Tuesday, 7 April 2009


Breaking News

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak invited Israel's new prime minister to a meeting at Sharm el-Sheikh.
Financier J. Ezra Merkin was charged in a civil fraud complaint alleging that he misled hundreds of investors in placing $2.4 billion of their money with Bernard Madoff
New Zealand’s Jews will be the first in the world to recite the blessing of the sun during an event that only takes place once every 28 years.
A Palestinian was killed by Israeli police officers as he attempted to run them over in East Jerusalem.
The Obama administration's Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships wants to work with religious and community groups to acheive goals in four specific areas.
Avigdor Lieberman was questioned for a third time by Israeli fraud squad detectives.
Ehud Olmert has requested to postpone a hearing in one of the cases against him in order to seek cancer treatment abroad.
A Muslim cleric jailed in Britain is continuing to issue fatwas and anti-Semitic statements, a moderate Muslim organization says.
U.S. rabbis have called on Israel's attorney general to open an independent investigation into alleged abuses by the IDF in Gaza.
The Quebec arm of the Canadian Jewish Congress is changing its name to sound more Québécois, in what is seen by some as a politically charged move.
Rapper LL Cool J was honored by the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding for promoting racial harmony. .
A woman with alleged links to an international neo-Nazi organization has been suspended from a major multinational company contracted by the Australian Department of Defense.
Israel's Knesset approved a bill to allow a two-year budget.

Editors' Picks

Chairman Sharansky?

The Jerusalem Post reports that Benjamin Netanyahu wants Natan Sharansky to be the next chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel

John Podhoretz, Commentary and Israel

Ami Eden asks if Commentary plans to take sides in the debate over a two-state solution. John Podhoretz answers.

Better off losing?

A report in Politico explores whether Norm Coleman would be better off losing his Senate race with Al Franken.