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Italian foreign minister: Israel and Jews ‘key plank’ in foreign policy

The foreign minister of Italy said his country’s “friendship with the state of Israel and the Jewish people is a key plank of our foreign policy.”

Pope begins Mideast tip

Pope Benedict XVI began a historic trip to the Middle East onFriday, flying to Jordan for a weeklong journey that will include Israel and the West Bank.

Synagogue destroyed by Tajik government rededicated elsewhere

Nearly a year after the small Jewish community in Tajikistan had its synagogue demolished to make way for a new presidential palace, the community got a new one.

Ukrainian-Israeli delegations meet

Moshe Rose, European rabbinic leader, dies

Pope offers hope before Mideast trip

In rare ceremony, Jews redeem donkey in Australia

Rabbis, Jewish leaders sign pope welcome letter

Britain releases list of those barred entry

Neo-Nazi mother banned from teaching son

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