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...
Taft letter against Brandeis on the auction block
JTAApr 28, 2016
LOS ANGELES A letter written by former President William Howard Taft opposing the nomination of Louis Brandeis to become a Supreme Court justice and called...
More flooding in Houston
JTAApr 28, 2016
HOUSTON Massive flooding has caused serious damage to the Jewish community of Houston for the second time in less than a year and just days before Passover. Dozens of...
Harvard student calls Israeli politician ‘smelly’
JTAApr 28, 2016
BOSTON The head of a student group at Harvard Law School has apologized for asking Israeli lawmaker Tzipi Livni, How is it that you are so smelly? Husam El-Qoulaq...
