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August 15, 2008 / National / World Briefs

Relief groups assist refugees caught in Caucasus conflict

By Grant Slater

MOSCOW (JTA) — As the conflict between Georgia and Russia moved toward an uneasy stalemate earlier this week, the migration of refugees away from the devastated capital of the breakaway republic of South Ossetia spread further and more Jews e More...

BRAD PITT TO PLAY JEWISH SOLDIER

NEW YORK (JTA) —Brad Pitt will star as a Jewish American soldier in a film by Quentin Tarantino. Pitt signed on to play a southern Jew who leads a team of eight Jewish Americans in exacting vengeance on the Nazis in German-occupied France. More...

SIDDUR AVAILABLE FOR IPHONE

NEW YORK (JTA— A Jewish prayer book is now available for Apple's popular cell phone. The software, which can be downloaded to both the iPhone and the iPod Touch devices, includes prayers according to Ashkenazic and Sephardic traditions. More...

IRANIAN SNUBS ISRAELI IN BEIJING

BEIJING (JTA) — An Iranian swimmer refused to compete against his Israeli counterpart at the Beijing Olympics. More...

ISRAEL PLAYS DOWN DEFENSE TIES WITH GEORGIA

JERUSALEM (JTA- Israel is seeking to play down its defense exports to Georgia, which is battling Russia in a border war. More...

SRAELI WINDSURFER STILL ON TOP

BEIJING (JTA) - Israeli Shahar Zubari remained in first place in the men's sailboarding at the Beijing Olympics. More...

ISRAELI JUDOKA LOSES BRONZE

BEIJING (JTA) — An Israeli judo competitor lost a bronze medal match, while an Israeli artistic gymnast advanced to the medal round in Beijing. More...

BEREAVED SWIMMER SETS ISRAELI MARK

JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli swimmer who stayed in the Olympics despite the sudden death of his father set a national record. More...

FEDS: JEWS TARGETED IN PONZI SCHEME

NEW YORK (JTA) —U.S. authorities have charged a Chicago-based firm with defrauding its mostly Orthodox Jewish investors. More...

ISRAELIS STRANDED IN GEORGIA

NEW YORK (JTA) - An Israeli airline said radar failure at the Tbilisi airport prevented it from evacuating Israelis from Georgia. More...

JEWISH U.S. FENCER WINS OLYMPIC SILVER

BEIJING (JTA) — American Sada Jacobson won a fencing silver medal, becoming perhaps the first Jewish medalist of the Beijing Olympics. More...

ISRAEL HONORED AT WORLD POSTAL BODY

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israel was elected to the executive board of a United Nations-regulated international postal organization. More...

ISRAELI REPORTER HURT IN GEORGIA

JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli journalist was wounded in Georgia. Yediot Achronot reporter Tzadok Yehezkeli suffered serious chest wounds while covering the fighting between Georgian and Russian forces in Gori, his newspaper said. More...

JEWISH SWIMMERS PACE U.S. TO RELAY GOLD

BEIJING (JTA) - Jason Lezak's stirring anchor leg lifted the U.S. men's 4x100-meter relay swimming team to the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics and a world record. Lezak and another Jewish swimmer, Garrett Weber-Gale, comprised half the U.S. More...

LANTOS POSTHUMOUSLY WINS DEMOCRACY MEDAL

WASHINGTON (JTA) More...