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• Piecing together Jewish pasts in Poland

  July 14, 2009 12:23am

  A Jewish awakening in Poland has many Poles discovering their Jewish roots and many Diaspora Jews exploring their Polish Jewish heritage.

• Court OKs Talansky deposition

  May 20, 2008 9:00am

  Israel’s Supreme Court will allow prosecutors to depose the U.S. businessman at the heart of a scandal involving Ehud Olmert.

• Israeli airstrikes kill 3

  May 20, 2008 9:00am

  Israeli airstrikes killed three Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

• Israel hit on handling of Ethiopians

  May 20, 2008 9:00am

  A state audit faulted Israel’s handling of recent Ethiopian immigrants.

• British Jewry rising

  May 20, 2008 9:00am

  The Jewish population in Britain grew for the first time since World War II, University of Manchester researchers said.

• Workshop on welcoming GLBT Jews

  May 20, 2008 9:00am

  An advocacy group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Jews runs a three-day workshop on providing community educators with the tools to provide a more welcoming atmosphere.

• Kosher workers allege sex abuse

  May 20, 2008 9:00am

  Former workers at the nation’s largest kosher slaughterhouse allege they were the victims of sexual abuse.

• Fifth swastika found on N. Dakota campus

  May 20, 2008 9:00am

  Another swastika was scrawled on a building at the University of North Dakota.

• Going the route on Passover

  April 22, 2008 9:00am

  For a holiday celebrated by more Jews than any other for its universal theme of freedom and ease of celebrating at home, liberation for many comes only when Passover has passed over because of the food restrictions.

• JCPA endorses two-state solution

  February 26, 2008 10:00am

  The Jewish Council for Public Affairs endorsed for the first time a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.