Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Palin to Obama: Hit reset button with Israel
JTA
Sarah Palin called on the Obama administration to hit the reset button with Israel.
In a statement critical of the Obama administration's outreach . . .
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Swastika discovered at Calif. university dorm
JTA
A swastika was discovered carved into a hallway bulletin board at a residence hall at the University of California, Davis.
Sunday night's discovery . . .
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
A new twist on spring break in Florida: Volunteering
By Jacob Berkman, JTA
Spending spring break is a tradition of sorts for college students, but rather than partying, 57 Hillel members from seven campuses headed to Miami . . .
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Friends in Deed
By Lee Smith, Tablet Magazine
“My time with evangelical Christians has made me a better Jew,” says David Brog, the executive director of Christians United For Israel (CUFI). . . .
Friday, March 12, 2010
Clinton to speak at AIPAC
JTA
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the keynote speaker at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee annual policy . . .
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Brandeis imam wants Koran returned
JTA
Brandeis University's Muslim chaplain issued an appeal for the return of his Koran days after his campus office was vandalized.
Talal Eid said the . . .
Thursday, March 11, 2010
30 millionth visitor to U.S. Holocaust museum
JTA
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum welcomed its 30 millionth visitor this week.
Estelle Laughlin, a Holocaust survivor and museum volunteer, . . .
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Biden: Bond with Israel ‘unbreakable’ but U.S. will note missteps
JTA
The U.S.-Israel bond is unbreakable, but the United States will keep both sides accountable for their actions, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden . . .
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
White House faith council wants clearer guidelines
JTA
President Obama's faith-based advisory council urged clearer guidelines on church-state separation in faith-based funding, but members differed on . . .
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Hundreds protest Israeli military chief in N.Y.
JTA
Hundreds of protesters marched in front of a New York City hotel where the Israeli military's chief of staff was speaking at a dinner.
Lt.-Gen. Gabi . . .
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Oren offers to return to Irvine university
JTA
Israel's U.S. ambassador has offered to return to the California university where students interrupted his speech last month.
Michael Oren in an . . .
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Brooklyn rabbi found guilty of sexual assault
JTA
A Brooklyn rabbi was found guilty of sexually assaulting a male teenager.
A Brooklyn Supreme Court jury on Tuesday found Baruch Lebovits guilty on . . .
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Biden: No space between U.S., Israel [VIDEO]
JTA
The relationship between Israel and the United States is a centerpiece of American policy, Vice President Joe Biden . . .
Monday, March 8, 2010
Justice Dept. declines to intervene in Rubashkin case
JTA
The U.S. Department of Justice declined to intervene in the case of a convicted kosher meat executive, despite a plea from several Orthodox rabbis. . . .
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Rabbi’s sexual abuse trial opens
JTA
The alleged victim took the stand as the sexual molestation case against a rabbi began in a New York . . .
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Tom Campbell, California Republican Senate candidate, is scrutinized on Israel and terrorism record
Idan Ivri
Republicans have a reputation for being indivisible on foreign policy, but February saw a minor meltdown in the California Republican primary . . .
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Biden to meet Jewish leaders before Israel trip
JTA
Jewish leaders will meet with Vice President Joseph Biden before he tours the Middle . . .
Monday, March 1, 2010
Farrakhan blames Obama woes on Jews, whites
JTA
Louis Farrakhan blamed the Jews, among others, for President Obama's . . .
Friday, February 26, 2010
Ex-Israeli soldier, a Brown freshman, killed
JTA
A Brown University freshman who had served in the Israeli army was killed by an allegedly drunken driver.
The death of Avi Schaefer, 21, sent . . .
Friday, February 26, 2010
Rabbi condemned for ordaining woman
JTA
The Agudath Israel Council of Torah Sages has issued a statement suggesting that a New York rabbi should no longer be considered Orthodox because of . . .
Friday, February 26, 2010
Jewish PAC veers Democratic for Illinois seat
JTA
An influential Jewish political action committee switched its endorsement in a Chicago-area congressional race to a Democrat for the first time in . . .
Thursday, February 25, 2010
The Asian-Jewish connection: Is it really kosher to call Asians the “new Jews”? Read more: http://w
SFGate.com
The notion that Asians and Jews are two shoots from the same cultural rootstock is an old but evergreen . . .
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Short Memories: Jews And Immigration
HuffingtonPost.com
Even though attitudes in the Jewish community towards illegal immigration appear to have hardened, a February report published by the U.S. Department . . .
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Jewish basketball team forfeits over fast day
JTA
A Jewish girls' high school basketball team forfeited its game at the Washington state tournament due to the Fast of . . .
