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GOP contenders court Jewish Republicans
Ron Kampeas, JTAApr 07, 2011
LAS VEGAS At the Republican Jewish Coalitions winter leadership retreat here, it was the absence of certain likely candidates for president that had the crowd most...
For new Reform leader: ‘Big tent’
Uriel Heilman, JTAMar 24, 2011
NEW YORK For the man tapped to lead American Reform Judaism, keeping the movements 900-plus synagogues welcoming to the unaffiliated, inspiring for members and a...
Firing, resignation at NPR
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 18, 2011
NEW YORK The president and CEO of National Public Radio, Vivian Schiller, resigned after a video surfaced showing an NPR executive apparently countenancing a remark...
Apartheid Week: Broad range of Jewish student reactions
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 10, 2011
BERKELEY Its March, which means the days get longer and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict heats up on campuses across North America with the annual staging of Israel...
J Street hangs far left
Uriel Heilman, JTAMar 03, 2011
WASHINGTON The detractors of J Street like to portray the organizations leader, Jeremy Ben-Ami, as so far to the left of mainstream American Jewish opinion as to be...
Runge found guilty
Larry HankinMar 03, 2011
MINNESOTA filmmaker Wendy Weiner Runge pled guilty Feb. 16, to a felony fraud charge brought against her by the state of Iowa. The surprise action came just as attorneys...
Gerda Weissman Klein, ‘crusader of tolerance’
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 24, 2011
WASHINGTON Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissman Klein was among 15 Americans to receive the 2010 Medal of Freedom from President Obama last week. (A)s an author, a...
Maryland asks French train company to disclose Nazi past
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 24, 2011
By Baltimore Jewish Times BALTIMORE — Maryland legislators introduced a bill requiring recipients of state contracts to fully disclose their ties to any operation...
Richard and Rhonda Goldman fund to close
JTAJan 27, 2011
NEW YORK One of the countrys largest Jewish foundations will close in two years and its assets will be divided among the foundations of its founders heirs. The...
Sarah Palin attacked, defended, by Jews
Ron Kampeas, JTAJan 20, 2011
WASHINGTON The post-shooting debate over political civility is cooling down, but passions are still raging over Sarah Palins claim that critics were guilty of...
