7/12/12 Round Up PM Edition
By Jspace Staff on 7/12/2012 at 5:07 PM
Categories: Round Up, Israel, History
Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign is forced to cancel a $50,000 per plate fundraiser in Jerusalem as it was planned to take place on a Jewish fasting day. [The Huffington Post]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has no plans to return to politics. [JTA]
Jacob Klaven’s in-flight proposal to girlfriend Natalie Cohen revolved around Judaism. [The Huffington Post]
Jewish cancer survivors find support through a new network, R-Mission. [JTA]
Frank Foley, a British spy who saved German Jews during the Holocaust, is honored at the entrance to Hoop Lane cemetery in Golders Green, London. [The JC]
The Claims Conference board approves $272 million in new allocations for the next two fiscal years. [JTA]
AIPAC cites “lawlessness” in Egypt and the country’s election of an Islamist president in its latest fundraising appeal. [JTA]
A Jewish teen is sentenced to eight years in jail for killing an Arab in Jerusalem. [Haaretz]





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