Finally free, Gilad Shalit returns to Israel
JTAOct 18, 2011
JERUSALEM Gilad Shalit was reunited with his family shortly after crossing into Israel from Egypt after his release earlier in the day by his captors in Gaza, ending...
After the Carmel fire: A Torah’s trip to a secular kibbutz
JTAOct 13, 2011
By Jerry Krivitzky MONTCLAIR, NJ — We land at Ben Gurion Airport in the heat of winter, on the first day of Chanukah. At 11 a.m. Dec. 2, already it is 82
Egypt demands exchange for Grapel
JTAOct 13, 2011
Egypt is calling for the release of dozens of Egyptians being held in Israeli prisons in return for alleged spy Ilan Grapel. Seventy-eight Egyptians are now held in...
Israeli cabinet approves Shalit deal
JTAOct 11, 2011
If Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is freed in the prisoner-exchange deal with Hamas that was approved by Israel’s Cabinet in a 26-3 vote late Tuesday night, it will...
Libyan Jewish exile forced to leave country
JTAOct 06, 2011
TRIPOLI A Libyan Jewish exile attempting to restore Tripolis main synagogue will leave the country following angry protests. David Gerbi, who arrived in Libya from...
Hank Williams, Jr. pulled for Hitler remark
JTAOct 06, 2011
NEW YORK ESPN pulled its Monday Night Football introduction by Hank Williams Jr. after the singer seemed to compare President Obama to Hitler this week. The song...
Irvine: Muslims guilty of disruption at speech
JTASep 29, 2011
LOS ANGELES A California jury found 10 Muslim students guilty of misdemeanors for disrupting a 2010 campus speech by Israels ambassador to the US. In an incident...
Germany bans largest neo-Nazi group
JTASep 29, 2011
BERLIN Holocaust survivors welcomed Germanys decision to ban one of its largest neo-Nazi organizations. Announcing the ban of HNG, the national organization for...
NY Times reporter resigns after accusations of bias
JTASep 29, 2011
JERUSALEM New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner has resigned from the speakers bureau of a Jerusalem-based public relations firm amid charges of...
Just how expensive is it to live in Israel?
JTASep 22, 2011
JERUSALEM What began in Israel in June as a Facebook-driven rebellion against the rising cost of cottage cheese morphed in July into tent encampments protesting...
