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Rabbis in Agunah ring sentenced
JTADec 17, 2015
NEW YORK A New York rabbi who participated in a ring that violently attempted to coerce Jewish men to grant their wives religious divorces has been sentenced to 38...
San Bernardino victim was ‘messianic Gentile’ supporting Israel
Uriel Heilman, JTADec 10, 2015
NEW YORK Pictured on his Facebook page wearing a scarf-style tallit prayer shawl, Nicholas Thalasinos, who was killed along with 13 others in last weeks shooting at...
Berenson returns to US after 20-year ordeal in Peru
JTADec 10, 2015
LIMA, Peru Lori Berenson, the Jewish New Yorker whose imprisonment in Peru for aiding leftist rebels became a cause célèbre, is returning to the US after 20 years....
Jordon Perlmutter dies
Hillel GoldbergDec 10, 2015
Shock waves permeated the Jewish community as news was announced last Sunday, Dec. 6, that Jordon Perlmutter had passed away. On rare occasion, an epic passing strikes...
DeGette discusses ISIS, Palestinians, Obamacare
Andrea JacobsDec 03, 2015
CHANUKAH EDITION 5776 SECTION A PAGE 6 makeshift memorial that has seen rain and snow occupies a small space in front of 600 Grant Street, where US Congresswoman Diana...
Swastika painted on truck in southeast Denver
IJN StaffDec 03, 2015
DENVER A young Jewish man in southeast Denver was angry and concerned this week after discovering that a swastika had been spray-painted on the tailgate of his pickup...
Another ‘last’ wave of Ethiopians
Ben Sales, JTANov 27, 2015
TEL AVIV The Israeli government has approved entry of the last group of Ethiopian Jews awaiting immigration to Israel. The move comes two years after the arrival...
Remembering Ezra Schwartz
Penny Schwartz, JTANov 26, 2015
BOSTON For some two-and-a-half hours, Ezra Schwartz was remembered for his unbridled joy and passion for life, his deep and ever-widening circle of friends, and his...
Osnat Fox unites Israel, Denver
Andrea JacobsNov 26, 2015
Osnat Fox, JEWISHcolorado’s new Israel emissary, is a petite, dark-eyed woman whose graciousness mirrors the communal warmth that has embraced her from day one....
More deadly attacks in Israel
Michael Bachner, TPSNov 23, 2015
Shortly after 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 23, a stabbing terrorist attack took place at a gas station near the community of Beit Horon, on route 443 which connects Jerusalem...
