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February 20, 2013
1:59 am

Haredi rabbis in US oppose universal draft in Israel

‘The perseverance and security of Hashem’s people are rooted in its dedication to Torah study,” says umbrella group of ultra-Orthodox rabbis

February 19, 2013
10:39 pm

Ben Zygier. (Screenshot ABC TV via Youtube)

Israel denies Zygier talked to Australian spy agencies

Analyst says PMO announcement doesn’t rule out possibility that deceased Mossad agent leaked information to other sources

By Ilan Ben Zion

February 19, 2013
9:50 pm

Jewish Agency chairman and former cabinet minister Natan Sharansky (photo credit: Courtesy JAFI)

Sharansky unanimously reelected Jewish Agency head

Prime minister praises former Soviet dissident, cabinet minister as ‘a symbol of Jewish unity’

By Asher Zeiger

February 19, 2013
9:44 pm

Youth activists protest for Pollard's release outside US Consulate in Israel, July 2011 (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Jewish Agency calls for Pollard release

Chairman Natan Sharansky, a former prisoner in Russia, says 28 years in jail are ‘more than enough’

By Asher Zeiger

February 19, 2013
8:07 pm

Last chance for heirs to property in ex-East Germany

Claims Conference initiates fund for Holocaust victims and descendants who never received compensation for stolen property

February 19, 2013
7:57 pm

Greek party condemns Holocaust Remembrance Day

In a separate incident, Golden Dawn politicians denounce ‘Judaic barbarity’ and express support for Bashar Assad

February 19, 2013
7:48 pm

Halimi’s killer gets 7 extra years in prison

Gang leader who tortured French Jew to death receives extended sentence for producing anti-Semitic videos behind bars

February 19, 2013
7:41 pm

Jews perform a religious circumcision. (illustrative photo: Serge Attal/Flash90)

Circumcision’s sex effects

Belgian study reports that uncircumcised men experience greater sensitivity and pleasure

February 19, 2013
7:30 pm

Legal action over Finnish stores’ ‘Zionists’ puppet’ article

J. Karkkainen chain claims Israel controls the US and wants Iran war to cover up involvement in 9/11 attacks

February 19, 2013
5:25 pm

Illustrative photo of Hasidic men in Williamsburg, New York. (Gedalya Gottdenger via Creative Commons and JTA)

Turf battles follow Haredi population surge in NY

Community’s growth into traditionally black and Hispanic neighborhoods leads to tensions over real estate

By Gil Shefler

February 19, 2013
4:33 pm

A scene from the Australian television program on Zygier (photo credit: screen capture/ABC News via YouTube)

‘Zygier hanged himself from a wet sheet in the shower’

Court releases part of investigation into Mossad agent’s death, concludes that it was suicide, but allows for legal possibility of other cause

By Asher Zeiger

February 19, 2013
3:11 pm

Ben Zygier's Australian passport (photo credit: screen capture Channel 10)

Court okays partial release of Zygier suicide report

Announcement comes on heels of revelation about how jailed Mossad agent hanged himself in prison

By Gabe Fisher

February 19, 2013
2:21 pm

Polish State Archives general director Władysław Stępniak signs Friday's agreement at a ceremony attended by PSA official Ania Krochmal and Jewish Records Indexing representative Krzysztof Malczewsk. (YouTube screenshot)

Poland deal massively expands access to prewar Jewish records

Agreement signed by State Archives in Warsaw will allow for free digital research into family and community pre-Holocaust histories

By Nathan Burstein

February 19, 2013
11:45 am

Argentinian Foreign Minister Hector Timerman (photo credit: CC-BY, MRECIC ARG, Flickr)

Jewish foreign minister defends AMIA probe with Iran

Hector Timerman says he did not betray Judaism with Argentine ‘truth commission’ into bombing, says he has no debt to Israel for sheltering father

By JTA and Gabe Fisher

February 19, 2013
9:00 am

Tombstone of Ben Zygier at Chevra Kadisha Jewish Cemetery in Melbourne, Australia (photo credit: AP/Andrew Brownbill)

Breaking silence, Zygier’s relatives urge Israel to ‘tell us what happened’

Family member of jailed Mossad agent Ben Zygier tells Yedioth Ahronoth parents and brother support probe into suicide

By Gabe Fisher

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