By Uriel Heilman JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — President Obama devoted the bulk of his U.N. speech to the fight against violent Islamic e
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By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Columnist Since 2002, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev virologist Dr. Leslie Lobel has been traveling to Africa mor
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — It was the first Persian Gulf state to establish ties with Israel, the first to welcome I
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By Jacob Greene, Special to the Jewish Sound For several months this year, I lived in Israel. The majority of my time I spent studying with Ale
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By Dan Aznoff, Jewish Sound Correspondent The recently named regional director of the American Jewish Committee in Seattle will need cooperation fr
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Nearly 200 Hollywood elite, including Sylvester Stallone and Seth Rogen, signed a statement condemning Hamas as its conflict with I
Read More(JNS.org) Farmers in Israeli communities near Gaza will receive some 120 portable shelters to protect the manual laborers who work the land, officials
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(JNS.org) Israel's Channel 2 on Wednesday aired a recording of Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri, who is based in Turkey, claiming responsibility for the k
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By Randy Kessler, Special to the Jewish Sound As children, we were taught to not talk to strangers. But for those of us who care about educati
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By Diana Brement, JewishSound Columnist Holocaust Sometimes the idea behind a book is as successful as the book itself, but sometimes the idea is mo
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By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound Interested in knowing more about why there’s a war against Hamas in Gaza? Where ISIS came from and how
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(JTA) -- The United States is tightening controls on military sales to Israel in the wake of the conflict in Gaza.On July 20, days after Israel began
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TEL AVIV (JTA) -- Israel extended immigration benefits to non-Jewish spouses in same-sex marriages.On Tuesday, Interior Minister Gideon Saar instructe
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Editor's note: The print version of JTNews notes that a rally being held on Sun., Aug. 10 would be taking place at Westlake Center. The rally will be
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By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service (JTA) – Now that the latest Gaza conflict appears to be over -- or nearly so -- it’s time to take stock of t
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) – If the results of a recent focus group and polls are any indication, the gap is growing bet
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