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• 'Like the Kennedys, Ramon family is heroic and tragic'
• World Jewish Congress urges boycott of Ahmadinejad UN speech
• UN: Gaza water supply could collapse in wake of Israel war
• Should American rabbis be trained to fight terrorists?
• Jewish gravestones vandalized at Argentina cemetery

'Like the Kennedys, Ramon family is heroic and tragic' Posted: 14 Sep 2009 12:18 PM PDT Israeli Ambassador the United States Michael Oren on Monday compared the Ramon family to the Kennedys, a day after the son of Israel's most famous astronaut was killed in an Israel Air Force training accident. ...

World Jewish Congress urges boycott of Ahmadinejad UN speech Posted: 14 Sep 2009 12:12 PM PDT The World Jewish Congress launched a new global campaign on Monday to convince world leaders to boycott Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's address to the United Nations General Assembly next week. ...

UN: Gaza water supply could collapse in wake of Israel war Posted: 14 Sep 2009 11:23 AM PDT The Gaza Strip's underground water supply is in danger of collapse due to overuse and contamination, exacerbated by Israel's offensive there in December, the United Nations said Monday. ...

Should American rabbis be trained to fight terrorists? Posted: 14 Sep 2009 10:07 AM PDT The idea of pistol-packing rabbis and a locked-and-loaded congregation may sound ludicrous, but Gary Moskowitz - who is both a rabbi and a martial arts sensei - is deadly serious about what he sees as terrorist threats to American synagogues and what he believes is the appropriate response. ...

Jewish gravestones vandalized at Argentina cemetery Posted: 14 Sep 2009 09:40 AM PDT Some 58 gravestones were vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in Argentina's Buenos Aires province on Friday and Saturday, local news Web site Momento 24 reported. ...

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