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Colorado White Powder JCC Attacker Pleads Guilty
A Boulder man was arrested for sending letters containing white powder that turned out to be “benign” to two Jewish organizations in the Colorado city pleaded guilty to committing two felonies. Jeffery Thomas Klinkel, 34, pleaded guilty late last month to one count of felony menacing and one count of using a hoax chemical or…
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$25M Nazi-Looted Modigliani Masterpiece Seized Amid #PanamaPapers Scandal
A Nazi-looted painting by Jewish artist Amedeo Modigliani has been sequestered where it is being held in storage in Geneva. The ownership of the 1918 painting, “Seated Man with a Cane,” was disclosed earlier this month as part of the leak of the Panama Papers, some 11.5 million documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca…
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Israel Sees Arab Red Sea Island Deal as Win-Win
Israel signaled on Tuesday it did not oppose the return of two Red Sea islands in a strategic strait to Saudi Arabia by Egypt, with one senior lawmaker seeing a chance to get closer to Riyadh, with which Israel has no formal peace agreement. The islands of Tiran and Sanafir, located at the southern entrance…
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Hadassah Secret Plan Sought To Hand Over Hospital to Sheldon Adelson
The executive-director of the Israeli office of the Hadassah women’s organization pursued a secret deal that would have given U.S. casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam control of parts of Hadassah University Hospital, Army Radio reported on Monday. The secret plan was reportedly hatched among officials close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…
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Just 3% of Israelis See Kotel Fight as ‘Most Important’ — Most Back Civil Marriage
Sixty percent of Israeli Jews support the work of American Jewish coalitions whose goal is to advance civil marriage in Israel, according to a new poll. The survey released Monday by Hiddush, an Israeli organization that aims to advance religious pluralism, found that nearly one-third of Israelis strongly support U.S. Jewish involvement in the marriage…
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Israeli Hoops Coach David Blatt May Get New York Knicks Gig
David Blatt, the Israeli-American who was fired as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, reportedly is under consideration to become the head coach of the New York Knicks. ESPN reported Monday evening that Blatt is in the running for the job currently being filled by interim coach Kurt Rambis, citing unnamed league sources. Blatt played…
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Joe Biden Will Speak at J Street as Speculation on New Peace Push Grows
Vice President Joe Biden will address J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group. The April 18 event comes a month after Biden, the Obama administration senior figure closest to the pro-Israel community, addressed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a center-right group often at odds with J Street. It also comes as speculation…
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Bill Clinton Stumps for Hillary at Jewish Old Age Home in Riverdale
Former President Bill Clinton stumped for his wife, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, at a Jewish senior care home in the Bronx. At RiverSpring Health (formerly the Hebrew Home for the Aged) on Monday, eight days before the New York primary, Clinton spoke to hundreds of residents about his wife’s record on Israel, national security and…
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Legal Eagle Bruce Wenger Dies of Aneurysm on New York Commuter Train
Bruce Wenger, a prosecutor who went into private practice as a defense attorney, died suddenly at 49 while commuting to work on a train. Wenger, of West Hempstead, New York, is believed to have suffered an aneurysm last week while riding the Long Island Rail Road, the Daily News reported. His funeral was April 7…
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Netanyahu Acknowledges Israeli Attacks on Arms Shipments to Hezbollah
Israel has attacked “dozens” of arms shipments on their way to the terrorist group Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged. Netanyahu made the statement Monday during a visit to an Israeli military exercise in the Golan Heights, according to Israeli news reports. “We act when we need to act, including here, across the border,…
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