PARIS — Elite French police units exchanged gunfire with an Islamic militant barricaded in a Toulouse apartment Wednesday who is suspected of being the gunman who methodically killed three French soldiers, three Jewish school children and a rabbi over the last eight days, Interior Minister Claude Gueant announced. Read full article > >

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French police raid house in Toulouse for school shooting suspect

A self-described “Jewish Indiana Jones” who claimed to have travelled the world to rescue holy Torahs scrolls pleads guilty to fraud at a New York court.

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Played Jewish Puerto Rican in classic show.

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‘Kotter’ Star Robert Hegyes Dies

The Judah L. Magnes Museum has reopened as the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, and is now part of the library at the University of California, Berkeley.

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The Judah L. Magnes Museum has reopened as the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, and is now part of the library at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Exhibition Review: Magnes Judaica Museum Joins Berkeley Library – Review

Sheldon Adelson is supposedly a bad man. The gambling mogul gave $5 million to a Newt Gingrich-loving super PAC and this enabled Gingrich to maul Mitt Romney — a touch of opinion here — who had it coming anyway. Adelson is a good friend of Gingrich and a major player in Israeli politics. He owns a newspaper in Israel and supports politicians so far to the right I have to wonder if they are even Jewish. This is Sheldon Adelson, supposedly a bad man. But what about Howard Stein? Read full article > >

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A defense of big money in politics

The London School of Economics investigates claims a Jewish student was assaulted on a university trip where a Nazi-themed drinking game was being played.

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Probe into LSE Nazi drinking game

Israel charged five Jewish settlers on Sunday with orchestrating a riot in an army base in the West Bank in a bid to foil plans to dismantle illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.

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JERUSALEM — Israel temporarily banished a dozen suspected Jewish extremists from the West Bank on Thursday as part of a crackdown ordered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a series of attacks on Palestinians and the military. An army statement said that the top military commander in the West Bank had signed “administrative removal orders” for 12 Jewish activists for periods ranging from three to nine months. The statement added that the group had been involved in “leading, directing and carrying out widespread violent and clandestine activities” against Palestinians and Israeli forces in the West Bank. Read full article > >

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Jewish militants banned from West Bank

WASHINGTON — A special lighting ceremony is planned for the National Hanukkah Menorah near the White House on the first night of the eight-day Jewish holiday. On Tuesday, Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew will be a special guest to help light the menorah on the Ellipse. The lighting is scheduled for 4 p.m. Organizers say thousands of people are scheduled to attend. “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band will perform. Read full article > >

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Hanukkah’s first night begins with lighting of the National Menorah near the White House

To many New Yorkers, and others across the country, “Jewish music” typically encompasses one style: Ashkenazi , a style of music from Eastern Europe. Think klezmer, Fiddler on the Roof, even the Driedel song. That is the dominant face of Jewish music.

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Bringing the Middle East to New York, One Jewish Song at a Time

At Double Play Toys, which serves Orthodox Jewish families, figures that promote television-watching or violence run against the store’s code.

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Neighborhood Joint | Borough Park: At Orthodox Toy Store in Brooklyn, Batman Is Not Kosher

Advocates of strong U.S.-Israel relations have aimed for decades to keep Israel from being a divisive issue in American politics. Yet Israel is one of very few foreign policy issues already rating attention in the 2012 presidential election. Republican candidates recently staked their claim to the “pro-Israel” mantle in front of the Republican Jewish Coalition Forum . President Obama made his case on Friday to 6,000 Reform Jews gathered in Washington. Read full article > >

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What ‘pro-Israel’ should mean

Advocates of strong U.S.-Israel relations have aimed for decades to keep Israel from being a divisive issue in American politics. Yet Israel is one of very few foreign policy issues already rating attention in the 2012 presidential election. Republican candidates recently staked their claim to the “pro-Israel” mantle in front of the Republican Jewish Coalition Forum . President Obama made his case on Friday to 6,000 Reform Jews gathered in Washington. Read full article > >

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Matisyahu, the reggae rapper who brought Orthodox Judaism to mainstream music, revealed to the Twitterverse yesterday that he shaved off his trademark beard. The Internet seemed a little confused : Had Matisyahu left Judaism all together? “No more Chassidic reggae superstar,” Matisyahu, born Matthew Paul Miller, wrote on his Web site . “Sorry folks, all you get is me … no alias.” Read full article > >

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Matisyahu shaves beard, drama ensues