralympics games. Gershony, a former Israeli Air Force pilot who was...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Abir Sultan/AFP/Getty)

Netanyahu on Iran: ‘Zealotry above survival’

JERUSALEM —— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will try to win American public support for red lines on Iran’’s nuclear program in appearances on...

Canada closes embassy in Tehran

OTTAWA — Canada closed its embassy in Tehran, listed Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism and expelled all Iranian diplomats from Canada. “Canada’s position on the...

Shas rabbi remains opposed to Iran strike

JERUSALEM — Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, spiritual head of the haredi Orthodox Shas party, reportedly remains opposed to an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities....

German Jews warn against public kipahs

BERLIN — After an attack on a rabbi in Berlin, Gideon Joffe, the head of the Berlin Jewish community, said he would “not recommend that any Jew go around in […]

Turkey: German bris ban against ‘liberty’

BERLIN — Turkey’s minister for European affairs, Egemen Bagis, has called circumcision bans in Germany “a danger for liberty.” In an op-ed published this week in the...

Egypt: ‘Committed to peace with Israel’

JERUSALEM — Egypt’s defense minister reportedly told his Israeli counterpart that Egypt is committed to its peace accord with Israel. Abdel Fattah el-Sissi initiated...

Poll: Most Israelis oppose Iran strike

JERUSALEM — A majority of Israelis oppose a strike by their country on Iran’s nuclear facilities without US cooperation, a new poll found. Nearly 61% of respondents...