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Netanyahu staves off early elections
Marcy Oster, JTANov 21, 2018
JERUSALEM — “It’s Hard to Say Goodbye If You Won’t Leave” was the title of an old episode of “Frasier.” It could also describe the latest chapter in a...
Ilhan Omar: Overturn head covering ban
JTANov 21, 2018
WASHINGTON — A 181-year-old rule banning Congress members from wearing hats of any kind could be overturned in order to accommodate a newly elected Muslim lawmaker...
‘Baby Moshe’ ten years later, thriving in Israel
Marcy Oster, JTANov 21, 2018
JERUSALEM — “Everything is good.” Sandra Samuel is riding on a bus from Afula in northern Israel to the city apartment in Jerusalem that she shares with four other...
In Colorado Springs, free guns for rabbis
Andrea JacobsNov 15, 2018
Bernstein, owner of Dragonland near Colorado Springs, trains neophyte gun owners how to nail bulls-eyes — but local rabbis suggest his credibility is way off target....
80 years after Kristallnacht, Kaliningrad synagogue rebuilt
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTANov 15, 2018
KALININGRAD, Russia — Walking to school and back, Michael Wieck twice a day would pass by one of Europe’s largest and most spectacular Jewish places of worship:...
Israel: Was it right to cease fire?
JTANov 15, 2018
JERUSALEM — Avigdor Liberman resigned as defense minister of Israel on Wednesday, Nov. 14, over a cease-fire with Palestinian terrorist groups — a move that could...
Alyssa Milano refuses to speak at Women’s March
JTANov 15, 2018
NEW YORK — Actress and activist Alyssa Milano said she won’t speak at the next Women’s March if it is organized by two current leaders who will not condemn...
Merkel ‘gets it’ on Israel, Germany
JTANov 15, 2018
By Toby Axelrod BERLIN — Israeli author Eldad Beck regards Angela Merkel’s engagement with Israel and Judaism as “spectacular.” Germany’s chancellor has...
Jewish women among Congress victors
Josefin Dolsten, JTANov 15, 2018
WASHINGTON — Last week’s midterm elections were hailed as a victory for gender parity, as an unprecedented number of women won bids to serve in Congress. More than...
Live updates: Southern Israel attacked by Hamas
TPSNov 12, 2018
By Yona Schnitzer An Israeli bus was hit by an anti-tank missile shot from Gaza on Monday evening, Nov. 12, severely wounding a 19-year-old male. This is an ongoing...
