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Israelis stress while stranded in Bangkok
Political demonstrations have shut the Thai capital's two commercial airports for days, leaving Israelis to bide their time and try to reassure their families back home. Read more »
Anne Frank diary resonates with Cambodians
The famed Holocaust memoir, translated into Khmer, strikes an all-too-familiar theme for a people who felt the genocidal wrath of a despotic regime. Read more »
Chutzpahdik philanthropist aids Cambodians
Bernie Krisher, a German native who came to identify with long-suffering Cambodians through his experience as a refugee from the Holocaust, brings a never-say-die chutzpah to help one of Asia's poorest lands. Read more »
Chabad offers shelter during Thai coup
As more than a dozen tanks were encircling Thailand’s Parliament building in a military coup d’etat, hundreds of Israeli backpackers were seeking shelter in the local Chabad House a mile or so away. Read more »
U.S. Jew opens ‘groovy’ window on Thailand
An American-born Jew raised in Thailand has produced a best-selling map of Bangkok — and other of his favorite sites in Southeast Asia — with tips for living it up like the locals. Read more »
Israeli Thai boxers compete
Three young Israelis distinguished themselves at a prestigious Thai boxing competition in Bangkok. Read more »
Toys for tsunami victims
Following a worldwide toy drive, Chabad of Thailand held a festival in Phuket to give toys to children whose lives have been devastated by the Southeast Asian tsunami. Read more »
Never again,’ but it happened in Cambodia
Tuol Sleng, now a museum, is Cambodia's version of Auschwitz. To the son of survivors it is not only a harrowing experience but an eye-opener. Read more »
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Updated 11/22/09 @ 05:02PM EDT
- Hundreds of Jewish and non-Jewish Brazileans protested in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit.
- "Real progress" has been made in negotiations to release a captured Israeli soldier, President Shimon Peres confirmed.
- The online auction Web site eBay said it took down an ad offering biological samples from Benito Mussolini before anyone could bid on them.
- Turkey has given Israeli defense contractors 50 days to deliver 10 promised drone aircraft.
- Iran began an air defense drill designed to protect its nuclear program, Iranian state television reported.
- Brazileans protest Ahmadinejad visit
- Peres: ‘Real progress’ in Shalit talks
- The Mofaz plan—state now, ask questions later
- eBay removes Mussolini brain, blood samples
- Turkey demands delivery of Israeli drones
- Iran begins air defense drill
- More Israeli recruits seeking to join combat units
- Haredim return to protest Jerusalem Intel factory
- Female Orthodox scholars helping women talk about sex
- Obama half-brother has Jewish roots
- Lieberman: Fort Hood could be terror attack
- J Street confab shows generational divide on Israel
- What really happened at the Reform biennial in Toronto
- Rubashkin convicted on 86 charges
- Pro-Israel fliers confiscated at campus speech
- Obama shifts to Israel’s corner, but tries not to show it
