Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Obama Taps Chief of Staff With Strong Ties to Jewish Community

JTA

President Barack Obama named as his new chief of staff a security official, Denis McDonough, who has strong ties to the Jewish organizational. . .

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Seattle JCC Victim Speaks Up for Gun Control

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Cheryl Stumbo, a victim in the 2006 Seattle Jewish federation shootings, has begun advocating for stricter gun control following the Sandy Hook. . .

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Group Claims Protesters Abused Jewish Students

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The pro-Israel group AMCHA Initiative claimed that Jewish students at the University of California, Davis, were abused and threatened at a. . .

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Israel trip helps Polish Jews in Jewish rediscovery

by Ben Sales, JTA

After Jerzy heard about frequent vandalism at an old Jewish cemetery in his home city of Gdansk, Poland, he decided to visit the graveyard. It had. . .

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Bulgaria blast: Fresh updates from Shmuel Rosner’s Twitter feed

By JewishJournal.com

Shmuel Rosner's live Twitter feed

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Conference examines future of U.S.-Israel relations

By Shmuel Rosner

I’ve just finished moderating two panels at the Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem. I’ve just finished talking to dozens of the people. . .

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Are Netanyahu and Barak bluffing on Iran?

by Ron Kampeas, JTA

Has Israel’s game of chicken with Iran jumped the shark?

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Australia to ask U.S. to extradite alleged child molester

JTA

Australian police plan to ask U.S. authorities to extradite a former teacher at a Melbourne Jewish school over a child sex abuse scandal.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Two studies put U.S. Jewish census at up to 6.6 million

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More than 6 million Jews are living in the United States, according to two independent studies. The two studies, using completely different. . .

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Solving a grim Jewish quandary after the attacks: Avoiding agunah problems for 9/11 widows

By Michael J. Broyde and Yona Reiss, JTA

When unthinkable disaster struck a decade ago and close to 3,000 people were murdered at the World Trade Center, the scale of destruction created a. . .

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Engaging Egyptian Brotherhood is OK, White House tells Mizrahi

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The Obama administration explained its readiness to engage Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood in an e-mail to Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi of The Israel Project.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

$2.5 million grant will place young adults with disabilities in jobs

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A $2.5 million grant to Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston will fund a groundbreaking program that places young adults with disabilities in. . .

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Top U.S. official: No Syria role while crackdown continues

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Syria has no peace process role as long as its repression continues, a top Obama administration official said.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

GOP senators urge suspending aid to P.A.

by Madeleine Morgenstern, JTA

Republican senators urged President Obama to suspend U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority unless Hamas recognizes Israel and renounces terrorism.. . .

Friday, June 17, 2011

Congressional initiatives target P.A.

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A number of initiatives are circulating in Congress targeting the Palestinians in the wake of their diplomatic tensions with Israel. Rep. Joe Walsh. . .

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Fixing broken hearts in Israel

by Dina Kraft, JTA

Just two days earlier but a world away, 8-year-old Salha Farjalla Khamis said goodbye to her parents and four siblings in her village on the African. . .

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Jewish Dems blast GOP for singling out Muslims

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The National Jewish Democratic Council blasted what it said was a Republican "obsession" with Muslims. An NJDC statement termed as "utterly. . .

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Poll: Americans’ views on Mideast largely unchanged

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Americans' views on Middle East issues have not changed in recent months, despite major headlines from the region, according to a new poll.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Whiskey boycott urged in reponse to Scottish council’s anti-Israel effort

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The umbrella body for men's clubs at North American Conservative synagogues is calling for a boycott of certain whiskey brands in retaliation for an. . .

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Israeli inventiveness gets local spotlight

By Orit Arfa

When Noam Bardin demonstrated how Waze — a Twitter-infused GPS — got him from LAX to the Luxe Hotel on Sunset in 26 minutes during rush hour,. . .

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Obama, Merkel discuss new Iran sanctions

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President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed imposing new sanctions on Iran.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Santorum, prior to announcing bid, calls Obama a ‘paper tiger’ on Iranian nuke threat

Hours before announcing his presidential run, Rick Santorum called President Obama a "paper tiger" with regard to Iran and threats to Israel.. . .

Friday, June 3, 2011

U.S. tells Turkey of flotilla concerns

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The Obama administration expressed to the Turkish government its concerns about the next Gaza aid flotilla. "We’ve been in consultation with the. . .

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

U.S. won’t participate in Durban III, State Dept. says

JTA

The United States will not participate in Durban III, this September, the State Department said. In a letter to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.),. . .