By Toby Axelrod , JTA World News Service BERLIN (JTA) — I was 23 when I first met my cousin Gilbert Michlin. He was sitting at a brasserie near his office in Paris wearing a dark suit with a folded handkerchief poking out of the breast pocket. His short, dark hairContinue Reading
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By Dawn Dellasanta-Swann, JNS.org Standing behind the podium of the 2013 NAACP Image Awards is a man in a tux with a red tie whose smooth, dark skin is stretched over a frame so long that it cannot fit through a standard doorway. Behind the same podium, a woman comes upContinue Reading
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By , JTA World News Service (JTA)—The 2,000-year-old Jobar Synagogue in the Syrian capital of Damascus was looted and burned to the ground. The Syrian army loyal to President Bashar Assad and rebel forces are blaming each other for the destruction of the historic synagogue, according to reports on Sunday.Continue Reading
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By , JTA World News Service (JTA)—The parents of Jared Loughner, concerned by his erratic behavior, confiscated a gun and disabled his car in the months before the killing spree that critically wounded congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Documents released Wednesday by the Pima County Sheriff’s office in Arizona and reported inContinue Reading
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA)—President Obama had three goals for his first presidential trip to Israel. He wanted to persuade Israelis that the United States is committed to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. He wanted to promote the renewal of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, albeit without anyContinue Reading
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA) — President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it’s safe to say, haven’t always been the best of friends. The leaders of two closely allied countries, they’ve have had a relationship described more often as tense than anything else. But onContinue Reading
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service HERZLIYA, Israel (JTA)—Three weeks ago, militants in Gaza landed a rocket near the Israeli city of Ashkelon. Two weeks ago, Egypt raised its state of emergency in the Sinai Peninsula, warning of an increase in jihadist activity there. Last week, a rock thrown byContinue Reading
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA)—If ever there were a gathering of Women of the Wall that was going to spark a wider conflict, Tuesday’s would have been the one. For the past several months, police have detained members of the women’s prayer group during their monthly RoshContinue Reading
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By , JTA World News Service (JTA) — Jorge Maria Bergoglio, an Argentinian cardinal who is said to have a personal connection to the Jewish people, was elected pope and will take the name Francis I. Bergoglio, 76, a Jesuit, was the choice of the College of Cardinals on Wednesday followingContinue Reading
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA)—President Obama believes prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace are “bleak,” but he still will urge both sides to avoid unilateral actions that might further damage a process he hopes will be back on track within a year. That was the message Obama delivered ThursdayContinue Reading
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