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Dermer next Israel ambassador to the US

JERUSALEM — Ron Dermer, a former senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reportedly will be Israel’s new ambassador to the US. The appointment by...

UK: Orthodox patrol plans to guard mosque

LONDON — An Orthodox Jewish patrol group in London said it would protect a mosque after a rise in hate crimes against Muslims. The Shomrim patrol group accepted a...

Double wedding in Seattle caps rapper’s journey

By Debra Rubin, JTA SEATTLE —— Five years ago he was D-Black, a hip-hop artist rapping about the violence, gang activity and drugs of his African-American ’hood....

Peres’ 90th birthday celebration draws celebrities

JERUSALEM — World leaders praised and serenaded Israeli President Shimon Peres in honor of his upcoming 90th birthday. The prime-time birthday celebration on June 18...

UN’s Richard Falk: Shut down UN Watch

JERUSALEM —— Richard Falk, the UN special rapporteur on Palestinian human rights, called on the UN Human Rights Council to shut down the watchdog organization UN...

Boulder rejects Nablus as sister city

By Kathryn Bernheimer The Boulder Nabulus Sister City Project, organized by a group that has spent two years complying with regulations governing sister city proposals,...

South African doctor comes home

By Moira Schneider, JTA CAPE TOWN —— Cyril Karabus stepped into the arrivals hall at Cape Town International Airport to a rapturous welcome. A multiracial crowd...

Google Glass: Bain or boon?

HIGHLAND PARK, NJ — Over the past few weeks, strangers have begun stopping high school computer science teacher Chaim Cohen on the street. A few accuse him of recording...

Sharansky Wall plan backed by federations

NEW YORK — The Jewish Federations of North America’s board of trustees passed a resolution supporting Natan Sharansky’s proposed compromise on egalitarian prayer at...

Imam’s visiting Poland to learn about Jews

WARSAW — Imams from several Muslim countries and the US are visiting Poland to learn more about European Jewry. Thirteen imams from Indonesia, the PA, Saudi Arabia and...