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At The Center of the Universe
At The Center of the Universe
by Mordechai Plaut

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"Brains" Behind 9/11 and Shul Bombing in Jerba on Trial
By R. Hoffner

The trial of the man who declared himself "the brains" behind the 9/11 attack, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has been detained at the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, got underway in France. He faces charges of planning the deadly attack at the historic El Ghariba Synagogue on the Tunisian island of Jerba on April 11, 2002, in addition to his trial in the US.


Education Departments at Local Authorities Extend Helping Hand to Children from South
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Educational institutions in various cities are making efforts to integrate hundreds of children from the south of Israel currently staying in locations far away from their schools.


El Al Flight from Madrid to Tel Aviv Delayed Until Motzei Shabbos to Avoid Chilul Shabbos
By Yechiel Sever

El Al issued instructions to delay until Motzei Shabbos a flight scheduled to depart from Madrid and land in Israel late Friday afternoon.


Two Shuls Firebombed in France
By Arnon Yaffeh, Paris

Violence and antisemitism in France as a result of the war in Gaza against Hamas ratcheted up this week when three assailants, with heads and faces covered by keffiyahs, hurled firebombs at a shul in St. Denis in the 93rd administrative department (known locally as L'neuf Trois) in the heart of an Arab suburb Sunday night, 16 Teves (11 Jan).


Outrage in Rome Following Boycott of Jewish-Owned Stores
By R. Hoffner

Italian politicians across the spectrum joined Jewish organizations in voicing their protest to an extreme decision by a small, leftist trade union to launch a boycott of Jewish- owned stores in reaction to the Israeli operation in Gaza. At first the trade union posted on the Internet a list of stores in Rome that sell Israeli products, but the products continued to sell.


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