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March 24, 20150

Nazi refuge discovered in Argentine jungle, archaeologist says

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) -- A team of archaeologists and researchers discovered what they believe was a refuge for Nazis in an Argentine forest n

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March 24, 20150

White House: Looking to next Israeli government to recommit to two states

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The Obama administration said it would look to the new Israeli government to recommit itself to the two-state solution. “We

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March 24, 20150

Cruz, announcing presidential bid, says he’ll stand unapologetically with Israel

(JTA) -- Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas criticized President Barack Obama's relationship with Israel while announcing his candidacy for the Republican preside

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March 23, 20150

Israel chides ‘absurd’ censure by U.N. women’s panel

(JTA) — Israel slammed a U.N. commission’s resolution blaming “the Israeli occupation” for the lack of advancement of Palestinian women in their socie

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J street
March 23, 20150

Netanyahu facing challenges, criticism from Jewish liberals

By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) – With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing escalating criticism and pressure from the

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March 23, 20150

On election night, remembering when Israelis loved Iran

By Julie Wiener, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — While Israel’s election results were still rolling in, one predominantly Jewish audience

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Bibi on bomb
March 19, 20150

Will Netanyahu’s campaign rhetoric cause further estrangement with Washington?

By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The Obama administration's first response to news that Benjamin Netanyahu had been reele

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March 18, 20150

5 takeaways from the Israeli election

By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service (JTA) – In the United States, the magic number on Election Day is 270, the number of Electoral College votes

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Netanyahu in Congress
March 18, 20150

Call for unity on right, hardline rhetoric propel Netanyahu to decisive comeback

By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) -- This city’s Rabin Square was full of young men wearing large knit kippahs and women in long

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knesset
March 17, 20150

Exit polls: Zionist Union, Likud neck and neck at top

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Exit polls in Israel showed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party neck and neck at the top with the center-left Zionist Uni

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March 16, 20150

Europe’s undercover yarmulke journalists

By Gabe Friedman, JTA World News Service (JTA) — Sending a yarmulke-wearing man out with a hidden video camera to document anti-Semitism on the s

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ISIS
March 11, 20150

ISIS video shows alleged execution of Arab-Israeli accused of spying

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- The Islamic State released a video that allegedly shows the execution of an Arab-Israeli teenager that the Islamist group accused o

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March 11, 20150

Middle Eastern women use International Women’s Day to call for more rights

By Hanna Rais, The Media Line In Afghanistan, dozens of men marched through the streets wearing head-to-toe sky-blue burkas to show their identific

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March 10, 20150

Oregon couple to brew kosher kegs for community

By Anthony Weiss, JTA World News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (JTA) -- For Tim and Sonia Marie Leikam, the dream is nearly complete. Behind the couple

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March 10, 20150

Hillel’s Fingerhut pulls out of J Street forum over Erekat

By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Hillel International said its president, Eric Fingerhut, was pulling out of J Street's u

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March 10, 20150

Many Muslim pupils resist Holocaust education, Dutch lawmakers hear

The Hague, Netherlands (JTA) — A number of Dutch schools refrain from teaching about the Holocaust because of resistance from Muslim pupils, teachers

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March 9, 20150

Under cloud of Iran talk, AIPAC quietly courts progressives

By Sarah Wildman, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) -- At the AIPAC conference, a sea of 16,000 Israel supporters spent their time talking Ir

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March 5, 20150

For Ukraine Jews, Purim holiday merely a respite

By Alan H. Gill, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) -- Jewish perseverance, and more than a bit of chutzpah, lies at the heart of the Purim

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March 5, 20150

Is a new Jewish Portland rising in the east?

By Anthony Weiss, JTA World News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (JTA) – Until recently, Jo Borkan was thinking about leaving Portland. She had lived in

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Portland skyline
March 5, 20150

Is a new Jewish Portland rising in the east?

By Anthony Weiss, JTA World News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (JTA) – Until recently, Jo Borkan was thinking about leaving Portland. She had lived in

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