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Monday, November 2, 2009

Chicago prof alleges discrimination, retaliation

JTA

A Jewish professor at a Chicago college says a bias complaint she filed at the school has led to retaliation.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Concessions on settlements fall short, Clinton says

JTA

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Israel's concessions on settlement building fall short of Washington's expectations.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Postal Service issues new Chanukah stamp

JTA

The new 2009 Chanukah stamp was released by the United States Postal Service.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Hillel groups responding to hate acts by bringing together campus communities

By Sue Fishkoff, JTA

Stanford University’s Jewish community celebrated the first night of Sukkot eating the traditional festive meal inside the sukkah they put up every year.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Google’s Brin Gives $1 million to HIAS

JTA

Google co-founder Sergey Brin, 36, has given a $1 million gift to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), one of the groups that helped Brin’s family when it fled the Soviet Union 30 years ago.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

White House Won’t Hit Lieberman Hard For Health Care Opposition

HuffingtonPost.com

The Obama administration said on Wednesday that they "disagree" with the substance of Sen. Joseph Lieberman's critique of a public option for insurance coverage. But in the daily press briefing with reporters, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs treaded carefully when it came to pushing back against the Connecticut Independent's threat to potentially filibuster health care reform.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

J Street confab shows generational divide on Israel

By Eric Fingerhut , JTA

After all the arguing in recent weeks over J Street, one thing was clear at the inaugural conference of the self-described “pro-Israel, pro-peace” group: Even among the 1,500 delegates who attended the parley, there are crucial disagreements over what’s best for Middle East peace.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The Jewish community’s two big gets—Obama and Brin

By Jacob Berkman, JTA

The relative calm that annually settles in over the Jewish nonprofit world during the High Holidays season ended with a bang this week, as the Jewish communal world landed two big gets.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Reform biennial to focus on Israeli Arabs, interfaith dialogue

By Sue Fishkoff, JTA

A newly restructured and slimmed down Union for Reform Judaism will focus on interfaith relations and the rights of Israeli Arabs at its biennial convention Nov. 4-8 in Toronto.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Is Natan Sharansky Jewish Agency’s last, best hope?

By Dina Kraft, JTA

Fresh in his post as chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Natan Sharansky stood before the organization's leaders in the same dimly lit Jerusalem hotel ballroom where they have been gathering for years and offered up the promise of his star power and vision to help save the day.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Wikipedia striving for balance on divisive issues

By Dina Kraft, JTA

From January’s war in Gaza to Holocaust denial, the world's largest collaborative encyclopedia has become a battlefield over history.Yet Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales says the online, ever-evolving encyclopedia, which is authored by volunteer contributors around the world, ultimately is able to forge balanced entries even when it comes to even the most contentious issues.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Liberal J Street’s gathering sets off debate on U.S. relations

WashingtonPost.com

A Washington conference hosted this week by a new liberal Jewish advocacy group has sparked a diplomatic row and proxy battle over the Obama administration's stance on Israel at a time of simmering tensions between Washington and Israel's right-leaning government.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Obama will speak at the GA

JTA

President Obama will address next month’s General Assembly of UJC/Jewish Federations of North America.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Drop Holocaust references in public debate, religious leaders urge

JTA

A group of prominent religious leaders called for an end to the use of "inappropriate Nazi and Holocaust references" in public debate.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Goldstone: Waiting for Obama to specify flaws

JTA

Richard Goldstone called on the Obama administration to justify its claims against his findings in a United Nations report on the Gaza war.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Livni letter backs J Street

JTA

Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni sent a letter of support to J Street on the eve of its first national conference.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

21st Century Kosher

by Mark Pearlman of JInsider.com

As seen in The Jewish Week.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Israeli Ambassador Won’t Attend J Street Confab

JTA

The Israeli ambassador to the United States will not attend J Street’s inaugural conference.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Attacks on J Street as parley approaches

By Eric Fingerhut, JTA

Days before the inaugural conference of the left-wing pro-Israel group J Street, critics’ attacks on the organization are having an effect.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Trust remains an issue in Obama-Bibi relationship

By Ron Kampeas, JTA

With the major knots that bedeviled U.S.-Israel ties this summer largely behind them, U.S., Israeli and American Jewish leaders say the relationship between the two countries is much improved.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Jewish activists on Darfur laud new U.S. policy

By Eric Fingerhut, JTA

Jewish activists concerned with Darfur are giving high marks to the new U.S. policy toward Sudan, but some are cautioning that the real test is how the strategy is implemented.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Israel envoy Michael Oren rejects J Street invite

By Natasha Mozgavaya, Haaretz Correspondent

The Embassy of Israel in the United States on Tuesday announced that it would send an "observer" to the left-leaning lobby group J Street's first national conference next week, in place of Ambassador Michael Oren.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Poll: Most Americans back Iran sanctions

JTA

Seventy-eight percent of Americans would support economic sanctions against Iran because of its nuclear weapons aims, a recent poll revealed.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

FBI: Alleged spy wannabe asked for Israeli citizenship

JTA

A former Pentagon contractor facing charges of attempting to spy for Israel allegedly sought Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return.