Why Sukkot is the best holiday for kids
JTASep 20, 2018
NEW YORK — Here’s the short version: If you leave your kids home on the High Holidays so you can have grownup praying time, don’t do othat on Sukkot. Bring your...
Synagogue downsizing: What to do with all that stuff
JTASep 13, 2018
By Alanna E. Cooper ERIE, Pa. — There was some debate about putting the old synagogue up for sale and moving to a new, smaller building, but not much. In 2012, a major...
Eight lesser-known facts about Judaism’s holiest day
JTASep 13, 2018
By Stacey Ilyse, Kveller Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, starts at sundown on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Traditionally the most somber days on the Jewish calendar,...
Trump shuts PLO out of Washington
JTASep 13, 2018
WASHINGTON — The Trump Administration ordered the close of the PLO office in Washington DC this week. “We have permitted the PLO office to conduct operations that...
In Boston, Pressley will press Israel on Palestinians
JTASep 13, 2018
BOSTON — Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley scored a major upset on Sept. 4 over 10-term incumbent congressman Michael Capuano in the Democratic primary. Pressley...
US curtails UNRWA funding
JTASep 06, 2018
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5779 SECTION A PAGE 10 JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the US announcement that it would halt all funding to the UN...
KFC plans its kosher comeback
JTASep 06, 2018
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5779 SECTION B PAGE 19 JERUSALEM — KFC is planning to bring the Colonel’s secret fried chicken recipe back to Israel. Representatives of the...
Controversial Filipino leader visits Israel
JTASep 06, 2018
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5779 SECTION A PAGE 11 JERUSALEM — “We remember our friends,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Philippines President Rodrigo...
Trump: ‘Israel will pay high price’ for embassy
JTAAug 30, 2018
JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump said Israel will have to pay a “high price” in peace negotiations with the Palestinians over the move of the US Embassy to...
Aretha teamed up with producer Jerry Wexler
JTAAug 23, 2018
DETROIT — Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” died Aug. 16 at the age of 76. Her death reverberated so deeply that an incredible array of people from around the...
