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Jack Terpins, president of the Latin American Jewish Congress, seen here with Caridad Diego Bello and Rabbi Yossi Schildkraut, attended meetings in Sao Paulo to talk about religious integration, Nov. 5, 2009. (Conib) Rabbi Capers Funnye, a cousin of Michelle Obama, dances at the Jewish Agency's absorption center for new immigrants in Mevasseret Zion, near Jerusalem, Nov. 4, 2009. (Brian Hendler) Israeli President Shimon Peres at his residence in Jerusalem with members of a panel of Israeli Ethiopians during the first Israeli celebration of the Sigd holiday, when Ethiopian Jews mark their yearning to return to Jerusalem and Zion, Nov. 2, 2009. (Israeli Government Press Office) Young Israeli Ethiopians performing at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Nov. 2, 2009, in a celebration of the Sigd holiday marking Ethiopian Jews' yearning to return to Jerusalem and Zion. (Israeli Government Press Office) Abraham H. Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League, left, salutes celebrated Irish tenor Ronan Tynan after his rendition of "God Bless America" before the Anti-Defamation League's annual meeting on October 29. (David Karp) J Street founder Jeremy Ben-Ami speaking at the group's first conference in Washington, Oct. 26, 2009, as Rabbi Eric Yoffie looks on. (J Street) Some of the seven descendants of the ancient Jewish community of Kaifeng, China, arriving in Israel at Ben Gurion Airport, Oct. 20, 2009. The descendants, who were brought by the Shavei Israel organization, were issued one-year entry permits. (Michael Freund) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, a guest speaker at the opening of the annual meeting of the Jewish Agency's board of governors, looks on as Johanna Arbib-Perugia, chairwoman of the world board of trustees of Keren Hayesod, greets Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky in Jerusalem, Oct. 25, 2009. (Brian Hendler) At the initiative of JNF-UK and KKL, a group of 25 British hikers aged 9 to 79 trekked four days from the Mediterranean to the Sea of Galilee trying to raise awareness and funds to deal with the Israeli water crisis. (KKL Archive) A group of Rollerbladers and skaters in Tel Aviv show their support for alternative forms of transport on Oct. 17, 2009, the international day of climate action organized by "350," a campaign to raise climate crisis awareness. (Ronen Avihav / 350.org / Creative Commons)

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  • Jack Terpins, president of the Latin American Jewish Congress, seen here with Caridad Diego Bello and Rabbi Yossi Schildkraut, attended meetings in Sao Paulo to talk about religious integration, Nov. 5, 2009.
  • Rabbi Capers Funnye, a cousin of Michelle Obama, dances at the Jewish Agency's absorption center for new immigrants in Mevasseret Zion, near Jerusalem, Nov. 4, 2009.
  • Israeli President Shimon Peres at his residence in Jerusalem with members of a panel of Israeli Ethiopians during the first Israeli celebration of the Sigd holiday, when Ethiopian Jews mark their yearning to return to Jerusalem and Zion, Nov. 2, 2009.
  • Young Israeli Ethiopians performing at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Nov. 2, 2009, in a celebration of the Sigd holiday marking Ethiopian Jews' yearning to return to Jerusalem and Zion.
  • Abraham H. Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League, left, salutes celebrated Irish tenor Ronan Tynan after his rendition of "God Bless America" before the Anti-Defamation League's annual meeting on October 29.
  • J Street founder Jeremy Ben-Ami speaking at the group's first conference in Washington, Oct. 26, 2009, as Rabbi Eric Yoffie looks on.
  • Some of the seven descendants of the ancient Jewish community of Kaifeng, China, arriving in Israel at Ben Gurion Airport, Oct. 20, 2009. The descendants, who were brought by the Shavei Israel organization, were issued one-year entry permits.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, a guest speaker at the opening of the annual meeting of the Jewish Agency's board of governors, looks on as Johanna Arbib-Perugia, chairwoman of the world board of trustees of Keren Hayesod, greets Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky in Jerusalem, Oct. 25, 2009.
  • At the initiative of JNF-UK and KKL, a group of 25 British hikers aged 9 to 79 trekked four days from the Mediterranean to the Sea of Galilee trying to raise awareness and funds to deal with the Israeli water crisis.
  • A group of Rollerbladers and skaters in Tel Aviv show their support for alternative forms of transport on Oct. 17, 2009, the international day of climate action organized by "350," a campaign to raise climate crisis awareness.
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