JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA) — A West Bank man said to be the leader of the terrorist cell that kidnapped and killed three Israeli teenag
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By Dikla Tuchman, Jewish Sound Correspondent Over two dozen local Jewish community groups, including synagogues and political action organizations,
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SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) — A senior Jewish leader in Sydney resigned from a government post amid a furor over an email he sent about the Gaza conflict.
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Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent AKIM Israel, Israel’s National Association for the Habilitation of the Mentally Handicapped, and the larg
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By Hillel Kuttler, JTA World News Service BALTIMORE (JTA) -- Sean Carmeli, a sergeant in the Israeli army, was stationed in Israel’s South awaiting p
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NEW YORK (JTA) –United, U.S. Airways and Delta Airlines canceled their flights to Tel Aviv after a rocket fired from Gaza struck near the Israeli airp
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Dikla Tuchman, Jewish Sound Correspondent Hundreds of supporters gathered in downtown Seattle’s Occidental Park Sunday in a solidarity rally in su
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By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service (JTA) -- Rebecca Scoggin lived in a lot of places growing up: Juneau, Nome, Fairbanks, Homer, Anchorage. But
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By Alina Dain Sharon, JNS.org Australia’s Sydney Harbor is up in flames. Large letters superimposed on the scene ask, “How would they rea
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(JTA) — Israel launched a ground incursion into the Gaza Strip to destroy tunnels it says are used for terrorist activities. “A large IDF for
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By Linda Gradstein The Media Line Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is in Egypt today in an attempt to push forward a cease-fire betwee
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NEW YORK (JTA) – A Jewish woman was ejected from a JetBlue flight after arguing about the Israel-Hamas conflict with a Palestinian passenger. The J
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By JTA World News Service Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder on Friday denounced Israel in an expletive-laden tirade during a concert in England.
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By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound During a lunchtime conference call today with members of Seattle’s Jewish community, Andy David, Israel
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By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound On Thursday night, July 3, a community-wide memorial service was held at Minyan Ohr Chadas
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- The full recording of the emergency call placed by one of three abducted teens, in which the kidnappers can be heard celebrating, w
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By David Shayne, Special to the Jewish Sound A while back, I heard Palestinian academic Nadia Elia brag that the boycott, divestment and sanctions
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Two West Bank Palestinian men affiliated with Hamas have been identified as the alleged abductors of three Israeli teens. Israel
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Last Friday, June 22, the Presbyterian church announced its intentions to divest from companies that do business with Israel in the West Bank. Several
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News TEL AVIV (JTA) -- At 3:30 Shavuot morning, more than 100 people are seated on folding chairs singing in Yiddish as
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