Israeli Arabs protest Nation-State law
JTAAug 16, 2018
TEL AVIV — Tens of thousands of Israeli Arabs, some waving Palestinian flags, gathered in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square on Aug. 11 to protest the recent passage of...
Michigan Democrat says she will cut aid to Israel
JTAAug 16, 2018
Two Muslim women win primary elections LANSING — A Michigan Democrat who is all but certain to become a congresswoman said she would “absolutely” vote against...
Druze protest nation-state law
JTAAug 09, 2018
JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of Israel’s Druze community and their supporters rallied in Tel Aviv against the controversial nation-state law. Israeli media...
Comedian Orny Adams talks about his Jewish background
JTAAug 09, 2018
By Steve North MONTREAL — Despite a career of more than two decades kvetching incessantly about life’s absurd little annoyances, comedian and actor Orny Adams...
Polish-Jewish rescue effort saved 330 Jews from the Nazis
JTAAug 09, 2018
WARSAW — Poland has obtained a WW II-era archive that documents efforts by Polish diplomats to get Jews out of Europe by issuing fake passports from Latin American...
Kotel declared ‘danger zone’ after stone falls
JTAJul 26, 2018
JERUSALEM — After a large stone fell from the Western Wall on Monday, July 23, an Israeli archaeologist declared the holy site’s entire plaza a “danger zone.”...
Jewish slugger named All-Star MVP
JTAJul 26, 2018
WASHINGTON — In a baseball All-Star game that set a record for home runs, Alex Bregman had the most important one. Bregman, the Jewish third baseman for the Houston...
Israel evacuates 800 from Syria
JTAJul 26, 2018
JERUSALEM — Israel rescued some 800 members of a Syrian humanitarian organization and their families from southern Syria. The members of the Syrian Civil Defense, more...
Backgammon is social unifier in Jerusalem
JTAJul 12, 2018
By Larry Luxner JERUSALEM — On a balmy evening recently, Arabs and Jews trickled into a leper colony in a leafy neighborhood in Jerusalem, the pulsating rhythms of...
Auschwitz to Cracow — Ride for the Living
JTAJul 12, 2018
By Rob Gloster, J. via JTA CRACOW — Wearing a kippah under his bicycle helmet and a tallit beneath his jersey, Rabbi Michael Schudrich was sore and hungry after an...
