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St. Louis Jewish Light

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Police enter suspected killer’s Toulouse home; Netanyahu visits victims’ families

JTAPublished March 22, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Hours after Israeli Prime Minister paid a condolence visit to the Sandler family's home in Jerusalem, French police reportedly entered the home of the suspected killer. Police on early Thursday afternoon reportedly entered the Toulouse home...

Funeral for Toulouse victims held as police surround suspect’s home

JTAPublished March 21, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Thousands attended the funeral in Jerusalem of the four victims of the attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse, as French police surrounded the home of their prime suspect. French police early Wednesday morning raided the Toulouse home of a...

Hadassah opens $363 million tower

JTAPublished March 20, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Hadassah Hospital opened a new $363 million tower that will relieve patient overcrowding. Patients began moving into the new Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower at Hadassah-Ein Kerem in Jerusalem on Monday. Patients from eight departments...

Toulouse victims to be buried in Israel

JTAPublished March 20, 2012

JERUSALEM -- The four victims of the attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse will be buried in Israel. The bodies will be flown from Toulouse to Paris by the French Air Force and then will be flown by El Al to Israel. The burials in Jerusalem are scheduled...

Israel calls for dismissal of U.N. agency tweeter

JTAPublished March 18, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Israel's ambassador to the United Nations has called for the dismissal of a U.N. agency employee based in Jerusalem who tweeted an incendiary photo during recent violence between Gaza and Israel. Khulood Badawi, the information and media...

Ethiopian immigrant first Jewish finisher in Jerusalem Marathon

By Hillel Kuttler, JTAPublished March 16, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Ashrat “Assaf” Mamo is such a common sight when he pounds the pavement in Jerusalem that he’s on a first-name basis with city bus drivers who, he said, always “ask me about the marathon and encourage me.” On Friday, Mamo, a 27-year-old...

Netanyahu pledges to counter racism against Ethiopians

JTAPublished March 15, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a meeting with Ethiopian community leaders said he was committed to stopping racism. “I asked for this meeting because I am committed to the Ethiopian immigrant public," Netanyahu said at Wednesday's...

Migron residents agree to relocation

JTAPublished March 11, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Residents of Migron have signed an agreement with the Israeli government on relocating the illegal West Bank outpost. The agreement signed Sunday will allow the outpost's approximately 50 families to move to a nearby hill over the next three...

Ancient Judean shekel nets $1.1 million at auction

JTAPublished March 11, 2012

JERUSALEM -- An ancient Judean shekel coin was sold at auction for $1.1 million. The coin, the first silver shekel struck in Jerusalem by Jewish forces rebelling against the Romans in the first century, was purchased by an unidentified private collector...

Earthquake shakes northern Israel

JTAPublished March 7, 2012

JERUSALEM -- An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter Scale shook northern Israel. The earthquake was felt in Metullah, located on the border with Lebanon, as well as in Kiryat Shemona and Safed. No injuries or damage were reported. The earthquake was...

Peace Now head says death threat was left on phone message

Published March 6, 2012

JERUSALEM -- The head of Peace Now in Israel, Yariv Oppenheimer, said he received a death threat on his voice mail. Oppenheimer filed a police complaint Tuesday, a day after he said a message was left by a caller saying that he would take steps to insure...

Don’t visit Temple Mount, rabbis say

JTAPublished March 6, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Israel's chief rabbis and other senior rabbis have called on Jews not to visit the Temple Mount because it is against Jewish law. The declaration is being presented now, according to the statement's signers, because many Jewish organizations...

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