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Dina Kraft, JTA

‘Revenge of light’ as emissaries buried

KFAR CHABAD, Israel — Rabbis wept, women wailed and Chabad faithful called for avenging the tragedy in Mumbai with holiness and love as thousands gathered here Tuesday,...

With Jerusalem on a precipice, the Nov. 11 mayoral election seen as crucial

JERUSALEM — It sounds like the beginning of a joke: A rabbi, a Russian oligarch and a high-tech millionaire are running for mayor of Jerusalem. Except there’s no punch...

Some Israeli settlers break a taboo

JERUSALEM — Marking the close of the Fast of Gedaliah, a mournful day that commemorates the biblical-era political assassination of a Jew by another Jew, some 200...