Yehoshua: American Jews are ‘partial Jews’
JTAMar 22, 2012
JERUSALEM Israeli writer A.B. Yehoshua at a public lecture called American Jews partial Jews. Discussing the relationship between Israel and Diaspora Jews,...
French Jewry shaken by Toulouse attack
JTAMar 22, 2012
By Dana Kennedy, JTA PARIS — When Arie Bensemhoun, a Jewish community leader in Toulouse, woke up Tuesday morning, March 20, he thought for a moment that the...
Deadly attack at French Jewish school linked to shootings of soldiers
JTAMar 19, 2012
The shooting attack that killed four people a teacher and three students at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France, is linked to recent deadly attacks on French...
Influence of Shlomo Carlebach just keeps spreading
JTAMar 15, 2012
By Lisa Alcalay Klug, JTA BERKELEY, Calif. — When David and Batsheva Miller left Israel for California in 1994, they sorely missed signer-spiritualist Rabbi Shlomo...
Larry Ellison checks in with $36 billion
JTAMar 15, 2012
NEW YORK Oracle founder Larry Ellison is top ranked among Jewish individuals appearing on the Forbes magazines annual list of world billionaires, coming in at sixth...
Did Gov. Rendell take money from terrorists?
JTAMar 15, 2012
WASHINGTON The US Treasury Department is investigating speaking fees allegedly paid to former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell on behalf of a State Department-designated...
In the end, Beren Academy gets to play — but loses
JTAMar 08, 2012
FORT WORTH, Texas The Robert M. Beren Academy of Houston lost, 46-42, to Abilene Christian in the 2A private and parochial boys basketball state championship game....
French court to review al-Dura ruling
JTAMar 08, 2012
PARIS A Paris appeals court must review its acquittal of media watchdog Philippe Karsenty in the al-Dura Affair, Frances highest court ruled. The court made the...
Israel’s Ethiopian diplomat
JTAMar 08, 2012
JERUSALEM Israel has appointed its first Ethiopia-born ambassador. The appointment of Belaynesh Zevadia as Israels envoy to Ethiopia was announced Feb. 28. Zevadia...
Music ‘inspires’ neo-Nazi movement
JTAMar 01, 2012
BERLIN A new documentary is shining light on Germanys neo-Nazi music scene and the role it plays in cultivating a violent far-right subculture. The film Blut muss...
