By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA World News Service (JTA) -- For the past 14 years, French Jews have grown accustomed to coming under attack during periods of
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Dan Aznoff, Special to the Jewish Sound Despite the fact that she grew up 3,000 miles away from Seattle and speaks with an East Coast accent, Rabbi
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- A United Nations agency condemned the discovery of rockets discovered in one of its schools in the Gaza Strip.The United Nations Re
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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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WASHINGTON (JTA) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry ripped Hamas for ignoring a cease-fire call and affirmed Israel’s right to defend itself.“I can
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(JTA) -- A Belgian Jewish woman said an Antwerp shop owner refused to serve her “out of protest.”The woman, identified by the initials B.H., told poli
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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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By Tori Gottlieb, Jewish Sound Correspondent How many people have fond memories of their childhood Hebrew school programs, of sitting in their syna
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(JTA) — Israel and Hamas are fighting their third major conflict in six years, and while some things have stayed the same, the battle lines have also
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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.
Read MoreBy JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israel is ready to accept an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire, multiple media reports said, although i
Read MoreBy JTA World News Service (JTA) -- Dozens of young men protesting Israel’s actions in Gaza briefly besieged a Paris synagogue and clashed with secu
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According to this article in Tablet Magazine, the six men accused of kidnapping and brutally murdering an Arab Israeli teen that resulted in the war t
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) — Had the shrapnel fallen a foot to the right, gas station attendant Michael Savlov would have
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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 Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) — Get used to conflict. That’s the message Israeli officials and security experts are relayi
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By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound FY2015_PAC_Grants (1) Sometimes a kid just needs a place to unwind. “It’s an overwhelming, stimulat
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This year’s Jacob Friedman Holocaust Writing, Art, and Digital Media Contest, sponsored by the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center, r
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