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• Panama’s grand rabbi, Zion Levy, dies

  November 28, 2008 2:39pm

  Panama’s long-time Grand Rabbi Zion Levy died in Israel at the age of 83.

• Group seeks U.N. official’s ouster

  November 26, 2008 7:46pm

  The Argentine branch of the Simon Wiesenthal Center called for the dismissal of the U.N.’s General Assembly president because of his recent anti-Israeli comments.

• Israeli tourist raped in Guatemala

  October 28, 2008 4:26pm

  An Israeli tourist was raped outside of a popular destination in Guatemala.

• Israel plans new E. Jerusalem expansion

  December 20, 2007 10:00am

  Another new Israeli plan to expand a neighborhood in east Jerusalem stirred Palestinian ire.

• Hebron mezuzah incident investigated

  December 20, 2007 10:00am

  An Israeli army rabbi is under investigation for putting a mezuzah up in an off-limits area of Hebron.

• Israel’s Technion gets high marks

  December 20, 2007 10:00am

  Israel’s Technion came 25th in an international ranking of technical colleges.

• DAIA gives interfaith awards

  December 20, 2007 10:00am

  Argentina’s Jewish political umbrella group, DAIA, gave its 2007 awards to Jews, Catholics and Muslims.

• Russia: One year until Bushehr active

  December 20, 2007 10:00am

  The Iranian nuclear power plant at Bushehr will not be fully operational before the end of 2008, say Russian builders.

• Spinka rabbi arrested for tax fraud

  December 20, 2007 10:00am

  The head of the Hasidic Spinka sect was arrested in Los Angeles for tax fraud and money laundering.

• Police detain Izhevsk vandal

  December 20, 2007 10:00am

  Police have detained a suspect in the desecration of a Jewish center in Izhevsk, Russia.