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This undated photo provided by Clint Payne shows his sister, Melissa, and her husband, Kurt Cochran. A statement from the Mormon church issued Thursday, March 23, 2017, on behalf of relatives said Kurt Cochran was among those killed in the London attack Wednesday and Melissa was seriously injured. (Courtesy of Clint Payne via AP)
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A 19-year-old dual U.S.-Israeli citizen covers his face as he is brought to court in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. Israeli police said they have arrested a Jewish Israeli man who is the prime suspect behind a wave of bomb threats against Jewish community centers and other institutions in the United States. The police withheld his identity. (AP Photo/Nir Keidar)
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In this March 19, 2017 photo, Ezra Perez, 3, is handed a kippah at a synagogue in Bogota, Colombia. Ezra is among a group of Venezuelan Jewish converts who have had a torturous journey trying to reach Israel. The protracted fight over the so-called “Venezuela Nine” underscores the fierce debate in a divided Israeli society over who is a Jew and how a religion that doesn’t proselytize like Christianity or Islam embraces an increasing number of converts, especially from Latin America, who have found their way to Judaism outside traditional paths like marrying someone of the faith. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)
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In this March 19, 2017 photo, the Garcia family receives a special blessing in Bogota, Colombia. The Garcia's are among a group of Venezuelan converts who have had a torturous journey trying to reach Israel. Their journey almost fell apart when late last year, after months of correspondence with officials in Israel, they were denied entry over concerns they weren’t involved enough with Venezuela’s Jewish community and were looking to take advantage of Israel’s immigration policies to flee the troubled South American nation. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)
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Venezuelan Jewish converts arrive at an airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. For a group of nine struggling Venezuelan converts to Judaism their torturous journey to a better life in the promised land finally brought them to Israel on Thursday. They immigrated under the Law of Return, which gives Jews the world over the right to settle in Israel. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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Perez family, Venezuelan Jewish converts, arrive to an absorption center in the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. For a group of nine struggling Venezuelan converts to Judaism their torturous journey to a better life in the promised land finally brought them to Israel on Thursday. They immigrated under the Law of Return, which gives Jews the world over the right to settle in Israel, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Perez family, Venezuelan Jewish converts, arrive to an absorption center in the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. For a group of nine struggling Venezuelan converts to Judaism their torturous journey to a better life in the promised land finally brought them to Israel on Thursday. They immigrated under the Law of Return, which gives Jews the world over the right to settle in Israel, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Venezuelan Jewish converts Franklin Perez and his wife Sahir Quitero, son Ezra and daughter Hannah settle in their new home in an absorption center in the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. For a group of nine struggling Venezuelan converts to Judaism their torturous journey to a better life in the promised land finally brought them to Israel on Thursday. They immigrated under the Law of Return, which gives Jews the world over the right to settle in Israel, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Venezuelan Jewish converts Franklin Perez and his wife Sahir Quitero, son Ezra and daughter Hannah walk inside an absorption center in the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. For a group of nine struggling Venezuelan converts to Judaism their torturous journey to a better life in the promised land finally brought them to Israel on Thursday. They immigrated under the Law of Return, which gives Jews the world over the right to settle in Israel, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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FILE - In this March 3, 2017, file photo, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, center, a member of Congress's bipartisan task force combating anti-Semitism, speaks with a reporter after holding a press conference to address bomb treats against Jewish organizations and vandalism at Jewish cemeteries at the Park East Synagogue in New York. Israeli police arrested a 19-year-old Israeli Jewish man on Thursday, March 23, as the primary suspect in a string of bomb threats targeting Jewish community centers and other institutions in the U.S., marking a potential breakthrough in the case. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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FILE - In this Saturday, April 2, 2005, file photo, Baltimore Cardinal William Keeler speaks to reporters before conducting Mass at The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, in Baltimore. Keeler, who helped ease tensions between Catholics and Jews, has died. (AP Photo/Gail Burton, File)
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British newspapers mark the death of Martin McGuiness, in London, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. McGuinness, who died Tuesday at 66, was an Irish Republican Army commander who led the paramilitary movement toward reconciliation with Britain and went on to serve as Northern Ireland's deputy first minister for a decade in a Catholic-Protestant power-sharing unity government. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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In this March 19, 2017 photo, a rabbi carrying cups for kosher wine walks down the steps at a synagogue in Bogota, Colombia. On a recent Sunday, a toast was made for nine Venezuelan converts who have had a torturous journey trying to reach Israel. The group marked their conversion--for the second time in as many years, with a ritual immersion as part of a save-face deal brokered by liberal Israeli lawmakers and rabbinic authorities who had initially rejected their request to migrate on the grounds they couldn't demonstrate their commitment to Judaism. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)
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In this March 19, 2017 photo, Franklin Perez, listens to a rabbi at a synagogue in Bogota, Colombia. Perez is among nine Venezuelan converts who have had a torturous journey trying to reach Israel. Franklin Perez has lived a Jewish life: he wears a skullcap, gave Hebrew names to his children and even travels three hours by road to Caracas to buy Kosher meat, when he can find it among Venezuela’s crippling food shortages. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)
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In this March 19, 2017 photo, Jackson Marrone receives a special blessing at a synagogue in Bogota, Colombia. Marrone is among nine Venezuelan converts who have had a torturous journey trying to reach Israel. According to an official in Israel familiar with the case, there was evidence suggesting some of the applicants converted to Judaism to take advantage of Israeli social benefits, including health insurance. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)
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In this March 19, 2017 photo, Franklin Perez dips his son in a special bath to mark their conversion to Judaism in Bogota, Colombia. Franklin Perez and his son are among nine Venezuelan converts who have had a torturous journey trying to reach Israel. The group marked their conversion--for the second time in as many years--with a ritual immersion as part of a save-face deal brokered by liberal Israeli lawmakers and rabbinic authorities who had initially rejected their request to migrate on the grounds they couldn't demonstrate their commitment to Judaism. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)
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In this March 19, 2017 photo, a rabbi fills out paperwork in Bogota, Colombia, making the conversion of nine Venezuelans to Judaism official before their departure to Israel. According to an official in Israel familiar with the case, there was evidence suggesting some of the applicants converted to Judaism to take advantage of Israeli social benefits, including health insurance. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)
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In this March 17, 2017 photo, Jewish converts Sahir Quitero, center, her husband Franklin Perez, son Ezra, left, and daughter Hannah, walk to departures lounge of the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on their way to Israel. Their journey almost fell apart when late last year, after months of correspondence with officials in Israel, they were denied entry over concerns they weren’t involved enough with Venezuela’s Jewish community and were looking to take advantage of Israel’s immigration policies to flee the troubled South American nation. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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In this March 17, 2017 photo, Jose Luis Garcia embraces and cries as he says goodbye to his little brother that departs to Bogota on his way to Israel, at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela. The protracted fight over the so-called “Venezuela Nine” religious converts on their way to Israel underscores the fierce debate in a divided Israeli society over who is a Jew and how a religion that doesn’t proselytize like Christianity or Islam embraces an increasing number of converts, especially from Latin America, who have found their way to Judaism outside traditional paths like marrying someone of the faith. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Students and supporters protest outside of the California State University Office of the Chancellor as the CSU Trustees finance committee vote on a tuition increase on a 7 to 2 vote in Long Beach Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (Thomas R. Cordova/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)
