First whiskey distillery in Israel
JTAJun 02, 2016
Katzrin, Israel — David Zibell is busy testing the alcohol level of the liquid flowing out of his outdoor copper still. Then, touching his head to ensure his kippah is...
Ukraine honors nationalist whose troops butchered Jews
JTAJun 02, 2016
KIEV — Amid a divisive debate in Ukraine on state honors for nationalists viewed as responsible for anti-Semitic pogroms, the country for the first time observed a...
Democrats: Wasserman Schultz to be ousted?
JTAJun 02, 2016
WASHINGTON — Feeling the heat over her clashes with Bernie Sanders, Debbie Wasserman Schultz is at the center of a debate among Democratic lawmakers over whether to...
Where synagogues become condos
JTAMay 12, 2016
By Lucy Cohen Blatter, JTA NEW YORK — If there’s one story that sums up the changes afoot on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, a once heavily Jewish...
Muslim mayor of London sets out to build bridges
JTAMay 12, 2016
LONDON — The newly elected mayor of London, the first Muslim to hold the position, attended a community program commemorating the Holocaust as his first official...
Israeli MK says revenge could prevent violence
JTAMay 12, 2016
JERUSALEM — A right-wing Israeli lawmaker with a history of making controversial statements said if the Israeli government had taken revenge on Palestinians,...
Cameron: Corbyn must renounce ‘friends’
JTAMay 05, 2016
NEW YORK — British Prime Minister David Cameron called on Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to renounce his past indication of friendship with Hamas and Hezbollah....
Noah’s ark heading to Olympics
JTAMay 05, 2016
RIO DE JANEIRO — A Dutch Christian organization is planning to sail a “replica” of Noah’s Ark to reach Brazil during the Summer Olympics and the Paralympic Games...
Israeli checkpoint nabs weapons disguised as salt
JTAMay 05, 2016
JERUSALEM — A shipment of 40 tons of salt set to cross into Gaza was discovered to contain four tons of hidden ammonium chloride, which is used to produce long-range...
A family connection to Sugihara, the Japanese consul who saved Jews
JTAApr 28, 2016
By Alyza D. Lewin for JTA YOM HASHOAH 5776 THE STORY of Chiune Sugihara — the Japanese consul in Kovno, Lithuania, who disobeyed his governments orders in 1940 and...
