By Yaffa Klugerman, JTA World News Service HIGHLAND PARK, N.J. (JTA)—Over the past few weeks, strangers have begun stopping high school computer science teacher Chaim Cohen on the street. A few accuse him of recording them without their knowledge. Even fewer blame him for all of society’s ills. But many justContinue Reading
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By Lilit Marcus, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA)—When Amanda Melpolder began planning her wedding to Jeff Greenberg, she hoped the ceremony would be unlike others. Melpolder had become involved in an independent minyan in Brooklyn after converting to Judaism several years ago, and she and Greenberg wanted their theirContinue Reading
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By JTA News Desk, JTA World News Service ROME (JTA) — What is being described as the oldest Torah scroll known to exist was discovered in the library of the University of Bologna. The parchment scroll had been wrongly catalogued as dating from the 17th century, a university statement said. “Instead,Continue Reading
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By Gideon Behar, JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA)—What could Goebbels have done with 140 characters? The question, disturbing as it might sound, can no longer be approached only as theoretical. As the arch-propagandist of Nazism, Joseph Goebbels spread the demonic messages of his Fuehrer via the written word, mass demonstrations,Continue Reading
By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service There’s been a resurgence recently of a longtime affliction of the Israeli-Palestinian relationship: culinary anxiety. It pretty much runs like this: Palestinians accuse Israelis of stealing their cuisine. Israelis, nonplussed, answer, Stealing? How is it stealing if we call it “Arab food?” Frustrated foodiesContinue Reading
By , JNS.org (JNS.org) The U.S. Senate on Wednesday unanimously voted in favor of a measure supporting the “full implementation of United States and international sanctions on Iran,” urging President Barack Obama to “continue to strengthen enforcement of sanctions legislation,” and affirming Israel’s right to self-defense. S.Res. 65 also urges thatContinue Reading
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By JTA News Desk, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — Jewish groups are joining the effort to help those displaced by the tornado in suburban Oklahoma City. Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, announced Tuesday that his organization will collect donations and distribute them toContinue Reading
By Rafael Medoff, JNS.org The news that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) unfairly targeted conservative groups has brought renewed spotlight on a 2010 lawsuit filed by the pro-Israel group Z Street, which alleges it was also singled out by the IRS when applying for tax-exempt status. The Z Street case, whoseContinue Reading
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By JTA News Desk, JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA)—Barbra Streisand will receive an honorary doctorate from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Streisand, the iconic Jewish-American singer and actress, will be presented with the degree at a ceremony on June 17 during the Hebrew University International Board of Governors meeting inContinue Reading
By Anna Harwood, Special to JTNews Part of the joy of living in Israel is the opportunity to spend weekends discovering the country’s hidden gems, only unearthed through opportune conversations or chance encounters on a morning hike. Hiking through the Jerusalem hills, wooden signs adorned with an image of a goatContinue Reading
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