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Nelson Mandela strong on Jews, weak on Israel

By Moira Schneider, JTA CAPE TOWN —— In the early 1940s, at a time when it was virtually impossible for a South African of color to secure a professional...

Reform biennial to tackle fundamental issues facing movement

NEW YORK — First there was the Conservative movement’s October biennial conference, billed as “The conversation of the century” and opened up to presenters from...

Community responds to anti-Israel ads on RTD

Now it’s Israel’s turn. Hardly had a slew of anti-Israel ads — accusing the Jewish state of ethnic cleansing — been taken down from the sides of RTD buses and...

Chabad menorah in Utah vandalized

Salt Lake City — A six-foot menorah in front of the Chabad Lubavitch of Utah was vandalized last weekend. Three branches of the menorah were ripped off its left side...

Morocco place to go for Israeli mafia?

JERUSALEM — Surrounded by dozens of adoring followers at his grandson’s wedding this summer, Eliezer Berland looked like any other chasidic rebbe marking a family...

Schneeweis nets a year’s tuition at CSU with half-court shot

THE basketball goal that Ellen Schneeweis bought for her four sons as a Chanukah present in 2008 drew Andrew, the second oldest, to practice shot after shot. Some...

Outlaw contact with Israelis?

MARRAKECH, Morocco — A Moroccan Jewish leader said proposed bills by Moroccan lawmakers to outlaw all contact with Israelis stand no chance of passing. The two bills,...

Poverty haunts Israeli survivors

TEL AVIV — Breakfast costs Dov Jakobovitz $2. Lunch costs him $2.25. Both are served in the public old-age home in south Tel Aviv where he lives. But the food

Interim deal on Iran splits Congress on new sanctions

WASHINGTON — They want to brandish a new stick against Iran, but hawks in Congress aren’t going to use it — yet. For all the disappointment they expressed following...

Jewish outcry against Bush appearance before Messianics lowers event profile

WASHINGTON — George W. Bush granted Messianic Jews a brief shining moment in the spotlight last week — and then just as quickly sent them back into the shadows. The...