By David Shayne, Special to JTNews “Haviva Reick: A Kibbutz Pioneer’s Mission and Fall behind Nazi Lines” by Zeev and Tehila Ofer (FAWNS, $16).
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Rawan Masalha and Inbar Shaked-Vardi were in their ninth-grade geography class earlier this
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News TEL AVIV (JTA) -- On Sunday, Israel's Cabinet is set to advance a controversial bill that if passed by the Knesset wou
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(JNS.org) The undergraduate student government at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) voted to divest from American companies that do busines
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(JNS.org) Israeli Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonvitch ordered a probe to examine easing restrictions on gun laws following the gruesome terro
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Five Israelis were killed in a terror attack during morning prayers at a Jerusalem synagogue, including one Druze policeman who died
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- A Knesset committee vote on a law to officially make Israel the nation-state of all Jews was postponed. Justice Minister Tzipi L
Read MoreJERUSALEM (JTA) -- The Palestinian man suspected of running over three Israeli soldiers with a van turned himself in. Hamam Mesalmeh, of the West B
Read MoreJERUSALEM (JTA) -- The International Criminal Court said it will not open a war crimes case against Israel in the Mavi Marmara incident.
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) – The Israeli government has adopted a major reform expected to ease the path to conversion for
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Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound A few hours before my call with Peter Beinart, an East Jerusalem man drove into a crowd of pe
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- The epidemic of violence permeates every sector of Israel, the country's president, Reuven Rivlin, said in an address."It is time t
Read MoreBy Eugene Lipitz, Special to The Jewish Sound When my daughter Sophie went to Israel, one moment for her seemed a profoundly transformational expe
Read MoreBy Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) -- The music pounded, the liquor flowed, dancers filled the floor and khinkali meat dumplings and
Read MoreBy Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA World News Service THE HAGUE, Netherlands (JTA) -- Loading a newly released video of a beheading in Syria on his smartphone, N
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(JTA) -- Religious Jewish teens are far less likely to attempt suicide than their secular Jewish counterparts, a new study finds.The study, led by res
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(JTA) -- Israel's Health Ministry issued a warning declaring that therapies aimed at changing patients from gay to straight are not supported by medic
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service ARIEL, West Bank (JTA) -- The small cardboard box in Elyashiv Drori’s palm looks like it’s full of black pebbles
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By Boris Kurbanov, Special to The Jewish Sound Last October, America’s favorite travel guru Rick Steves left for Israel with one goal: To “show bot
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