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Corbyn’s bluster infuriates Jews
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAApr 21, 2016
LONDON — Even before he was kicked out of Britain’s Labour Party for saying that Israel runs the Islamic State, Bob Campbell was a marginal figure within...
Cruz woos Jews
Ron Kampeas, JTAApr 14, 2016
LAS VEGAS Ted Cruz came here to woo Republican Jews last weekend, and in the absence of his opponents came away with qualified support based not on who he […]
Boulder ‘white powder’ suspect pleads guilty
Chris LeppekApr 14, 2016
A year after packages containing white powder were mailed to two Jewish institutions in Boulder, the man charged with the crime pleaded guilty to charges of felony...
Israel Police appoints first ever Muslim commissioner
Michael Zeff, TPSApr 14, 2016
TEL AVIV The Israel Police appointed the countrys first ever Arab Muslim commissioner in what was described as an emotional ceremony on Wednesday, April 13. Jamal...
174 Oberlin profs condemn anti-Semitic posts
JTAApr 14, 2016
OBERLIN, Ohio A letter condemning an Oberlin professors anti-Semitic Facebook posts has reportedly garnered signatures from the majority of the Ohio colleges...
Whole Foods CEO distances himself from Gafni
JTAApr 14, 2016
NEW YORK Whole Foods co-founder and CEO John Mackey reportedly has resigned from disgraced rabbi Marc Gafnis New Age think tank. According to a Forward report on...
Two Israeli mothers grapple with sons’ fate
JTAApr 07, 2016
By Noga Tarnopolsky, JTA KFAR SABA, Israel — One family lost their son in late July, 2014. The other lost theirs on the first of August in the same year. […]
Venice marks 500th anniversary of Jewish ghetto
JTAApr 07, 2016
VENICE Venice has kicked off commemorations marking the 500th anniversary of the imposition of the worlds first official Jewish ghetto. Artists, scholars, musicians...
Chipping away at Chief Rabbinate
Ben Sales, JTAApr 07, 2016
TEL AVIV A recent Israeli Supreme Court decision on Jewish conversion changes almost nothing. But down the line, it could change a lot. Under the March 31 ruling, the...
The great matzah fire of 2016
TPSApr 07, 2016
JERUSALEM Passover preparations in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim turned disastrous as two men in their 70s were moderately injured and a building was...
