Thursday, 2 December 2010

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BREAKING NEWS

DePaul University in Chicago has asked its food service to reinstate the sale of Sabra hummus.
At least 40 people have been killed in a massive brush fire in northern Israel.
German President Christian Wulff's unprecedented visit to the family of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit sends an important signal to the International Red Cross, Jewish activists in Germany said.
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The Avi Chai Foundation has given a $1.6 million grant to Yeshiva University to help Jewish day schools improve their financial situations.
A Chabad rabbi belted out the national anthem at an NBA game in Miami as part of Jewish Heritage Night festivities.
Yitzhak Perlman conducted the U.S. Navy Band at the lighting of the menorah on the National Mall.
Israel's military said it killed two Palestinians on the border with Gaza who were attempting to carry out a terror attack on Israel.
Australian Jewish lawmaker Michael Danby called on New Zealand Prime Minister John Key to dismiss his agriculture minister over a ban on kosher slaughter.
A Jerusalem municipal committee approved the establishment of a new Jewish neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem.
The top Republican and Democrat House foreign policy members called on the Obama administration to more closely scrutinize nations that do not comply with Iran sanctions.
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved a resolution urging care for elderly Holocaust survivors.
Longtime CBS News correspondent Howard Arenstein was sentenced to 90 days probation but did not admit guilt on marijuana charges.
Three municipalities in the African island nation of Cape Verde have signed agreements with a preservation group toward maintaining Jewish cemeteries.