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Convicted of fraud, Rabbi Youlus goes to prison – Washington Jewish Week

03 Jan 2013 Menachem Youlus, a Baltimore rabbi convicted of running a fraudulent operation to ‘save’ Holocaust-era Torah scrolls, has begun serving a 51-month prison sentence.  read more »

‘Bulgaria police ID Burgas bombing accomplice’ – Jerusalem Post

03 Jan 2013 Bulgarian authorities have reportedly discovered the real identity of one of several men involved in the July bombing of a bus in the city of Burgas, in which five Israelis and a Bulgarian bus driver were killed. read more »

Israel has now more than six million Jewish citizens

03 Jan 2013 The Jewish population of the State of Israel has passed the symbolically significant 6 million mark for the first time. read more »

Battle over Viennese Jewish archive goes to Israel’s Supreme Court – Haaretz

03 Jan 2013 The Jewish community of Vienna has appealed to Israel’s Supreme Court against the decision of the Jerusalem District Court, which ruled that the community’s 300-year old archives will remain in Israel.  read more »

Syria and Hezbollah won’t join the fight if Israel strikes Iran, top-level report predicts – Times of Israel

03 Jan 2013 Israeli Foreign Ministry says Assad can’t help Tehran for fear of losing power, Israel would launch massive ground operation in Lebanon if attacked read more »

Menachem Z. Rosensaft: The Jewish future seen through the eyes of an American statesman – Washington Post

01 Jan 2013 Stuart Eizenstat has played and is certain to continue playing a critical role during this time of existentialist transition for American Jewry. His new book ‘The Future of the Jews’ is an insightful, compelling and indispensable resource for anyone who wants to know what the complex Israel-Diaspora relationship is all about, and especially for those of us who believe that the Jewish people must continually reassess and even on occasion redefine itself. read more »