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No joke: Jewish comedian is president of Ukraine
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAApr 25, 2019
KIEV— It’s official. Ukraine is the only country in the world besides Israel whose president and prime minister are both Jewish. Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky’s...
Two Jewish teens among Sri Lanka victims
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAApr 25, 2019
Two Jewish teenage siblings from London were among the 359 people murdered in terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, the British media reported. Amelie and Daniel Linsey, 15...
Trump picks Kelly Craft for US ambassador to UN
JNSApr 25, 2019
With US President Donald Trump nominating Acting US Ambassador to the United Nations Jonathan Cohen to be US ambassador to Egypt, the nomination of Kelly Craft as US...
Six Jewish takeaways from the Mueller reports
JTAApr 25, 2019
By Josefin Dolsten and Laura E. Adkins NEW YORK — Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report about Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election was...
Measles and Passover hotels: a challenge
Ben Sales, JTAApr 25, 2019
NEW YORK — In January, before a measles outbreak spread in a few Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in New York, Channie Klor booked a Passover stay at a hotel in...
Israel will get Kafka archives, court rules
JTAApr 25, 2019
ZURICH — A Swiss court ruled that the archive of the renowned Jewish writer Franz Kafka must be handed over to Israel, ending a decade-long dispute. The Zurich...
IJN Mayoral Forum April 30
IJN StaffApr 23, 2019
Four candidates in the race to become Denver’s next mayor have confirmed their participation in the Intermountain Jewish News Mayoral Forum, Tuesday, April 30, 7...
For Araceli Velasquez, sanctuary means safety, but not happiness
Chris LeppekApr 18, 2019
PASSOVER 5779 SECTION A PAGE 8 house in which Araceli Velasquez and her family reside is a house of prayer. The attractive structure in Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood...
Why did Israel choose Bibi again?
Josefin Dolsten, JTAApr 18, 2019
PASSOVER 5779 SECTION A PAGE 13 JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu won the election. Benny Gantz, his rival, came close but lost. That much we know. But why did Israelis...
Nine takeaways from Israel’s election
Marcy Oster, JTAApr 11, 2019
JERUSALEM — Israel’s election on Tuesday, April 9, was contentious, historic, crazy — and somewhat predictable. With most of the vote counted — some 300,000...
