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Jews reassess Muslim presence in Elizabeth, NJ
Ben Sales, JTASep 22, 2016
ELIZABETH, NJ — Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man who police say planted four bombs in Manhattan and New Jersey — including one in the train station here — used to...
Slain soldier’s parents travel to the UN
JTASep 22, 2016
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The parents of Hadar Goldin, an Israeli soldier who was killed in Gaza during the 2014 war with Hamas, flew to New York to ask the UN […]
US aid generous, on Obama’s terms
Ron Kampeas, JTASep 22, 2016
WASHINGTON— President Barack Obama’s near parting gift to Israel, a guarantee of $38 billion in defense assistance over a decade, distills into a single document...
World’s oldest man celebrates Bar Mitzvah at 113
JTASep 22, 2016
JERUSALEM(JTA) — The world’s oldest man, 113-year-old Yisrael Kristal, a Holocaust survivor living in Israel, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah. Kristal’s daughter,...
At UCLA, Milan Chatterjee unlikely hero on BDS
Gabe Friedman, JTASep 22, 2016
LOSANGELES — When Milan Chatterjee arrived at UCLA’s law school in 2014, Middle East politics wasn’t one of his core interests. He describes himself as an Indian...
Shalom Park rescinds kashrut policy
Andrea JacobsSep 21, 2016
Shalom Park board voted to eliminate its bylaw requiring kosher food for every resident at the Jewish continuum of care campus on Monday, Sept. 19. “The votes exceeded...
Controversial Jewish memorial at former Lviv synagogue opened
JTASep 15, 2016
MOSCOW (JTA) — The city of Lviv in western Ukraine inaugurated a controversial memorial monument on part of the former Golden Rose Synagogue complex. On Sunday, Sept....
Letters exchanged on Shalom Cares kashrut
Andrea JacobsSep 15, 2016
Cares will not meet with the Rocky Mountain Rabbinical Council, the Coalition of Orthodox Synagogue Rabbis or others ahead of the Sept. 19 vote on whether to close its...
World Vision suspends work in Gaza
JTASep 15, 2016
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The evangelical Christian aid group World Vision suspended its operations in Gaza following Israel’s accusations last month that the local director...
Not your average interfaith confab
Michael Zeff, TPSSep 15, 2016
JERUSALEM (TPS) — Over 20 religious leaders from East Asia arrived in Israel Monday, Sept. 12, for a four-day summit in Jerusalem. Participants came from countries...
