Beck and the Jews: Does he get them? Do they get him?
2011-07-27
By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News ServiceContinue Reading
Beck and the Jews: Does he get them? Do they get him?
2011-07-27
By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — Does Glenn Beck get Jews? It depends on whom you ask — to a degree — but it also seems to depend on the day of the week. Here he is on the night of July 19: “The Jewish people haveContinue Reading
Memo notes Judaism in motives of alleged attacker
2011-01-11
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Memo notes Judaism in motives of alleged attacker
2011-01-11
By JTA Staff, JTA World News Service (JTA) — A U.S. Department of Homeland Security memo reportedly notes that Gabrielle Giffords is Jewish in describing the motives of the Arizona congresswoman’s alleged assailant. The memo, obtained by Fox News Channel, says that Jared Lee Loughner mentioned American Renaissance, an extremist anti-immigrantContinue Reading
Round 2
2010-09-15
By , JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA) — The second round of direct peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians ended in Egypt with a U.S. call for Israel to extend its settlements freeze. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gathered Sept. 14 with U.S.Continue Reading
The Yom Kippur sermon that helped spur the Soviet Jewry movement
2010-09-13
By Gal Beckerman , JTA World News ServiceContinue Reading
The Yom Kippur sermon that helped spur the Soviet Jewry movement
2010-09-13
By Gal Beckerman , JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — On a fall day in 1963, Abraham Joshua Heschel unburdened his soul. Speaking the truth without regard for whether it scandalized or hurt was something he would do fairly often in that decade of social upheaval. Already branded asContinue Reading
As recession drags on, middle-class families forced to turn to Jewish food banks
2010-09-02
By Sue Fishkoff, JTA World News ServiceContinue Reading
As recession drags on, middle-class families forced to turn to Jewish food banks
2010-09-02
By Sue Fishkoff, JTA World News Service SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — Robert M., 58, worked for a news organization in the San Francisco Bay area until September 2008, when he lost his job in layoffs that eliminated 15 percent of the company’s workforce nationwide. Robert had eight months of savings. TheyContinue Reading
Article fuels speculation, debate over possible strike against Iran
2010-08-18
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Article fuels speculation, debate over possible strike against Iran
2010-08-18
By Leslie Susser , JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA)—If the United States doesn’t attack Iran’s nuclear facilities within the next eight months or so, Israel probably will. So says journalist Jeffrey Goldberg in the September issue of The Atlantic magazine in an article that is fueling debate and speculation amongContinue Reading
It’s all relative
2010-08-18
By Joel N. Shurkin, JTA World News Service BALTIMORE (JTA)—More than a half-century ago, the Nazis dismissed Albert Einstein’s groundbreaking theories as “Jewish science”; in recent years Holocaust revisionists have taken up the anti-Einstein cause. Now, the legendary physicist is facing a new wave of attacks — this time from conservativeContinue Reading
Israel’s cooperation on U.N. inquiry signals tactical shift
2010-08-04
By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News ServiceContinue Reading
Israel’s cooperation on U.N. inquiry signals tactical shift
2010-08-04
By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service Footage taken from cameras aboard the Mavi Marmara show passengers apparently preparing for a confrontation with Israeli soldiers, May 31, 2010. (IDF / Flash90 / JTA) NEW YORK (JTA) — The decision by Israel to participate in the U.N. probe of the Turkish flotillaContinue Reading
Is one-state solution an answer to Greater Israel dreams?
2010-08-04
By Leslie Susser , JTA World News ServiceContinue Reading
Is one-state solution an answer to Greater Israel dreams?
2010-08-04
By Leslie Susser , JTA World News Service Among the new proponents of a one-state solution is Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, in white long-sleeved shirt voting at a Likud Party meeting, June 24, 2010. (Gili Yaari / Flash90 / JTA) JERUSALEM (JTA)—In one of the more curious twists in Israeli politics,Continue Reading
Jewish positions on Ground Zero mosque reveal ambivalence
2010-08-04
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Jewish positions on Ground Zero mosque reveal ambivalence
2010-08-04
By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service Plans for a mosque at the site of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks have generated ambivalence among some Jewish groups. (Creative Commons / SpecialKRB) WASHINGTON (JTA) — More often than not, Jewish and Muslim groups come down on the same side of battles overContinue Reading