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Jewish teen comes up short for ping pong Olympic dream

NEW YORK — A Jewish teen from suburban New York City came up short in her bid to make the US Olympics table tennis team and did not compete in […]

With Adelson’s help, Raiders might move to Vegas

LAS VEGAS — Sheldon Adelson met with the owner of the Oakland Raiders team owner to discuss the casino mogul’s plan to build a billion-dollar stadium for the NFL team....

Palestinian teen murders mother before her six children

JERUSALEM — A day after witnessing her mother’s brutal murder, Dafna Meir’s teenage daughter spoke before hundreds who had come to mourn her. Dafna Meir, 38, a mother...

Methodists divest from Israel

NEW YORK — The pension fund for the United Methodist Church, one of the largest Protestant denominations in the US, has removed five Israeli banks from its investment...

Woody Allen sidekick Tony Roberts reflects on film career

By Lonnie Firestone NEW YORK — There’s a memorable scene in “Annie Hall” when Woody Allen’s character, Alvy Singer, rants about finding anti-Semites everywhere he...

American Historical Assn. rejects anti-Israel resolution

ATLANTA — The largest society of historians and history professors in the US rejected a resolution condemning what it calls Israel’s restriction of Palestinians right...

Israeli officials fear ISIS threat from the north

JERUSALEM — Israeli security officials are increasingly concerned about the threat of large-scale terror attacks by ISIS. In an article on Dec. 30, Haaretz reported...

Ehud Olmert, standing trial

Olmert’s prison term cut to 18 months

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had his prison term cut to 18 months from six years for his part in the Holyland corruption case. The...

Memorial to be held on anniversary of Hyper Cacher killings

PARIS (JTA) — A commemoration on the first anniversary of the murderous siege at a Paris kosher supermarket is for all the victims in terrorist slayings over a...

France’s chief rabbi ‘indignant’ at veterinarians’ opposition to kosher, halal

PARIS — France’s chief rabbi warned the country’s association of veterinarians of the “far-reaching” consequences of its recent opposition to the ritual slaughter...