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Jewish Duke Hoopster Heads to Maccabi Tel Aviv

By Forward Staff

Duke’s Jon Scheyer is coming to Israel to be a basketball superstar.Read More


Australian Rabbi Resigns Over Molestation Cover-Up Report

By JTA

A Sydney rabbi stepped aside from his high-profile post while he fights a report suggesting he supported covering up alleged cases of child molestation.Read More


Jewish and Roma Youth Meet in Hungary

By JTA

Representatives of Jewish and Roma, or Gypsy, youth groups from eight countries are meeting in Hungary.Read More


General Strike Jolts Israel as Protests Spread

By Rotem Starkman (Haaretz)

Most municipal authorities have declared a one-day strike scheduled for Monday, in sympathy with popular protests spreading throughout Israel.Read More


Knesset Will Take Break Despite Protests

By Jonathan Lis (Haaretz)

The Knesset will break for recess this week as planned, despite calls to cancel the break due to the ongoing nation-wide protests. The question was voted on in a meeting chaired by Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin. Only representatives from Shas and Kadima voted in favor of canceling the recess.Read More


Justin Bieber Gets Hebrew Tattoo in Israel

By JTA

Teen pop star Justin Bieber and his father got matching Hebrew tattoos during their April visit to Israel.Read More


Boy Plans Charity Swim as Bat Mitzvah Gift

By Forward Staff

An 11-year-old New York boy is reportedly planning a one-mile charity swim in the Hudson River as a special bat mitzvah gift to a friend.Read More


Peres Holds Secret Peace Talks With Palestinians

By Akiva Eldar (Haaretz)

President Shimon Peres has been holding intensive talks with Ramallah in an effort to resume negotiations and head off a unilateral Palestinian statehood bid at the UN in September.Read More


Americans' Purchase of Soccer Team Falls Through

By JTA

The purchase of a Jerusalem soccer team by two American Jews reportedly fell through.Read More


Weprin Wins Lieberman Backing in Vote for Weiner's Seat

By JTA

Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) endorsed Democrat David Weprin in a New York special congressional election that has been characterized in the press as a Jewish referendum on President Obama’s Israel policies.Read More






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