International
Trump-Kim summit: Meaning for Iran, Israel
Ron Kampeas, JTAJun 14, 2018
WASHINGTON — Amos Yadlin likes talking about the Begin doctrine, which calls for removing existential threats to Israel before they are manifest — maybe because he...
Jewish 101-year-old veteran honored by the queen
JTAJun 14, 2018
LONDON — A 101-year-old Jewish British veteran of WW II received an honor from the Queen for his services to education. Mordaunt Cohen received the MBE, or Member of...
Argentina won’t play in Jerusalem
JTAJun 07, 2018
BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s national soccer team canceled this week’s friendly match with Israel after pressure from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement....
Israeli entrant wins despite bias
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAMay 17, 2018
BRUSSELS — Hours before the Eurovision song contest’s kickoff, Rafi Kishon posted on Facebook a sobering message and a picture of himself wearing a head of lettuce...
Trump pulls out of Iran deal
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 10, 2018
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he would not waive sanctions on Iran by a deadline Saturday, May 12, effectively pulling out of the Iran deal. “I am...
Netanyahu calls Iran ‘untrustworthy’
JTAMay 03, 2018
JERUSALEM — “Iran lied big time” about the nature of its nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Netanyahu on Monday, April 30, unveiled...
Muslim majority at UK Jewish school
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAMay 03, 2018
BIRMINGHAM, UK — Like hundreds of Jewish institutions in the Diaspora, the King David School celebrated Israel’s 70th Independence Day with blue-and-white flags and...
Relatives of Israeli spy visit his old haunts
JTAApr 26, 2018
Relatives of the Israeli spy Eli Cohen visited Buenos Aires to discover the places in which the late Israeli spy lived as part of a special mission. In 1960, the...
In Latvia, backlash against annual Nazi SS veteran march
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAApr 26, 2018
RIGA, Latvia — Each year on March 16, a macabre event unfolds on the square around this capital city’s most famous monument. Known as the Memorial for Latvian...
Some French shuls dwindle; some surge
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAApr 12, 2018
NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, France — If French Jewry is facing an existential threat because of anti-Semitic violence, then little of the drama is on display in this affluent...
