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Thursday, March 19, 2009

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Featured Stories Venezuela Jews rebuild after synagogue attack A new synagogue being built in Caracas to replace a 50-year-old Sephardic synagogue that was attacked in January 2009. (Jasmina Kelemen) Despite attacks against Jewish institutions in Venezuela and an atmosphere of state-sanctioned anti-Semitism, Venezuela's Jews continue to build Read more » Secret emigration effort for Yemenite Jews imperiled A secret operation to take imperiled Jews out of Yemen could be in jeopardy after news of the effort was made public. Read more » Op-Ed: Time for congressional action on Venezuela Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld calls on U.S. lawmakers and American Jews to speak up about state-sponsored attacks on Venezuela's Jews. Read more » Activists standing firm on Sudanese president arrest warrant Hours after an international court issued a warrant for his arrest, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir kicked humanitarian aid groups out of his country. Nevertheless, Jewish activists who backed the indictment are standing behind their decision. Read more » Editors' Picks Rupert Murdoch(stein)? What do you call a wealthy media mogul with a trophy wife who loves Chinese food and owns a piece of palatial Manhattan real estate? Rupert Murdoch gives the answer to a crowd of American Jewish Committee supporters. Feeling not so sorry for Steve Rosen The latest from JTA's politics blog: One Jewish newspaper editor recalls how Steve Rosen got him demoted. J Street is hiring and other Jewish groups have no plans for layoffs in their Washington offices, the Forward reports. ZOA's Mort Klein toasts a retired congressman and recalls the private hora that they shared. Out with the Chas, in with the Zinni? More speculation about a Specter party switch. Obama administration names special envoy for Darfur. Take my wife Ynet reports that the number of Gaza widows has grown so large that Hamas is paying off men to marry them -- to the tune of $3,000. Rebranding Israel The New York Times reports on Israel's efforts to rebrand itself, but is that a workable strategy? Breaking News There are no plans for U.S. engagement with Iran at a conference on Afghanistan. An Argentine rabbi led a demonstration in Buenos Aires against violence in the country. A top adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that he is the former Mossad agent named in a Pentagon leaks case. Terry Schwarzfeld, the national president of Canadian Hadassah-WIZO who was beaten while vacationing in Barbados, died of her injuries. A far-right-wing march will take place in a northern Israeli Arab town. Israel's military will investigate claims that soldiers did not behave appropriately during the recent military operation in Gaza. Israel arrested 10 Hamas leaders in the West Bank. Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav was indicted on rape and sexual assault charges. President Obama named a retired Air Force general as his special envoy to Sudan. Israel rejected a revised draft of the closing statement for the Durban II anti-racism conference.