By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Once upon a time, there was a village in the middle of a forest. Houses lined a long street,
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By Sean Savage, JNS.org With the launch of the Israeli army’s Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, much of the public’s attention has appropriately f
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By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Rabbi Kenneth Brander took a part-time, two-year job as rabbi of a 60-family congregation
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By JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Israeli military to “take off the gloves” against Hamas, as
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — For many Israelis, eyes are turning south watching yet another conflict unfold with Hamas
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the father of the Palestinian teen allegedly murdered by Jews in a revenge attack.
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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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By Linda Gradstein, The Media Line It has been a difficult week for everyone in Israel and the Palestinian territories. First the discovery of the
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(JTA) — Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, the father of the Jewish Renewal movement, has died at age 89. A maverick rabbi who started
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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 Uriel Heilman, JTA World News NEW YORK (JTA) -- What does a fervent religious movement do after the death of its singular leader? That wa
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By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound This morning, they flipped the switch, and the most recent cohort of crowd-sourcing projects launched f
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By JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that a privately held business may refuse to provide insurance covera
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By Rami Almagheiri and Linda Gradstein, The Media Line Gaza City, Gaza Strip — The 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza are bracing for Israeli retalia
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) -- A national ordeal here ended in tragedy as three Israeli teenagers kidnapped earlier this mo
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — The bodies of three kidnapped Israeli teens have been found in a field north of Hebron. Israeli media announced at about 8:30 p
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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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By Linda Gradstein, The Media Line [Beersheva, Israel] — The eager students and their projects are all over campus — some with posters, some with m
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By Abdullah H. Erakat and Linda Gradstein, The Media Line As thousands of Israeli soldiers comb every inch of the West Bank in an intense search fo
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By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Mike Tobias lives on a boat in Ballard with his wife, their dogs, and two guns. On the back
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