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January 2015

4 hostages killed; 3 terrorists slain at twin hostage sites in France

(JNS.org) — Four hostages were reportedly killed Friday in an Islamist terrorist siege on the Hyper Cacher kosher grocery store in the Porte de Vincennes neighborhood of eastern Paris.

Later on Friday, French security forces killed 

MENSCHKINS: Don’t wish me luck!

The improbable romance between Israel and Azerbaijan

By ALINA DAIN SHARON

(JNS.org) — Since its founding in 1948, Israel has found Muslim-majority allies hard to come by. Yet an improbable romance continues to develop between the Jewish state and Azerbaijan.

Paris hostage takers dead, hostages being freed after simultaneous raids

(JTA) — All hostage takers are dead, and their hostages are being freed after simultaneous raids on the two sites in Paris, one a kosher supermarket, attacked by terrorists today.

At least four people in addition to the three hostage takers are...

Live blog: Paris hostage crisis

There are two hostage standoffs in and around Paris today; one at a kosher supermarket in the 12th Arrondissement and one at a printing plant outside Paris.

The suspects in yesterday’s lethal attack on a satirical...

10 reportedly held hostage in deadly Paris kosher supermarket standoff

(JTA) — Several people are being held hostage at a kosher supermarket in Paris, and two are reported dead.

The hostage situation began shortly after noon at Cash Cacher Naouri, a kosher supermarket near Porte de Vincennes in...

Netanyahu: Paris Islamist attack requires global response

(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a “global response” to the attack at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris.Netanyahu issued his statement Thursday during a meeting in Jerusalem with Norwegian Foreign Minister...

Boxer won’t run for reelection in 2016

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Barbara Boxer will not run for a fifth U.S. Senate term in 2016.Boxer, 74, a California Democrat, made the announcement Thursday in a video interview with her grandson, Zach Rodham, posted on YouTube.

Paris Jewish institutions at maximum alert following Charlie Hebdo attack

 (JTA) — Jewish institutions in the Paris region have upped their level of security to the maximum following the deadly attack at the Charlie Hebdo offices.More uniformed and non-uniformed police officers will be stationed outside Jewish...

Historic battle has meaning for Jewish New Orleans

By ARLENE WIEDER, Exclusive to the CCJN

Two hundred years ago – January 8, 1815 – the final of four skirmishes between a ragtag army of American defenders and an invading force of seasoned British soldiers took place on a...