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Latino clergy get firsthand look at Israel

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on June 19, 2008

Tony Solorzano had dreamed of seeing Israel. At 54, he'd spent countless Sundays at the pulpit and weekdays on Radio Zion talking about the land of Abraham and Jacob and David -- and Jesus

Is There a Hole in the Fence Plan?

By Leslie Susser
Published on February 26, 2004

The burnt-out hulk of an Israeli bus destroyed by a Palestinian suicide bomber had just arrived at The Hague on Sunday, when a second bus was blown up at a busy intersection in Jerusalem.

World Briefs

By JTA Staff
Published on May 9, 2002

World Briefs.


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Israel
Analysis: Mumbai attacks mean new challenges for Israel

The attacks on 10 sites in the Indian city, which killed nearly 200 people, could lead to a shift in the way Israel views global terrorism and the way to combat it.

Los Angeles
Half a world away, Los Angeles mourns

The overwhelming majority of mourners had never met the Holtzbergs. But that didn't matter. They have become, for Americans, the public face of this tragedy.

World
The Rebbe’s army soldiers on

Chabad has become so ubiquitous that Jewish travelers around the world, no matter how far they stray, have come to expect a Shabbat meal, a holiday celebration and a warm welcome from one of these Chasidic couples, no questions asked. All that's required is a knock on the door.

Food
Kosherfest 2008 is heaven on earth for foodies

Each year Kosherfest organizers hold a competition for the best new kosher-certified products. This year, Zelda's Sweet Shoppe of Skokie, Ill., took top honors with a "Southern Pecan Pie."

Picks and Clicks
Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks Nov. 29 - Dec. 5: NFL to frum; Shiksa syndrome, ‘Waltz with Bashir’

Cartoons
Mahatma’s tears

Education
Thanks, Cal State —thanks a lot

When we hear that the one option that has always been guaranteed to us is now an uncertain variable, we can do nothing but doubt. When competition rages from all angles, and the safety we counted on no longer exists, we can do nothing but give up, right?

U.S.
Analysis: Obama sounding similar to Bush on foreign policy

Not only is Barack Obama inheriting President Bush's Middle East, it looks like he's adopting his strategies.

Singles
True confessions of an online dating addict #18: Keep mouth shut

Films
Film of ‘Reader’ probes German culpability

Those who gulped down "The Reader" in one sitting when the English translation of the German book came out eight years ago will need no inducement to see the movie.

Music
Collectors recover lost era of Jewish America on vinyl

While other music fanatics visit Hollywood's nightclubs to discover groundbreaking music, Kun rummages through countless bins at places like the National Council of Jewish Women's thrift shop looking for Jewish records of the past. But he hasn't done it alone.

Torah Portion
Listen, will you?

Parshat Vayetze (Genesis 28:10-32:3) Men equate the inability to solve a problem with weakness, so when men are in the same situation they feel that they must solve the problem.