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NORPAC Alerts Members To Oppose Hagel As Diplomats Back Him

12/21/2012

A leading pro-Israel political action committee urged its members to prevent Chuck Hagel from being nominated defense secretary, while a group of former U.S. diplomats endorsed him.

"The most outstanding thing about the Senator's record on the threats America and its allies face is the consistent solicitude he has shown toward Iran and the terrorist organizations and states it funds: Hezbollah, Hamas, and Syria," reads the model letter sent to members by NORPAC, the New Jersey-based committee.

Man Arrested In Connection With LA Shul Bomb Threat

12/21/2012 | JTA

The man arrested in connection with fake bomb threats made against a Los Angeles synagogue was also charged with vandalizing it earlier this month.

Several bomb threats against the Wilshire Boulevard Temple were called in to the Los Angeles Police Department Tuesday morning. One call said that there was a bomb planted in a car at an intersection near the synagogue.

Police investigated the threats and blew up a suspicious package left in a car adjacent to the synagogue, but the package was found not to contain explosives.

UPDATE: Downtown Manhattan Shul Gets Stay Of Eviction

12/21/2012 | Adam Dickter

Members of the Sixteenth Street Synagogue in Manhattan’s Flatiron District have won a temporary stay of an eviction order that would have had them vacating the premises by Jan. 7^th.

The congregation said it will now seek to be recognized as a co-owner of the building.

The parties will appear in court the following day to argue before a state Supreme Court judge whether the stay will be continued or denied.

In the latest development in a long property dispute, Judge Debra James last week upheld the motion to evict.

City Council Hopeful Apologizes To Jews

12/20/2012 | Adam Dickter

A City Council hopeful says he was “insensitive” when he called on minority leaders to oppose a “white/Jewish” candidate.

YU President Calls Abuse Allegations 'Reprehensible'

12/14/2012 | JTA and Staff

The president of Yeshiva University said the school had a "zero tolerance" policy for sexual abuse and harassment following a lengthy investigation of past abuse allegations in the Forward.

President Richard Joel issued a statement Thursday following the publication of an article in the Forward newspaper which investigated claims, most of them more than two decades old, that two rabbis at the university's high school for boys were known for acts of inappropriate and sexual contact with students.

UPDATE-Avigdor Lieberman Resigns As Israel's Foreign Minister After Indictment

12/13/2012 | JTA and staff

Israel's Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, submitted his resignation Friday afternoon, ending speculation about whether he would fight to stay in office while fighting fraud charges. He continued to assert his innocence and stressed that he did not believe he was legally compelled to quit.