Briefs: Irvine school receives $10 million gift, Orthodox schools get federal funding

Published on August 27, 2008

Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School (TVT) in Irvine received a $10 million gift from an anonymous donor to be used for student scholarships, beginning this fall.

Briefs: Methodists don’t ‘divest,’ Jewish groups mobilize for Myanmar, Reno TV anchor sues

Published on May 8, 2008

Briefs

Briefs: CIA lifts lid on Israeli raid on Syrian reactor; Iranians raze Tehran shuls

Published on May 1, 2008

CIA: Syria Could Have Made Two Nukes


Israel destroyed a Syrian nuclear reactor that was nearly ready to produce two bombs, the CIA chief said.


Michael Hayden said Monday that the secret, unfinished reactor that the United States believes Israel bombed Sept. 6 in northeastern Syria eventually would have made fissile material for bombs.

Theo for Jews in Poland, Italian seder, HIBM awareness

By Danielle Berrin
Published on April 10, 2008

Passionately devoted to the resurgence of Jewish life in Poland, entertainer Theodore Bikel, accompanied by Tamara Brooks, performed an hour-long private concert of Yiddish, English and Hebrew songs to benefit the nonprofit Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland.

Briefs: Israel apologizes to the Beatles, Europe commemorates the Holocaust

Published on January 31, 2008

Israel is trying to atone for a decision to bar a tour by the Beatles 43 years ago. Israel's ambassador to London, Ron Prosor, has written a letter to relatives of the late Beatles singer John Lennon and guitarist George Harrison apologizing for a 1965 government ban on the British pop group and inviting its surviving members -- Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr -- to play in the Jewish state.

"We should like to take this opportunity to correct the historic error which to our great regret occurred in 1965, when you were invited to Israel," Yediot Achronot quoted the letter as saying. "We should like to see you sing in Israel."

Briefs: Groundbreaking for Holocaust Museum, finally

Published on January 31, 2008

After 47 years of waiting for a permanent home, everything seems to be moving quickly now for the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust. Museum officials and an impressive list of L.A. politicos broke ground Jan. 25 on the museum's future home at Pan Pacific Park, joined by the survivors who founded the first memorial of its kind in the United States nearly five decades ago.

Briefs: Jewish Dems slam Huckabee; ‘Settlement’ crackdown expected

Published on January 10, 2008

Vice Premier Haim Ramon said last week that troops and police could be deployed as early as this week for a mass-removal of outposts erected in the West Bank without state approval. He indicated that the operation could be timed to coincide with President Bush's visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority .

Briefs:  100th birthday for Workmen’s Circle; ‘Kosher’ is numero uno

Published on January 3, 2008

100th birthday for Workmen's Circle; 'Kosher' is numero uno; Billionaire Leviev Leaving Israel; Israeli Airport Profiling Reviewed; Nazi HQ to be Learning Center

Briefs: Kosher grasshoppers and eco-Torah

Published on July 26, 2007

Briefs

U.K. Jews in danger; Olmert in Jordan; Israel in British Commonwealth?

Published on December 21, 2006

Briefs

U.S. Jewish Population Rising; California and Israel Join in Tourism Pact

Published on December 14, 2006

Briefs

Conservative Movement to vote on gay marriage

Published on November 30, 2006

Briefs

Jewish Woman Is European Beauty Queen; Katsav Urged to Temporarily Quit

Published on November 2, 2006

Briefs

Interfaith dialogue continues locally despite Hathout brouhaha; Sukkot huts inspires home building for homeless

Published on October 12, 2006

Community Briefs

News Briefs

Published on August 10, 2006

Briefs

Mid East

Published on July 18, 2006

Mid East

Briefs

Published on June 22, 2006

Briefs

Nation-World Briefs

Published on June 8, 2006

Community Briefs

By Amy Klein
Published on April 20, 2006

Community Briefs

Community Briefs

By David Finnigan
Published on March 23, 2006

Reclaimed Art to Be Shown at LACMA
A Razed Jewish Building's Postmortem
L.A. Federation Names New Board Chair

Nation & World Briefs

Published on December 1, 2005

National and world briefs, news.
Israeli and Palestinian ambulance services signed an agreement they hope will ease Israel's accession to the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement.

Nation & World Briefs

Published on August 18, 2005

Nation and World Briefs

Briefs

By David Finnigan
Published on June 16, 2005

The Brief, news from around Los Angeles

Nation & World Briefs

Published on June 2, 2005

Dan Halutz, a former air force commander, replaced Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya'alon as chief of the Israel Defense Forces' General Staff at a blue-ribbon ceremony Wednesday.

Briefs

By David Finnigan
Published on June 2, 2005

Community Briefs

Briefs

Published on May 19, 2005

The Brief, news from around the world.

Community Briefs

Published on May 5, 2005

The Brief, news from around the world.

Community Briefs

By Julie M. Brown
Published on March 31, 2005

The Community Brief, news from around America.

Political Journal

By Idan Ivri
Published on March 24, 2005

This month's Political Journal is a tale of two labor disputes. One is dragging on and on; the other has come to a peaceful conclusion just when it seemed there might be a strike ahead.

Briefs

By Julie G Fax
Published on March 17, 2005

The Brief, news from around the United States.

Briefs

Published on March 10, 2005

The Brief, news from around the United States.

Briefs

By Idan Ivri
Published on February 24, 2005

Briefs; Council Adds Some Fire to Mayoral Race; Love and Marriage – and Welfare

Briefs

Published on February 10, 2005

The Brief, news from around the United States.

Briefs

Published on February 10, 2005

The Brief, news from around the United States.

Community Briefs

By Idan Ivri
Published on February 3, 2005

Community Briefs

Briefs

Published on February 3, 2005

Briefs

The Nation and The World

Published on December 16, 2004

The Nation and the World, news from around the United States and the World.

Briefs

Published on December 16, 2004

The Brief, news from around the United States.

Briefs

By David Finnigan
Published on December 9, 2004

When Jeff Liss saw a group of developmentally challenged boys wearing kippot last year at the Third Street Promende, it gave him an idea.

Briefs

Published on November 25, 2004

The Brief, news from around the United States.

Briefs

Published on November 18, 2004

Briefs

Briefs

Published on November 11, 2004

Briefs

Briefs

Published on October 21, 2004

President Bush signed a law giving $25 million to protect Jewish sites and other nonprofit institutions.

Briefs

By David Finnigan
Published on October 14, 2004

News in brief from David Finnigan.

Membership Briefs

Published on September 2, 2004

Membership Briefs

Community Briefs

Published on August 26, 2004

The Brief, news from around the United States.

Community Briefs

Published on July 22, 2004

The Brief, news from around the United States.

Briefs

Published on June 3, 2004

The Brief, news from around the United States.

Briefs

By JTA Staff
Published on May 20, 2004

The Brief, news from around the United States.

Community Briefs

Published on March 25, 2004

Community Briefs

World Briefs

By JTA Staff
Published on March 4, 2004

World Briefs

Community Briefs

Published on February 26, 2004

Community Briefs

World Briefs

By JTA Staff
Published on September 25, 2003

World Briefs

World Briefs

By JTA Staff
Published on July 17, 2003

World Briefs

Briefs

Published on July 10, 2003

Briefs

Community Briefs

Published on June 19, 2003

Community Briefs

Community Briefs

Published on May 29, 2003

Community Briefs

World Briefs

By JTA Staff
Published on March 20, 2003

World Briefs

Education Briefs

Published on February 27, 2003

Education Brief, news regarding education from around the United States.

Community Briefs

Published on May 2, 2002

Community Briefs