After week of U.N. speeches, it’s up to Palestinians to make a move
2011-09-28
By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News ServiceContinue Reading
After week of U.N. speeches, it’s up to Palestinians to make a move
2011-09-28
By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — After the mutual accusations of ethnic cleansing and the sarcastic posturing, the ball is back in the Palestinians’ court. The upside of last week’s Lollapalooza of speechmaking at the United Nations is that the Obama administration has succeeded in persuading theContinue Reading
In U.S. speech, Abbas commits to two states, but amps up fiery rhetoric
2011-09-23
By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News ServiceContinue Reading
In U.S. speech, Abbas commits to two states, but amps up fiery rhetoric
2011-09-23
By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service (JTA)—Mahmoud Abbas outlined a vision for an independent Palestine that hewed to the two-state formula but also revived rhetoric that hearkened back to an era of Palestinian belligerence. “We agree to establish the state of Palestine on only 22 percent of historical Palestine onContinue Reading
My day as a suspicious person
2011-09-19
By Shoshana Hebshi , other TOLEDO, Ohio (j. weekly)—When I wrote an article nine years ago about going on a press trip to Israel, I was just beginning to explore the implications of my Arab-Jewish heritage on my life. The trip was eye opening for me in many ways, chiefly becauseContinue Reading
Embassy attack in Egypt stokes Israeli fears of new Egypt
2011-09-13
By Linda Gradstein , JTA World News ServiceContinue Reading
Embassy attack in Egypt stokes Israeli fears of new Egypt
2011-09-13
By Linda Gradstein , JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA) — Retired Israeli Air Force pilot Uri Dromi remembers the day 34 years ago when Egyptian President Anwar Sadat landed in Israel to tell the Israeli people he was ready to make peace. Dromi, who had flown missions in the 1967Continue Reading
Progress spurs new push for genetic disease testing in Ashkenazi Jews
2011-09-07
By Hillel Kuttler , JTA World News ServiceContinue Reading
Progress spurs new push for genetic disease testing in Ashkenazi Jews
2011-09-07
By Hillel Kuttler , JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — Susan and Brad Stillman grew concerned following their son Benjamin’s birth in September 1998. He was fussy and congested, had difficulty breastfeeding and didn’t take to the bottle. The parents brought him to the pediatrician and then to a hospitalContinue Reading
The Challenges of Jewish Service
2011-08-31
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNewsContinue Reading
The Challenges of Jewish Service
2011-08-31
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews Ask an ordinary Jewish American what Judaism’s core values are, and invariably “tikkun olam” will come up. Tikkun olam — translated and appropriated by an American cultural context as “repairing the world,” that is, helping those less fortunate, preserving the environment, giving tzedakah andContinue Reading
With Perry surging and Romney slipping, GOP Jews grapple with a changed field
2011-08-30
By Adam Kredo JTA World News Service , JTA World News ServiceContinue Reading
With Perry surging and Romney slipping, GOP Jews grapple with a changed field
2011-08-30
By Adam Kredo JTA World News Service , JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA/WASHINGTON JEWISH WEEK)—Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s surge to the front of the GOP presidential pack has Jewish Republicans reckoning with a field that suddenly looks much different than it did just a few weeks ago. According to theContinue Reading
A primer on Palestinian statehood
2011-08-16
By Uriel Heilman , JTA World News ServiceContinue Reading
A primer on Palestinian statehood
2011-08-16
By Uriel Heilman , JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — On Sept. 20, when the annual session of the U.N. General Assembly opens, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to ask U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to present a Palestinian request for statehood recognition to the U.N. Security Council.Continue Reading
Old soldier: Israeli reflects on two decades of civilian and military life
2011-08-09
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Old soldier: Israeli reflects on two decades of civilian and military life
2011-08-09
By Michael Ripstein , other MAZKERET BATYA, Israel (Tablet) — In 20 years of military service, I thought I’d seen all the crappy training camps the Israeli army had to offer. But there I was, early one morning last spring, walking from the glorified gravel pit that passed for a parkingContinue Reading
With debt deal, Jews’ fight and worries shift to new “˜super committee’
2011-08-03
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With debt deal, Jews’ fight and worries shift to new “˜super committee’
2011-08-03
By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — Even before the debt deal was signed Tuesday in Washington, U.S. Jewish groups and recipients of government largesse were asking the same question: Who’s going to get cut? It’s still too early to say. But the new “super committee” created toContinue Reading