Unity Day to mark the anniversary of abduction of three teens
JTAMay 07, 2015
JERUSALEM Jewish communities will mark the first anniversary of the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens by Palestinian terrorists with a Unity Day. The...
Survivors’ children gather at Bergen-Belsen
JTAMay 01, 2015
By Toby Axelrod, JTA HANOVER, Germany — Seventy years after the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp by British troops, some 100 people personally...
Ambassador to Poland apologizes for FBI comments
JTAApr 23, 2015
The US ambassador to Poland apologized for the FBI directors comments about Poles being accomplices in the Holocaust. Stephen Mull said Monday, April 20, that FBI...
March in Kansas City marks one year after deadly shooting
JTAApr 16, 2015
KANSAS CITY Thousands marched in a Kansas City suburb to mark the first anniversary of deadly shootings outside two Jewish institutions. The three-mile Peace Walk...
African refugees for favorable grants
JTAApr 09, 2015
JERUSALEM Israel and Rwanda are discussing a deal in which the East African nation would take in illegal migrants from the Jewish state in exchange for favorable...
The king of the candy stores
JTAMar 26, 2015
NEW YORK Walking into Economy Candy on Manhattans Lower East Side, its hard to know where to look first. To the foil-clad chocolate rabbits standing sentinel atop...
Danforth: Wrong in Missouri
JTAMar 12, 2015
ST. LOUIS Former US Senator John Danforth chastised Missouri state political leaders for using anti-Semitism as a campaign tactic, which he said led to the suicide of...
Global anti-Semitism reaches seven-year high
JTAMar 05, 2015
NEW YORK Global anti-Semitic incidents reached a seven-year high, a new study found, while social hostilities involving religion declined somewhat in 2013 following a...
Palestinians are embracing yoga
JTAFeb 26, 2015
JERUSALEM Inhale your arms up into warrior one. Exhale and extend your arms into warrior two. I followed the instructors soft but firm voice as she led me and...
French chief rabbi rejects aliyah call
JTAFeb 26, 2015
NEW YORK Frances chief rabbi, Haim Korsia, rejected Israeli Prime Ministers Benjamin Netanyahus recent call for European Jews to move to Israel. At a Feb. 19...
