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ADL launches new campaign to educate about anti-Semitism

NEW YORK — In an effort to ensure the next generation is equipped to identify and respond to anti-Semitism, ADL is embarking on a centennial year campaign to promote...

Jacob Ostreicher released from Bolivian prison

New York businessman Jacob Ostreicher, who has been jailed in Bolivia without charges for 18 months, has been released on bail, according to U.S. lawmakers who led calls...

AJC lauds ‘Colorado Compact’ immigration initiative

  For the past two years, the Colorado regional office of the American Jewish Committee brought together an ideologically diverse group of state leaders from the...

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...

Maale Adumim residents reflect Israeli consensus on settlements

MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank — From the terrace of the mall in Maale Adumim, a West Bank settlement eight miles from Jerusalem that serves as a bedroom community for...

More Israelis give tzedakah; socialist habits hard to break

TEL AVIV — At Hadassah’s centennial celebration in October, 2,000 guests heard about two major philanthropic projects being undertaken by the women’s Zionist group: a...

Poland debates legality of shechitah

WARSAW — News that ritual slaughter could be banned in Poland caught Jakub Lopinski at a critical moment in his career. Lopinski, a non-Jewish entrepreneur from Cracow,...

Jewish groups support Rice for her staunch defense of Israel

WASHINGTON — The very quality that helped get Susan Rice in hot water with some in Washington is what many pro-Israel groups have come to appreciate — she is a...

Morsi power grab channels Mubarak

WASHINGTON — Is Morsi morphing into Mubarak? Last week Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi earned US kudos that were quickly followed by expressions of concern — the...