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Rabbi Noah Weinberg, the founder and dean of Aish HaTorah Institutes, died at his home in Jerusalem.

The Obama administration will not immediately hire a staffer to exclusively serve as White House Jewish liaison.

A leading Reform rabbi reportedly will be named part of a new advisory council to the White House Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

The Vatican has called on a Holocaust-denying bishop to recant his views.

A top U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman described the Holocaust denial of a rehabilitated bishop as "deeply offensive."

Iran turned away a U.S. badminton team on a good-will visit.

A senior Iranian official at the last minute canceled a meeting with the Jewish chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee.

Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Iran of "consequences" unless it cooperates with U.N. nuclear inspectors.

A U.S. House of Representatives delegation met with the Syrian president and discussed improving ties.

Israel is capable of withstanding the recent shocks to its economy, one of the leading credit raters said.

Three Jewish organizations hailed President Obama's signing of legislation reauthorizing and expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

Renowned Ukrainian scientist Moisey Sheinkman, a founder and leader of B'nai B'rith in Kiev, has died.

A group that wants to cut U.S. funding to Israel is protesting a satellite TV provider for refusing to run its ad.

The Israeli navy intercepted and boarded a cargo ship carrying humanitarian supplies and activists from Lebanon to Gaza.

The Ukrainian Jewish Committee called upon the government to investigate an explosive device placed inside a synagogue as a terrorist act.

An emergency grant from a Christian-Jewish organization and the government of Israel offer hope for the future of World ORT's schools in the former Soviet Union.

The newly elected head of the Russian Orthodox Church reached out to Jewish leaders.

An Israeli paratrooper who left for Gaza the morning after his wedding and was critically wounded there has left the hospital.

An investigation confirmed that Israeli shells killed three daughters of a prominent Gaza doctor.

Israel needs to be held responsible for war crimes, Mahmoud Abbas told the European Parliament.

The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Western Hemisphere subcommittee berated Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for the "environment of fear" he has created for Jews in his country.

A U.S. House of Representatives resolution hailing George Mitchell's "aggressive" engagement as special Mideast envoy has strong Jewish caucus support.

The European Jewish Congress condemned the European Parliament's refusal to openly denounce a wave of anti-Semitic attacks in Europe.

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