Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By richards on September 14, 2012

By JTA Staff September 11, 2012

HIGH HOLIDAYS FEATURE

NEW YORK (JTA) -- The following is a review of the news highlights of the Jewish year 5772.

September 2011

An Egyptian mob breaks into the Israeli Embassy in Cairo and Israeli personnel are stuck inside for hours until Egyptian commandos arrive at the scene. Israeli Air Force jets evacuate the Israelis from the country. The attack exacerbates fears in Israel that it is losing a once-reliable ally to the south.

The Palestinians submit their bid for statehood recognition to the U.N. Security Council. In speeches at the U.N. General Assembly, President Obama rejects the Palestinians' unilateral approach, saying that Israel's security concerns are legitimate and must be addressed. In dueling speeches in the same forum, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas trade charges of ethnic cleansing.

Lauren Bush, granddaughter of the first President Bush and niece of the second,marries Ralph Lauren's sonin a ceremony presided over by an ordained rabbi.

Turkey expels Israel's ambassadorto the country and downgrades diplomatic and military ties.

A California court finds 10 students affiliated with the Muslim Student Union at the University of California, Irvine,guilty of two misdemeanor countsfor disrupting a speech in February 2010 by Israel's ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren.

Some 15 countries announce before the Durban Review Conference known asDurban IIIthat they will boycott the proceedings. The one-day session receives little attention amid all the goings-on at the United Nations.

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Looking back at the highlights of 5772

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