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The Jewish Press of Tampa and the Jewish Press of Pinellas County are Independently- owned biweekly Jewish community newspapers published in cooperation with and supported by the Tampa JCC & Federation and the Jewish Federation of Pinellas & Pasco Counties, respectively

 
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January 15, 2010  RSS feed
World News
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Holocaust archives go online
WASHINGTON — Efforts to track down U.S.-held records that may assist Holocaust restitution claims are now a click — and possibly a fee — away. The U.S. National Archives and Footnote.com, a fee-based history research website, recently launched the largest online interactive collection of Holocaust records. More...
North American aliyah surges in 2009

Funded in part by Federation Annual Campaigns donations, the Jewish Agency for Israel moved 3,767 new immigrants from the U.S. and Canada to Israel in 2009, an increase of 17 percent compared with 2008. Globally, there was also an increase of 17 percent in the number of new immigrants to Israel from around the world to more than 16,200, excluding immigrants from Ethiopia. More...

C-SPAN: host should have challenged anti-Semitic caller

(JTA) — C-SPAN said a call-in host should have upbraided an anti- Semitic caller. More...

Pope in Rome shul: Church saved Jews

ROME (JTA) – Pope Benedict XVI said church authorities played an active role in saving Jews during the Holocaust, though “often hidden and discreet” during a speech in Rome’s main synagogue. More...

U.S. citizen held in Cuba worked with Jews

(JTA) – A U.S. contractor held in Cuba helped the island nation’s Jewish community access the Internet and connect with world Jewry. Cuba has accused Alan Gross, 60, an international development expert for the Bethesda-based Development Alternatives Inc., a contractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development, of being a spy. More...

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