By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service (JTA) – Between the war in Gaza and gains by Islamic militants in Iraq, Syria and Libya, there’s plenty of
Read MoreBy Abdullah H. Erakat and Linda Gradstein, The Media Line (RAMALLAH) — After the rockets comes the spin machine, and both Israel and Hamas are clam
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israel’s war is over, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fight may only have just begun.
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Emily K. Alhadeff Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound You might expect to see a line of motorcycles parked outside a dive bar, but lined up outside
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By Linda Gradstein, The Media Line An old Bedouin proverb says, “Me against my brother, me and my brother against my cousin, and me and my cousin a
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) — A rocket barrage fell on Israel, a boom sounded over Tel Aviv and then it was over — at least
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By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent Updated August 29, 2014 Chanting “Long live Palestine” and “Free, Free, Palestine” underscored by a
Read MoreBy Anthony Weiss, JTA World News Service (JTA) -- On the evening of Aug. 12, after two consecutive nights of clashes between police and protesters in
Read MoreBy Ben Sales, JTA World News Service OR YEHUDA, Israel (JTA) -- Something that looks like a can of soda could be Israel's high-tech answer to the net
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Nearly 200 Hollywood elite, including Sylvester Stallone and Seth Rogen, signed a statement condemning Hamas as its conflict with I
Read MoreBy Jewish Sound staff Though protesters attempted to block workers from entering the Port of Tacoma on Saturday to unload a ship owned by Zim I
Read More(JNS.org) A Temple University student was punched in the face and called anti-Semitic slurs by members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) on
Read More(JNS.org) Farmers in Israeli communities near Gaza will receive some 120 portable shelters to protect the manual laborers who work the land, officials
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(Cleveland Jewish News/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Columbus, Ohio, Jewish community is mourning the loss of one of its lone soldiers as the Israel Defen
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Jessica will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah Saturday, August 30, 2014 at Temple B’nai Torah in Bellevue. Jessica is the daughter of Paul Manner and Denise
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Shayna will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on August 30, 2014, at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on Mercer Island. Shayna is the daughter of Il
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Gillian will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on Sept. 6, 2014, at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on Mercer Island. Gillian is the daughter of Am
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Taleah will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on August 30, 2014 at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on Mercer Island. Taleah is the daughter of Cra
Read MoreApril 28, 1928–July 28, 2014 George Grashin, age 86, of Seattle, has passed away after a brave and courageous fight with cancer. He was born April 28
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