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NEW ORLEANS—An act of compassion to help a fellow congregation in need during the chaos following Hurricane Katrina has evolved over the course of four years into an unusual partnership spanning a Jewish religious divide. More ... NEW YORK—An international initiative to give Holocaust victims interred in mass graves a proper Jewish burial will be launched in Eastern Europe. The Dignity Return project is being organized by Yuri Kanner, president of the Russian Jewish Congress, in cooperation with Rabbi Marc Schneier, chairman of the World Jewish Congress American Section. More ... NEW YORK—Yale University censored a book featuring a controversial illustration of Muhammad. The Ivy League school removed a controversial image of the Islamic prophet from a forthcoming scholarly work by Professor Jytte Klausen titled "The Cartoons That Shook the World. More ... NEW YORK—Libyan President Muammar Gadhafi has canceled plans to stay in New Jersey. New Jersey political leaders have been pressing U.S. More ... NEW YORK—A Yankees- Red Sox game was rescheduled to avoid a conflict with Yom Kippur. The Sept. 27 game at Yankee Stadium, originally scheduled for 1 p.m., had been changed to 8 p.m. to appear on ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" national telecast. The game was returned to 1 p.m. after a letter from U.S. Rep. More ... TORONTO—Toronto's Jewish community long has been known for punching above its weight. With some 180,000 Jews— nearly half of Canada's total— this city continually outperforms other major urban Jewish centers in North America when it comes to key indicators like institutional affiliation, fundraising, levels of involvement and population growth. More ... WASHINGTON—Tweeted, a diplomat's job would look something like this: Explain home abroad, explain abroad home. More ... NEW YORK—The North American Jewish federation system's overseas partners are warning of a brewing financial crisis facing the organized Jewish community in the former Soviet Union. More ... WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) is being remembered in the Jewish community for his huge impact on domestic issues such as education and health care, but also as a giant in the Soviet Jewry movement. More ... |
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