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• Suzy Braun, who actively worked for the Chicago Jewish community for nearly 60 years, has died.
• Newly appointed Israeli ambassadors and Foreign Ministry cadets will visit the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron and other West Bank Jewish heritage sites, under a new educational project.
• A delegation of Chilean miners who survived 68 days trapped underground in a collapsed mine recited a thanksgiving blessing with Israeli President Shimon Peres.
• Four Jewish teenagers were indicted for stabbing to death an Arab man in Jerusalem.
• Fashion designer John Galliano was suspended from the Christian Dior fashion house after allegedly harassing a couple, using anti-Semitic and racist slurs.

• The leaders of American Jewish groups appealed to Cuba's president to release a Jewish U.S. citizen from prison and reunite him with his family.
• At least two Israelis are still missing since a devastating earthquake struck New Zealand.
• Ireland's only Jewish national politician was re-elected to parliament after a decisive vote
• A Toronto day school is the first Jewish school in North America to be accredited by the International Baccalaureate Organization.
• Almost one-quarter of Australians harbor anti-Semitic prejudices, according to the largest study on racism ever undertaken in the country.

• The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland is looking for one or more programs worth $300,000.
• The Reform Movement accepted Fox News host Glenn Beck's apology for comparing Reform Judaism to radical Islam.
• Pro-Israel groups are urging supporters to buy Israeli goods on March 30 to counter a global anti-Israel boycott called for that day.
• A new Holocaust-era restitution project will work to identify individuals whose property and assets were confiscated by the Nazis.
• A Los Angeles judge has tentatively denied Chabad of California’s $18 million claim against a philanthropist’s estate.

• Two Iranian warships that passed through the Suez Canal reportedly docked in Syria.
• A suspected nuclear site has been identified in Syria using commercial satellite photos.
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would "not tolerate" the bombing of its citizens following a rocket attack on Beersheba.
• The law school at the University of California, Berkeley is expanding its Jewish and Israel studies offerings with the launch of a new institute.
• The Jewish sheriff's deputy who arrested actor Mel Gibson can sue after allegedly being passed over for promotion over the incident, a judge ruled.

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