Zach Braff at Sundance: ‘Wish I Was Here’
JTAJul 18, 2014
ZACH Braff is unabashedly and proudly Jewish. One might not deduce that, though, from the caustic attitude toward organized Judaism expressed at the beginning of his new...
Synagogue firebombed near Paris
JTAJul 18, 2014
PARIS A firebomb was hurled at a synagogue near Paris, part of a string of anti-Semitic incidents in Western Europe coinciding with Israels assault on Hamas in...
Antwerp: ‘Slaughter Jews’ at anti-Israel protest
JTAJul 18, 2014
ANTWERP Dozens of men at an anti-Israel demonstration in Antwerp shouted slogans about slaughtering Jews. Approximately 500 people attended the July 12 protest in the...
Israel launches Gaza ground operation
JTAJul 17, 2014
Israel launched a ground incursion into the Gaza Strip to destroy tunnels it says are used for terrorist activities. A large IDF force has just launched a ground...
Bibi: No short war
JTAJul 11, 2014
JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Israeli military to take off the gloves against Hamas, as Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon prepared the public...
Norway passes legislation regulating ritual circumcision
JTAJul 10, 2014
OSLO The leader of Norways Jewish community praised his countrys parliament for passing an act regulating ritual circumcision for boys. The act changes the...
Mixed Jewish reaction to Hobby Lobby ruling
JTAJul 03, 2014
WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that a privately held business may refuse to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives to employees. Jewish groups had...
French, Ukraine Jews boost aliyah by 50%
JTAJun 26, 2014
JERUSALEM Jewish immigration to Israel during the first quarter of 2014 increased by 50% over the corresponding period last year, mainly due to arrivals from France...
Tel Aviv coach headed for NBA
JTAJun 19, 2014
JERUSALEM David Blatt, who guided Maccabi Tel Aviv to the Euroleague basketball championship, stepped down as the Israeli teams coach to pursue opportunities in the...
Three Jewish men run for Massachusetts governor
JTAJun 19, 2014
BOSTON Steve Grossman, the former chair of AIPAC, will be one of two Jewish candidates for Massachusetts governor on the Democratic primary ballot. Grossman, the...
