The evolving industry of kosher cheese
JTAJul 20, 2017
By Ben Hartman It’s early morning in the Sardinian countryside and a farmer is milking his sheep while an Orthodox Jewish kosher supervisor looks on. The supervisor,...
Want a tour of a Hamas tunnel?
JTAJul 20, 2017
By Renee Ghert-Zand TEL AVIV — Capt. Libby Weiss spent most of the summer of 2014 in a Hamas tunnel, and she wouldn’t have wanted to be anywhere else. Israel’s...
For the first time, Spain-born liberal rabbi ordained
JTAJul 13, 2017
LONDON — The main rabbinical seminary in Europe for Reform and Masorti Jews ordained the first ever Spain-born Progressive rabbi, the seminary’s spokesperson said....
Ivanka visits Warsaw Ghetto Heroes memorial
JTAJul 13, 2017
WARSAW — Ivanka Trump, the Jewish daughter of President Donald Trump, laid a wreath at the memorial for the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Poland a day after her father...
First visit to Israel by PM of India
JTAJul 06, 2017
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to Israel, calling his visit “historic.” Modi arrived in Israel on...
Ehud Olmert granted early release
JTAJul 06, 2017
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin lifted all parole restrictions on former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who left prison on early release this week....
Tillerson retreats from commitment to anti-Semitism envoy
JTAJun 22, 2017
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson retreated from his department’s commitment to fill the post of envoy to combat anti-Semitism, saying the effort may be...
Trove of Nazi artifacts unearthed in Argentina
JTAJun 22, 2017
BUENOS AIRES — A cache of 75 original Nazi objects discovered earlier this month by the Argentine Federal Police has been evaluated as “unprecedented” and “the...
Montana congressman sentenced to community service
JTAJun 15, 2017
BOZEMAN (JTA) — Republican congressman-elect Greg Gianforte of Montana was sentenced to 40 hours of community service and 20 hours of anger management for body...
Female haredi pilot takes flight
JTAJun 15, 2017
JERUSALEM — El Al’s first female haredi Orthodox pilot flew Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a summit in Greece. Nechama Spiegel Novak, a mother of four...
