aking News
- Israel's elections were set for Feb. 10.
- Agriprocessors has been assessed nearly $10 million in fines for labor violations.
- Julie Schonfeld was chosen as the first female rabbi to helm an American rabbinical association.
- Jean-Marie Le Pen testified in a Paris courtroom to appeal his conviction for "contesting" and "apologizing" for the Holocaust.
- John McCain and Sarah Palin criticized Barack Obama's relationship with a Palestinian-American professor and activist.
- A controversial right-wing politician won a leadership position in Austria's national parliament.
- European Jewish Congress leaders expressed their concerns over Iran's nuclear program in a meeting with top Turkish officials.
- The Simon Wiesenthal Center can build its long-planned Center for Human Dignity-Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem.
- A secure indoor playground is being constructed in Sderot.