The Russian Justice Ministry’s decision to register a far-right political party is generating both protests and support. Two of the party’s leaders have made anti-Semitic statements. Some liberal politicians and Jewish organizations protested,
Walter H. Annenberg, the billionaire founder of TV Guide, former ambassador to Great Britain and benefactor of Jewish causes and many other institutions died at the age of 94.
The Israeli military and two private institutions will share $5 million left by an eccentric recluse, despite counterclaims by the man’s relatives in California and Israel.