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• Sao Paulo Jews gather coats for needy

  June 17, 2008 9:00am

  An annual Jewish-led winter campaign in Brazil garnered 14,000 coats for donation to the poor.

• UN official wants to probe Palestinians as well as Israel

  June 17, 2008 9:00am

  The controversial new U.N. investigator into alleged human-rights abuses by Israel said his brief should include Palestinian violations as well.

• Jewish same-sex couple weds in Calif.

  June 17, 2008 9:00am

  One of the first lesbian couples to legally marry in California did so under a chupah.

• Obama to make pre-election Israel visit

  June 17, 2008 9:00am

  Barack Obama reportedly plans to visit Israel before the U.S. presidential election in November.

• Top 10 Jewish neighborhoods named

  June 17, 2008 9:00am

  California had two neighborhoods listed among the top 10 Jewish neighborhoods in North America.

• Two Jews arrested in attack on Palestinians

  June 17, 2008 9:00am

  Two Jewish men were arrested in connection with an attack on Palestinian farmers that was captured on videotape.

• Gaza truce seen Thursday

  June 17, 2008 9:00am

  Egypt said the cease-fire it is brokering between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip will go into effect Thursday.

• Israel kills 6 Gaza terrorists

  June 17, 2008 9:00am

  Israeli airstrikes killed six Palestinian terrorists in the southern Gaza Strip.

• Chabad-Russia case to proceed in U.S.

  June 17, 2008 9:00am

  A decades-long struggle between Chabad-Lubavitch and Russia can proceed in the American court system, a U.S. appeals court ruled.

• More indirect Israeli-Syrian talks set

  June 17, 2008 9:00am

  Israeli and Syrian peace envoys will hold two rounds of indirect negotiations next month, their Turkish hosts said.