Israeli policies stall refugee status
JTAJun 14, 2018
By Tracy Frydberg JERUSALEM — Jack has one of those smiles that even the coldest of souls would feel obliged to mirror. Sunglasses propped on his head and with a...
A different Holocaust tragedy is remembered in Crete
JTAJun 14, 2018
By Roger Rapoport CHANIA, Crete — On Sunday, June 17, 263 candles will be lit at an interfaith memorial service at this lovely city’s historic Etz Hayyim synagogue....
Jewish 101-year-old veteran honored by the queen
JTAJun 14, 2018
LONDON — A 101-year-old Jewish British veteran of WW II received an honor from the Queen for his services to education. Mordaunt Cohen received the MBE, or Member of...
Argentina won’t play in Jerusalem
JTAJun 07, 2018
BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s national soccer team canceled this week’s friendly match with Israel after pressure from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement....
Hospital responds to Bikur Cholim
JTAMay 31, 2018
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen NEW YORK — One of this city’s largest hospitals has accused a chasidic group that visits sick patients of lying about the hospital’s policy...
Michael Chabon: Jews marrying Jews is wrong
JTAMay 31, 2018
LOS ANGELES — Novelist Michael Chabon delivered a diatribe against Jewish inmarriage, as well as Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, in a commencement speech to...
Living 48 years with Kent State
JTAMay 31, 2018
By Steve North NEW YORK — For nearly half a century, Elaine Holstein was periodically confronted with one of the most haunting images in modern American history: the...
Philip Roth, Jewish-American novelist, dies
JTAMay 24, 2018
NEW YORK — Philip Roth, the novelist, died Tuesday, May 22. He was 85. His death was confirmed to The New York Times by his friend, Judith Thurman. Early in his...
NYU hospital kicks out Bikur Cholim organization
JTAMay 24, 2018
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen NEW YORK— For years, volunteers from the Satmar chasidic movement have fanned out daily across the city, boarding private buses and carrying...
Israel Bible stresses the Holy Land connection
JTAMay 24, 2018
By Renee Ghert-Zand JERUSALEM — In 1903, American evangelist and Christian Zionist William E. Blackstone sent Theodor Herzl a personal Bible. It was a gift with a...
