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Congresspeople meet in Bolivia

WASHINGTON — Two members of Congress met in Bolivia with an American-Jewish businessman who has been jailed there without charges for 18 months. Reps. Chris Smith...

German ban of extremist party?

  BERLIN — Interior ministers in Germany are making another bid to ban the extreme right-wing National Democratic Party. At a meeting Dec. 5 in the east German city of...

Arafat’s body exhumed to test for poisoning

JERUSALEM — The body of former PA President Yasir Arafat was exhumed to test whether he died of radioactive poisoning. The body was exhumed Tuesday, Nov. 27, and...

Child sex abuse charges in Australia

By Dan Goldberg, JTA SYDNEY —— Another major Jewish organization in Australia is embroiled in a child sex abuse scandal, adding to the trauma triggered by recent...

Toulouse killer’s sister is probed for link

PARIS — Paris prosecutors are reportedly considering indicting the sister of Mohammed Merah for saying she was proud of her brother for murdering four Jews in Toulouse....

Novelist Philip Roth retires from writing

NEW YORK — The publisher for Philip Roth confirmed that the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Jewish novelist is retiring from writing. The Portnoy’s Complaint author,...

12 EU states to favor of Palestine

BRUSSELS — Nearly half of all European Union member states will vote in favor of upgrading the PA’s status at the UN, an EU spokeswoman reportedly said. The news site...

Destruction matched by kindness in Sandy aftermath

NEW YORK — A week after Sandy swept into the New York area with fierce winds, driving rain and a high tide for the history books, the nation’s largest Jewish

Danish fest organizers don’t want Israeli flag

COPENHAGEN —— The organizers of a Copenhagen event celebrating diversity asked Danish Jews to refrain from displaying the Israeli flag “for security reasons.” The...

One-third of Israel is at risk of poverty

JERUSALEM — One-third of Israelis are at risk of poverty, a new Israeli government report shows. The Central Bureau of Statistics report issued Oct. 17 shows that some...