National
Nashville flood hits local Jews
JTAMay 20, 2010
By Kathy Carlson, JTA NASHVILLE — Ruth Klar and Alicia Safdie knew they were lucky, safe and healthy amid the floods muddy wreckage. But the little things made...
Former high level Clinton, Bush negotiator in Mideast says ‘peace process’ can’t work
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 20, 2010
WASHINGTON Depending on your view of the Middle East and the Obama administration, Aaron David Miller is either a hero or a turncoat. Miller, a peace process...
Kagan would make it 3 women, 3 Jews
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 13, 2010
WASHINGTON Rabbi David Saperstein runs through a shopping list of superlatives on Elena Kagan self-evidently brilliant and steady, strategic and tactical...
Ehud is Obama?s favored Israeli
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 06, 2010
WASHINGTON Fifteen years after Ehud Barak walked into politics wearing the warriors mantle, he is easing into the diplomats lapels. The former military chief of...
Obama now positive on Israel
Ron Kampeas, JTAApr 29, 2010
WASHINGTON The Obama administration is projecting a new attitude when it comes to Israel, and is selling it hard: unbreakable, unshakeable bond going forward,...
Liberators gather, for last time?
JTAApr 29, 2010
By Melissa Apter, JTA WASHINGTON — Walking along the dimly lit corridors of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, the liberators peered at black-and-white photographs...
Iranian nuclear scientist wants asylum in Israel
JTAApr 29, 2010
JERUSALEM (JTA) An Iranian nuclear scientist has requested political asylum in Israel, an Israeli lawmaker said. Ayoub Kara, a Druze minister of the Likud Party,...
RCA slates discussion of women?s leadership
Ben Harris, JTAApr 22, 2010
NEW YORK With a high-profile discussion scheduled on womens leadership and two proposed rules aimed at marginalizing rabbis who deviate leftward on hot-button...
US violated own anti-Iran sanctions; congressmen seek to enforce them
Ron Kampeas, JTAApr 02, 2010
WASHINGTON Rules without enforcement dont mean much. Thats the new tone AIPAC and its supporters on Capitol Hill are taking when it comes to Iran sanctions. Last...
Many Jews mum on healthcare
Jacob Berkman, JTAMar 25, 2010
By Jacob Berkman, JTA NEW YORK — Several Jewish non-profit groups are lauding passage of healthcare reform legislation, saying it will benefit the community on a...
