By Talia Levin, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA)—When the world’s first lab-grown burger was introduced and taste-tested on Monday, the event seemed full of promise for environmentalists, animal lovers and vegetarians. Another group that had good reason to be excited? Kosher consumers. The burger was created by harvesting stemContinue Reading
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By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA)—When the nation’s largest Jewish federation convened its first-ever conference recently on engaging interfaith families, perhaps the most notable thing about it was the utter lack of controversy that greeted the event. There was a time when the stereotypical Jewish approach toContinue Reading
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By Itai Reuveni, JTA World News Service SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (JTA)—Sarajevo is a city with a rich multicultural past, but it also bears the scars of war. Take a short walk through the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina and you will see the many cemeteries and bullet-riddled walls, which are undergoing restoration. These layContinue Reading
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By Linda Gradstein, The Media Line Suppose that Israeli President Shimon Peres and the late Palestinian leader entered therapy together. “What keeps you up at night?” the American therapist asks the 90-year-old Israeli President in a soothing voice. “My prostate, heartburn, and Iran — to bomb or not to bomb?” PeresContinue Reading
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By Ron Kampeas , JTA World News Service ANALYSIS WASHINGTON (JTA) — After 20 years of stops, starts and a bloody intifada in between, John Kerry believes he can pull out a final status Israeli-Palestinian peace deal in nine months. What clock is the U.S. secretary of state trying to beat?Continue Reading
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA World News Service KIEV, Ukraine (JTA)—Hours after assailants shot Rabbi Artur Ovadia Isakov on a street in the Russian republic of Dagestan last week, mainstream Russian media were still scrambling to ascertain his identity. But Isakov’s name and condition already were known to the readers of Jewishnet.ru,Continue Reading
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By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA)—In 5773, the religious wars just would not go away. In Israel, elections that extended Benjamin Netanyahu’s tenure as prime minister delivered big wins to two anti-Orthodox-establishment upstarts, Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett. For the first time in nearly two decades, Israel’sContinue Reading
By , JTA World News Service (JTA) — With Israeli-Palestinian talks set to begin, a poll shows that a majority of Israelis would support a final-status agreement with the Palestinian Authority. The poll, conducted by Tel Aviv University and the Dialog Institute, showed that 39 percent of Israelis would vote forContinue Reading
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service For a week before they started competing, many of the 1,100 U.S. athletes in this year’s Maccabiah Games toured Israel and learned about their Jewish heritage. But when Yale Goldberg steps onto the tennis court this week, he’ll have another tradition to draw on.Continue Reading
By , JTA World News Service (JTA)—Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun was suspended for the remainder of the season for violating Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Agreement. Major League Baseball announced the suspension, which is 65 games, on Monday. Braun admitted using performance-enhancing drugs but did not provide any specifics.Continue Reading
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