A Chilean Jewish mining executive has written $10,000 checks to each of the 33 miners that are being rescued from a collapsed mine in Chile after being trapped for more than two months.
Last week, the Minister of Education of Israel, Gideon Saar, and Israels new ambassador to Russia, Dorit Golender, visited the Moscow Jewish Community Center. The guests met with the leadership of the Jewish community in Russia.
Normally apolitical NYC ceremony tense as demonstrations for and against Ground Zero mosque begin; Obama at Pentagon says we are not at war against Islam.
A European Commission spokesman said Friday remarks made by EU Commission for Trade Karel De Gucht on the Jewish lobby in the US are personal comments.