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• Blacks, Jews plant trees for King

  April 29, 2007 9:00am

  Honoring the memory of Coretta Scott King, American blacks and Jews dedicated the replanting of part of a Galilee forest destroyed by Hezbollah.

• Female hoopster arrested in Israel

  April 27, 2007 9:45am

  Israeli police prevented a WNBA player from leaving Israel after she was arrested on assault charges.

• Librescu family receives condolence letters

  April 27, 2007 9:34am

  Chabad presented a book with more than 1,450 condolence letters to the family of a Virginia Tech professor and Holocaust survivor killed in a shooting rampage at the school.

• Koufax taken in Israel Baseball League draft

  April 27, 2007 9:00am

  Power-hitting outfielder Aaron Levin was the first player selected in the Israel Baseball League’s inaugural draft.

• Reform movement divests from Sudan

  April 27, 2007 9:00am

  The Reform movement became the latest Jewish group to divest from Sudan over the genocide in Darfur.

• First dedicated synagogue in Rochester, Minn.

  April 27, 2007 9:00am

  A century-old congregation in Rochester, Minn. is breaking ground on its first building designed for use as a synagogue.

• Fla. Senate votes to divest from Sudan, Iran

  April 27, 2007 9:00am

  Florida’s Senate voted to divest pension funds from Sudan and Iran.

• Police to Australia in Olmert case

  April 27, 2007 9:00am

  Israeli police will interview an Australian Jewish billionaire about allegations that he received assistance from Ehud Olmert in a bid to buy Bank Leumi.

• Forest dedicated for Coretta Scott King

  April 27, 2007 9:00am

  American Jews, Israelis and African Americans joined Thursday in Washington to dedicate a Galilee forest in memory of Coretta Scott King.

• Romney calls Iran ‘irrational

  April 27, 2007 9:00am

  Mitt Romney outlined his plans for countering Iran’s nuclear program and the threat of jihad in a Thursday night speech to a Yeshiva University audience.