Polish-Jewish rescue effort saved 330 Jews from the Nazis
JTAAug 09, 2018
WARSAW — Poland has obtained a WW II-era archive that documents efforts by Polish diplomats to get Jews out of Europe by issuing fake passports from Latin American...
Kotel declared ‘danger zone’ after stone falls
JTAJul 26, 2018
JERUSALEM — After a large stone fell from the Western Wall on Monday, July 23, an Israeli archaeologist declared the holy site’s entire plaza a “danger zone.”...
Jewish slugger named All-Star MVP
JTAJul 26, 2018
WASHINGTON — In a baseball All-Star game that set a record for home runs, Alex Bregman had the most important one. Bregman, the Jewish third baseman for the Houston...
Israel evacuates 800 from Syria
JTAJul 26, 2018
JERUSALEM — Israel rescued some 800 members of a Syrian humanitarian organization and their families from southern Syria. The members of the Syrian Civil Defense, more...
Backgammon is social unifier in Jerusalem
JTAJul 12, 2018
By Larry Luxner JERUSALEM — On a balmy evening recently, Arabs and Jews trickled into a leper colony in a leafy neighborhood in Jerusalem, the pulsating rhythms of...
Auschwitz to Cracow — Ride for the Living
JTAJul 12, 2018
By Rob Gloster, J. via JTA CRACOW — Wearing a kippah under his bicycle helmet and a tallit beneath his jersey, Rabbi Michael Schudrich was sore and hungry after an...
Cooking classes explore Hebrew, Israel and Jewish culture
JTAJul 05, 2018
By Alix Wall SAN FRANCISCO — In the compact, open kitchen of the apartment here that Dalit Gvirtsman shares with her husband, about a dozen women are jostling for...
Future king — future peacemaker?
JTAJul 05, 2018
Britain’s Prince William placed a note between the stones of the Western Wall and spent several moments there in prayer as part of a visit to the Old City of...
IDF sends enforcements, humanitarian aid to Syrian border
JTAJul 05, 2018
JERUSALEM — The Israel Defense Forces has sent armored and artillery reinforcements to its northern border with Syria as the war between the country’s army and...
Bloomberg to spend $80 million for Democrats
JTAJun 28, 2018
NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg will spend $80 million in an effort to help elect Democrats in the midterm elections. The Jewish media mogul and former New York City...
