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  • Woman sues Ali G over sex claim

    February 28, 2007 10:00am

    A woman who was on a 1987 trip to Israel with Sacha Baron Cohen is suing the British comedian for saying in a facetious interview that he got her pregnant.

  • Did Jefferson have Jewish ancestor?

    February 28, 2007 10:00am

    Thomas Jefferson may have had a Jewish ancestor, a new genetic study suggests.

  • Group plugs sweatshop-free kippot

    February 28, 2007 10:00am

    Jews concerned about social justice now can buy kippot from companies that shun sweatshop labor.

  • Trial opens in burning of Anne Frank diary

    February 28, 2007 10:00am

    A young German man admitted burning “The Diary of Anne Frank” at a summer solstice party in 2006.

  • Orthodox feminists push for agunot

    February 28, 2007 10:00am

    An Orthodox feminist group is launching an advertising campaign on behalf of agunot, whose husbands refuse to give them a get, or Jewish bill of divorce.

  • New Republic in new hands

    February 28, 2007 10:00am

    Martin Peretz, long-time editor in chief of The New Republic, sold his remaining shares in the pro-Israel magazine, The New York Observer reported.

  • Israel to curb airport profiling

    February 28, 2007 10:00am

    Israel’s domestic security chief ordered new screening equipment installed at Ben-Gurion Airport to reduce selective “profiling” of Arab passengers.