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7/17/12 Round Up AM Edition

By Jspace Staff on 7/17/2012 at 10:28 AM

Categories: Round Up, World, Europe

7/17/12 Round Up AM Edition

Muammar Gaddafi’s chief of protocol tells an Arabic newspaper that Gaddafi’s mother was Jewish. [The Times of Israel]

The Committee to Bring Jonathan Pollard Home is outraged by Hillary Clinton’s remarks rejecting the possibility of the Israeli agent’s sentence being terminated. [The Jerusalem Post]

Hillary Clinton met with Israeli leaders on Monday to reaffirm US ties and discuss anxieties about the rapidly changing dynamics of the region. [The Washington Post]

The Jewish Defense Organization is looking for the vandal behind the swastika in front of a Marine Park yeshiva last month. [Brooklyn Daily]

A Rockland County, New York couple will take a cross-country trip in hopes of raising awareness and support of American Jews serving in the US military. [Lohud]

On Monday, France marked the anniversary of a World War II rounding up of thousands of Jews in Paris, simultaneously discovering it to be a historical event that most French youths have little knowledge of. [Hurriyet Daily News]

London’s Jewish community organizations are taking additional security measures during the Olympics. [Haaretz]

Deborah Raichman, a Houston Jewish artist, sees deep values in Hebrew letters. [Chron.com]

  • Veterans and representatives of the Jewish community pay tribute to victims of the Vel D'Hiv roundup
  • The Spanish and Portugese Synagogue
  • A Marine Park yeshiva is vandalized
  • Shimi Fuerst
  • Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi

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