An Israeli rabbi flew to the United States to confirm the deaths of the Jewish victims of the Swissair Flight 111 plane crash. According to Jewish law, a widow cannot remarry until it can be proved that her husband has died. At least seven of the 229 killed in last week’s tragedy were Jewish.
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