Britannia Radio

Featured Stories U.S. Jews boosting Arab employment in Israel Carol Smokler, left, and Alisa Doctoroff flank Iman Abu Zaid, a participant in an American Jewish fund's program helping Israeli Arabs get ahead. (Dina Kraft) The backing for a new social venture fund to improve employment and educational opportunities for Arab Israelis comes from a seemingly unlikely source: American Jews. Read more » Jewish reps oppose House resolution supporting Venezuelan Jews Jewish congressmen, citing the position of Venezuelan Jewish leaders, took the lead in opposing a measure criticizing the Venezuelan government's treatment of its Jewish citizens. Read more » Breaking News A United Nations team has begun looking into possible war crimes committed during Israel's military operation in Gaza. Britain's main academic union voted overwhelmingly to boycott Israeli universities and colleges. Azerbaijan officials foiled a plot by Iranian-backed Hezbollah to bomb the Israeli Embassy, the Los Angeles Times reported. A coalition of local Muslims has criticized the Seattle Police Department for using a racial-awareness training program run by a Jewish organization. A bill that would require a loyalty oath to Israel as a Jewish state in order to retain citizenship was rejected by the ministerial committee on legislation Maccabi Australia has abandoned a controversial plan to ban non-Jews from competing on its sports teams. More than 100,000 people attended an annual pro-Israel march in New York City. Israel's foreign minister left on an official visit to Russia and Belarus. Settlers and right-wing activists reportedly threw stones at Palestinian cars to protest the impending evacuation of West Bank outposts. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would "not freeze life in Judea and Samaria." A prominent member of Montreal's Jewish community has been arrested on child pornography charges. Several new cases of swine flu have been diagnosed in Israel, bringing the total of cases so far to 26. The father of missing Israeli soldier Zachary Baumel has died without knowing the fate of his son. Israel's fourth president, Ephraim Katzir, who accepted Golda Meir's resignation after the Yom Kippur War, has died. Palestinian Authority police and Hamas gunmen clashed in a West Bank city, leaving six dead. An 85-year-old former army employee was fined for passing military secrets to Israel in the 1980s, but a U.S. federal judge questioned the government's handling of the case. The president of Ukraine cited several Jews for their achievements in professional activities. The head of a gang accused of murdering French Jew Ilan Halimi confessed, but it is still unclear who inflicted the fatal injuries. Editors' Picks 'Destroy their holy sites. Kill men, women and children (and cattle)' Moment magazine asked several rabbis "How Should Jews Treat Their Arab Neighbors?" Manis Friedman, a Chabad rabbi and head of a Jewish studies institute in St. Paul, said it was time to hit back hard -- like they did in the Torah. Hoax or blood libel? A story of satire JTA's Ben Harris gets to the bottom of an anti-Israel tirade falsely presented as coming from the secretary-general of the United Nations. Abbas killing time The Washington Post's Jackson Diehl had a fascinating interview with Mahmoud Abbas last week, in which the Palestinian Authority leader says that he's just killing time, waiting for everyone else to do something.