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The other mountain Jews — of Azerbaijan
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAAug 16, 2018
BAKU, Azerbaijan — About one year after Bella Regimov’s two children left their native country in the early 2000s for Israel, she became socially isolated. On her...
Israeli Arabs protest Nation-State law
JTAAug 16, 2018
TEL AVIV — Tens of thousands of Israeli Arabs, some waving Palestinian flags, gathered in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square on Aug. 11 to protest the recent passage of...
Michigan Democrat says she will cut aid to Israel
JTAAug 16, 2018
Two Muslim women win primary elections LANSING — A Michigan Democrat who is all but certain to become a congresswoman said she would “absolutely” vote against...
Imran Khan promises new Pakistan
Charles Dunst, JTAAug 09, 2018
NEW YORK — The election of former cricket star Imran Khan as Pakistan’s new prime minister has raised eyebrows across the globe. He has promised a “new...
Druze protest nation-state law
JTAAug 09, 2018
JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of Israel’s Druze community and their supporters rallied in Tel Aviv against the controversial nation-state law. Israeli media...
Polish-Jewish rescue effort saved 330 Jews from the Nazis
JTAAug 09, 2018
WARSAW — Poland has obtained a WW II-era archive that documents efforts by Polish diplomats to get Jews out of Europe by issuing fake passports from Latin American...
The IJN mourns the loss of Gerald ‘Jerry’ Mellman
IJN StaffAug 07, 2018
Gerald “Jerry” Mellman, who took sports pictures for the Intermountain Jewish News for decades, died Aug. 6, 2018 at 91. He was taking photos as recently as a month...
Naidoo, a harsh critic of the Palestinians, is now BDS ‘cover girl’
Marcy Oster, JTAAug 02, 2018
JOHANNESBURG — It’s been a dizzying few weeks for South African model and actress Shashi Naidoo, who transformed herself from a harsh critic of the Palestinians to...
Bitter debate over ‘Nation-State’ bill
Charles Dunst, JTAAug 02, 2018
JERUSALEM — On July 19, Israel’s right-wing coalition government passed, by a narrow 62-55 margin, its controversial nation-state law, which declared Israel as the...
Is Labour Party anti-Semitic?
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAAug 02, 2018
LONDON — It’s been nearly three years since Jeremy Corbyn became the leader of Britain’s Labour Party, and he has riled British Jews more than any other politician...
