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Vaccinations down, measles up
Anthony Weiss, JTAJan 29, 2015
LOS ANGELES — A recent measles outbreak originating at Disneyland that has infected more than 50 people has returned the issue of declining immunization rates to...
Nations to unite against terrorism
Ron Kampeas, JTAJan 15, 2015
WASHINGTON These are the lessons of the Paris attacks for American Jews and US law enforcement: Keep calm and cooperate. Enhanced communication between governments...
USY kills ban on interfaith dating
Uriel Heilman, JTADec 31, 2014
NEW YORK United Synagogue Youth voted to relax its rules barring its teenage board members from dating non-Jews. The amendment was adopted Dec. 22 in Atlanta at the...
Rabbi’s extreme views on Arabs find mixed reception
Uriel Heilman, JTANov 28, 2014
NEW YORK If Rabbi Steven Pruzansky of Teaneck, NJ, had his way, Arab rioters and stone throwers would be shot with live ammunition. Arabs would be barred from the...
St. Louis Jewish take on Ferguson
Andrea JacobsNov 28, 2014
FERGUSON, MO., is ablaze with fury over the St. Louis County grand jurys Nov. 24 decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for killing unarmed African-American teen...
Biden at the GA: Iran won’t go nuclear
Shana GoldbergNov 13, 2014
OXON HILL, Md. From well-worn anecdotes about Golda Meir to rousing statements of support for Israels security, Joe Biden captured the audience in his remarks at...
RCA to review conversion system
Uriel Heilman, JTAOct 30, 2014
NEW YORK Tzipporah Laura LaFianza and her family have been living as Orthodox Jews for four years now. They reside in a heavily Jewish suburb of Washington, go to...