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• Rabbi, Jewish officials arrested at immigration protest

  April 28, 2010 7:16pm

  A rabbi and two Jewish officials were arrested in Chicago for their part in immigration reform protests.

• New Arizona law brings renewed attention to immigration reform

  April 27, 2010 1:17am

  Jewish groups are slamming Arizona’s stringent new immigration-enforcement law, but hope outrage over the measure will reignite efforts to push comprehensive immigration reform on a national level.

• Liberators gather, perhaps for last time, to recall the camps

  April 26, 2010 8:24pm

  More than 100 liberators of Nazi death camps gathered at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.

• Senior diplomat: Ambassador not a reward for Syria

  April 22, 2010 4:13pm

  Washington should not limit communication with Damascus over an alleged arms transfer to Hezbollah, a senior U.S. diplomat said.

• Congressional hearing tackles anti-Semitism in social media

  April 19, 2010 10:42pm

  Social networking sites present a new and dangerous medium for spreading anti-Semitism, panelists told a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee.

• Russia: Israeli strike on Iran would be catastrophe

  April 13, 2010 2:21pm

  An Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities could result in global catastrophe, Russia’s president said.

• Obama meets with King Abdullah

  April 12, 2010 11:05pm

  President Obama and Jordan’s King Abdullah discussed Iran’s nuclear program during a bilateral meeting.

• Journalist stole documents to expose ‘war crimes’ — report

  April 12, 2010 7:28pm

  The former IDF soldier currently indicted for espionage told an Israeli court that she took classified documents to expose war crimes, Ha’aretz reported.

• President Obama: Honor memory of Holocaust victims

  April 12, 2010 6:36pm

  President Obama called on people to honor the memory of Holocaust victims in a statement released in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

• CEO sued for anti-Semitic remarks

  April 9, 2010 9:12am

  A former employee of an online baby equipment retailer is suing its CEO for allegedly making frequent anti-Semitic remarks.