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When a fire consumes a village, it’s complicated to rebuild
Chris LeppekSep 26, 2019
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5780 SECTION A PAGE 12 the morning of May 23, 2019, residents of Mevo Modiâim in Israel smelled smoke and knew that a fire had been spotted in...
Bibi nominated to form government
JTASep 26, 2019
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5780 SECTION A PAGE 9 JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will get his second try this year to form Israel’s government after talks...
The phone call that ignited action
Ron Kampeas, JTASep 26, 2019
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5780 SECTION A PAGE 11 WASHINGTON — A week ago, impeachment was not the flavor of the season. The interest in Robert Mueller’s special counsel...
Boris Johnson: ‘Shofar so good’
JTASep 19, 2019
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attempted, and failed, to blow a shofar while on a visit to northern England. During a visit on Sept. 13 to meet voters...
Incident at Cherry Creek High
Chris LeppekSep 19, 2019
The Arapahoe County Sheriff is investigating an anti-Semitic Snapchat post made last weekend, allegedly involving four students from Cherry Creek High School. According...
Too close to call
Marcy Oster, JTASep 19, 2019
JERUSALEM — On Wednesday, Sept. 18, the morning after Israel’s second national election in five months, the results were unclear, with some 90% of the votes...
Arson in Duluth
JTASep 19, 2019
DULUTH — The homeless man charged with setting fire to a historic synagogue in northern Minnesota told police he tried to spit on the blaze to put it out but walked...
Israel cracks down on foreign workers
Sam Sokol, JTASep 19, 2019
TEL AVIV — The woman approached me with trepidation, fidgeting and glancing nervously over her shoulder as she sat down in a coffee shop here. A Filipino caregiver who...
Rebuilding black-Jewish relations
Ben Sales, JTASep 19, 2019
NEW YORK— At the end of August, the New York Police Dept. hate crimes task force investigated an alleged anti-Semitic attack near Brower Park in the Crown Heights...
Israel Elections, exit polls: first reactions
IJN StaffSep 17, 2019
Polls have closed in Israel and exit polls are showing no clear winner. What does it all mean? Yohanan Plesner, president of the Israel Democracy Institute, shares...
