Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Shiloh Welcomes Shiloh

Published on June 8, 2006

Residents of the West Bank settlement of Shiloh voiced pleasure at having a new namesake in the daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie: Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt.

History of UNRWA and Its Refugees

Published on March 16, 2006

The U.N. General Assembly established the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in 1949 as a temporary agency focused on relief work for the Palestinians. It began operating in 1950. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians became refugees in the war that began when the Palestinians and their Arab allies attacked the fledgling Jewish state the day after its formation in 1948.

Requests Swamp Israel Trip Program

Published on February 23, 2006

Birthright Israel has received many more applications for its upcoming trips than it has spaces available. Approximately 14,000 young Jews applied for 8,000 spots in the program's spring/summer trips this year in just the first 12 hours of registration Feb. 8.

History Behind What Makes Hamas Tick

Published on February 2, 2006

Hamas, which will form the next Palestinian Authority government, has an ideology that is based on the destruction of Israel through jihad, or Muslim "holy war." The group's 1988 charter states that "Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it."

JDate a Capitol Idea

Published on November 17, 2005

A second U.S. congressman has been found using JDate. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) began using the Jewish online dating service in May under the screen name "jim2005ofDC," The Hill newspaper reported.

‘Oy Vey’  Such a Sign

Published on October 6, 2005

A traffic sign with the words, "Leaving Brooklyn Oy Vey!" went up on the Williamsburg Bridge from Brooklyn into Manhattan.

A Guilty Plea in AIPAC Case

Published on October 6, 2005

Edward Adams, a spokesman for the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., announced last week that Lawrence Franklin had scheduled a guilty plea for this week.

Deep Throat: Not a Jew

Published on June 2, 2005

A former FBI agent who outed himself as the "Deep Throat" of the Watergate scandal is not Jewish, though Nixon and his aides believed he was. Mark Felt, 91, revealed himself to Vanity Fair this week as the best-known anonymous source of the last century.

Shin Bet Links Up & Prayers for Pesach

Published on March 31, 2005

Shin Bet Links Up

Israel's Shin Bet security service went online Tuesday at www.shabak.gov.il. The Hebrew-only site contains information on the domestic intelligence agency as well as application forms for would-be agents interested in countering Palestinian terrorism or foreign spies, or in joining one of Israel's diplomatic bodyguard units. The Shin Bet's overseas counterpart, the Mossad, put up its own Web site last year.

Prayers for Pesach

The Orthodox Union is again operating a program for Passover to help Israeli soldiers. The group is selling prayer cards for $1 apiece that can be placed at Passover seder tables. Proceeds from the cards will be given to help soldiers and their families. More information is available at www.ou.org/israel.

Key Points in Geneva Peace Proposal

Published on December 4, 2003

The following are some of the main points of the Geneva accord, the unofficial Israeli-Palestinian peace proposal launched Monday.

World Briefs

Published on September 4, 2003

No pardons should be given to police officers involved in quelling Israeli Arab riots in October 2000, Israeli officials said.

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Published on March 6, 2003

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Published on January 30, 2003

The Israeli Embassy in London sent a letter of protest to The Independent after the newspaper ran a cartoon depicting Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon biting the flesh of a Palestinian baby.

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Published on January 23, 2003

Saudi Arabia must reduce its support for terror or suffer the consequences, Democratic presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman said. Speaking Sunday in New York, the Connecticut senator said he told the Saudis during his recent trip through the Middle East that if they don't change their backing for terror, "our relationship with them will not go on as before."

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Published on January 2, 2003

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Published on November 14, 2002

Variety, the daily newspaper covering the entertainment industry, admonished Egyptian television in a Nov. 13 editorial for running its 41-part series called "Horseman Without a Horse," a series which is based on the anti-Semitic tract "Protocols of the Elders of Zion."

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Published on September 27, 2001

Isaac Stern, considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, died Saturday in New York at 81.

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Published on August 30, 2001

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Hero Can’t Support Mom

Published on July 26, 2001

A former Swiss bank security guard who prevented the shredding of vital Holocaust-era bank records four years ago now claims he is going broke.

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Published on July 19, 2001

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Published on June 28, 2001

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Published on May 17, 2001

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Published on February 22, 2001

An international Jewish human rights group said it was told by an Iranian official that Jewish groups "would not be welcome" at a U.N. conference on racism and discrimination.

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Published on February 8, 2001

Oskar Schindler's widow, who was left on the sidelines in the Steven Spielberg movie about her husband, is being remembered in a new book that shows her role in rescuing thousands of Jews from the Holocaust.

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Published on January 25, 2001

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