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Son of Hamas founder spied for Israel
JERUSALEM — The son of a Hamas founder served as a spy for Israel’s Shin Bet security service, Haaretz reported. Mosab Hassan Yousef served for more than a decade as the Shin BetR...
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Costa Rica elects Jewish VP
A Jewish former banker was elected the vice president of Costa Rica. Luis Lieberman will become vice president after Costa Rican voters on Sunday elected Laura Chinchilla as the Central American c...
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British Jews weigh fight after court ruling on 'Who is a Jew'
That question has bitterly divided the Jewish community in Britain following the Supreme Court ruling a month-and-a-half ago striking down a Jewish school’s policy of limiting admission to the chi...
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Berlusconi feels pain of Shoah victims, Gaza Palestinians
JERUSALEM – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi expressed his empathy for Israel and the Palestinians during the final day of a three-day visit to Israel. “Today, the safeguarding of ...
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Facebook awards Chabad initiative $100,000
A Chabad-initiated project won a $100,000 grant in a community project on Facebook. A Chabad-initiated project won a $100,000 grant last week when it was named a runner up in the Chase, a highly p...
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<i>ZAKA photo<br> ZAKA volunteers administer emergency first aid to one of eight survivors pulled from the rubble of a university in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 16.</i> Israelis rescuers respond to Haiti earthquake zone
A team of Israeli specialists, with expertise in rescue and trauma, was one of the first international help units on the scene in Port-au-Prince following the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Hai...
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Fishing for Jews in Russia's muddy waters
MOSCOW ( JTA ) — This spring, Howard Flower and his assistants plan to go to Russia’s westernmost region, Kaliningrad, on a fishing expedition: They’re fishing for Jews. Flower, the aliyah dire...
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Rosa Rein, believed to be world’s oldest Jew, dies
Rosa Rein, believed to be the world’s oldest Jewish person, died about a month shy of her 113th birthday. Rein, Switzerland’s oldest resident since September 2003, died Sunday in her sleep at an o...
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Jewish Agency blames Russian gov't for cancellation
NEW YORK — The Jewish Agency for Israel has canceled plans to hold its upcoming board meetings in St. Petersburg over concerns that the Russian government would not allow the gathering ...
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Hezbollah gains a toehold inside U.N. Security Council
NEW YORK — Sheik Hassan Nasrallah is not likely to take a seat at the U.N. Security Council’s horseshoe table, but the Hezbollah terrorist organization he has led since 1992 now has a to...
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Egypt preventing protesters from entering Gaza Strip
Egypt is preventing some 1,300 protesters from around the world from entering the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing. The protesters, from more than 40 countries, are part of the Gaza Fr...
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EU foreign ministers want negotiations for Jerusalem as a two-state capital
European Union foreign ministers called for negotiations over the status of Jerusalem as a capital for two states. In a statement agreed upon Tuesday, the 27 ministers representing the member stat...
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Demjanjuk trial postponed
The trial of accused Nazi camp guard John Demjanjuk was postponed because the defendant was too sick to come to court. Prison doctors determined that Demjanjuk, 89, and said to be ill with several...
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Wednesday, 10, 2010
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Yeshiva Girls High Sch... 7:30 PM
The Yeshiva Girls’ High School Production,...
Pittsburgh Public Thea... 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM
This Arthur Miller play about two estrange...
Pittsburgh Jewish Isra... 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Pittsburgh Jewish Israeli Film Festival Op...