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• Groups urge reps on energy reform

  July 29, 2007 9:00am

  Several Jewish organizations sent letters to U.S. House of Representatives members urging them to vote for a bill that will decrease dependence on foreign energy sources.

• Israeli firm to build largest solar park

  July 29, 2007 9:00am

  An Israeli company will build what is being called the world’s largest solar energy facility.

• New P.A. plank omits ‘armed struggle

  July 29, 2007 9:00am

  For the first time a political platform proposed by the Palestinian Authority does not call for “armed struggle.”

• South Africa exhibit explores Ethopian Jews

  July 29, 2007 9:00am

  A new exhibit at a South African museum chronicles the Ethiopian Jewish experience in Israel.

• Ramon: withdraw from most of West Bank

  July 27, 2007 9:00am

  Israel should withdraw from most of the West Bank in a negotiated settlement, Israel’s deputy premier said.

• Army suspends troops in shooting

  July 27, 2007 9:00am

  The Israeli army suspended six troops suspected of shooting a Palestinian and leaving him unattended.

• Ukrainian jews want their Torahs back

  July 27, 2007 9:00am

  Ukrainian Jewish leaders are demanding the return of all Torah scrolls currently stored in state museums and archives.

• Senate approves increased funding for non-profits

  July 27, 2007 9:00am

  The Senate approved an increase in federal funding to help protect high-risk non-profit institutions from terrorism.

• Israeli company nets $46 million in IPO

  July 27, 2007 9:00am

  An Israeli company raised $46 million dollars in an initial public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

• Poland investigates communist-era anti-Semitism

  July 27, 2007 9:00am

  Poland wants to prosecute the Communist officials who used anti-Semitism propaganda in the late 1960s, driving some 20,000 Jews into exile.