By Sybil Kaplan , JNS.org JERUSALEM — What kind of ground can you cover in three hours in Jerusalem? Start at First Station (the renovated train station), go to the Haas Promenade for views of the city, continue past Mishkenot Shaananim and the historic windmill, through the Russian Compound, onContinue Reading
By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service SAN DIEGO (JTA) — What do you get when you bring together 5,000 of the Reform movement’s faithful for a conference in sunny San Diego in mid-December? Four days of singing, learning, schmoozing and worrying at a gathering that seemed equal parts pepContinue Reading
By Lily Katz , Special to JTNews Come August, Jewish, Christian and Muslim youth from Jerusalem and Seattle will spend 10 days learning about each other’s faith traditions and cultural backgrounds while engaging in peace building. The camp, to be held in Mount Vernon, is organized by the new SeattleContinue Reading
By , JNS.org (JNS.org) The membership of the American Studies Association (ASA), the oldest and largest association devoted to the interdisciplinary study of American culture and history, has voted to endorse the ASA’s participate in a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. In a vote that attracted the largest number ofContinue Reading
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By , JTA World News Service (JTA) — A sapling that came from the tree that stood outside the hiding place of Anne Frank in Amsterdam was cut down and stolen in Frankfurt, German police said. Unidentified parties cut down the 8-foot tree outside the Anne Frank School sometime betweenContinue Reading
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By Ron Kampeas, JTNews Columnist WASHINGTON (JTA)—Amid simmering tensions over Iran policy, the Obama and Netanyahu governments appear to have quietly forged common ground in recent weeks on Israeli-Palestinian talks, with the United States accepting that a possible “framework” agreement might not address every outstanding issue in the negotiations. SuchContinue Reading
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By , JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA)—President Obama and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry tamped down expectations of a final status Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, saying any agreement would have a transition stage. In a nod to Israeli concerns, their remarks to the Saban Forum on Saturday areContinue Reading
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By Moira Schneider, JTA World News Service CAPE TOWN, South Africa (JTA)—In the early 1940s, at a time when it was virtually impossible for a South African of color to secure a professional apprenticeship, the Jewish law firm Witkin, Sidelsky and Eidelman gave a young black man a job asContinue Reading
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