Thursday, May 23, 2013

Jewish organizations to deliver 20,000 pounds of food to Oklahoma

by Joe Winkler, JTA

In the wake of the disastrous tornado in Oklahoma, The National Council of Young Israel has joined with the Masbia organizations, as well as with. . .

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Adelsons donate $40 million to Birthright

JTA

Casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, donated $40 million to the Birthright Israel Foundation.

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Reflections on the first mourner’s daddish in honor of Memorial Day

by Rabbi Joshua Hoffman

Kaddish - The origins of this most famous Jewish prayer are shrouded in history. Most agree that it began with the central words, “Y’hei. . .

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Rescuers search Oklahoma tornado town ruins as recovery starts

by Carey Gillam and Ian Simpson, Reuters

Rescue workers with sniffer dogs picked through the ruins of an Oklahoma town on Wednesday to ensure no survivors remained buried after a deadly. . .

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Top Claims Conference officials carried out own botched probe of 2001 fraud

by Uriel Heilman, JTA

A document obtained by JTA shows that top officials of the Claims Conference were sufficiently concerned by allegations of fraudulent restitution. . .

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

FBI says man shot dead while being questioned about Boston bombings

by Barbara Liston and Mark Hosenball, Reuters

An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man who turned violent while being questioned about the Boston Marathon bombings early on Wednesday, the. . .

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Biden: ‘Jewish heritage is American heritage’

JTA

Vice President Joe Biden said at a Jewish American Heritage Month reception that American and Jewish cultures are intertwined.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Rabbis to Boy Scouts: Lift ban on gay members

JTA

More than 500 rabbis and cantors urged the Boy Scouts of America to drop its ban on homosexual members when the youth group’s National Council. . .

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Oklahoma tornado: How you can help

JTA

Jewish groups are joining the effort to help those displaced by the tornado in suburban Oklahoma City.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

New Jersey Palestinian flag flap breezes over

by Adam Soclof, JTA

The city of Paterson, N.J. — whose southern area is called “Little Ramallah” for the large number of Palestinian Arab expats – raised the. . .

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Chabad center taking in Oklahomans displaced by deadly tornado

JTA

A Chabad center in Oklahoma City opened its building as a shelter for those displaced by a deadly tornado.

Monday, May 20, 2013

ZOA regains tax-exempt status

By Jonah Lowenfeld

After 15 months, the nonprofit pro-Israel Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has regained its tax-exempt status.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Congressmen call on Abbas to fire official who glorified terrorist

JTA

A bipartisan group of congressmen condemned comments made by a Palestinian Fatah official in support of the murderer of an Israeli father of five.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Jewish groups ask Kerry to fight anti-Semitism in Hungary

JTA

A dozen Jewish organizations sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressing their concern over the rise of anti-Semitism in Hungary.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Knesset, American style

by Linda Gradstein, The Media Line

The Israeli parliament, or Knesset, is quiet on Sundays. The plenum does not meet, and the carpeted hallways are silent. But at the end of one. . .

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Wrestling with it: U.S. vs. Iran

by Alan Abrahamson

Iran is a mainstay in international wrestling. The United States has a long and proud wrestling history, too.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Cleveland kidnappings: We must be our brother’s keeper

by Rav Yosef Kanefsky

It is not our place to judge the neighbors of Ariel Castro. We don’t know enough about the particular circumstances of those who lived near this. . .

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Is Obama George W. — or even Nixon? The secrecy factor

by Ron Kampeas, JTA

The Obama administration has in recent weeks suffered a 1-2-3 scandal outbreak.

Monday, May 13, 2013

Yeshiva teacher admits to sexually abusing boy

JTA

A former counselor at a summer camp run by a yeshiva in Lakewood, N.J., admitted three days into his trial to sexually abusing a boy.

Monday, May 13, 2013

Growing anger over American drones in Yemen

by Abdurrahman Shamlan, The Media Line

"Mrs. Michele Obama: Tell us can your husband sleep after so many innocent people were killed by his drones?" read a banner held by a Yemeni activist. . .

Monday, May 13, 2013

Cleveland-area march draws attention to unsolved murder

JTA

More than 200 people participated in a community walk in suburban Cleveland to bring attention to the unsolved murder of Aliza Sherman, a Jewish. . .

Friday, May 10, 2013

Rice: Attacks on Israel at UN undercut peace

JTA

The barrage of attacks on Israel at the United Nations undercuts the quest for peace, said Susan Rice, the U.S. envoy to the body.

Friday, May 10, 2013

U.S. names 4 Iranian companies to sanctions list

JTA

The Obama administration added the names of four Iranian companies and an individual to those sanctioned for assisting Iran's suspected nuclear. . .

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Jewish Scouting leaders vocal on gay inclusion

by Gil Shefler, JTA

Jewish Scouting leaders are taking a vocal role in efforts to pass a historic resolution that would partially lift a ban on gays in the Boy Scouts of. . .