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London hacking: Jews respond
JTAMay 30, 2013
LONDON British Jews are no more at risk from terrorism than they were before the slaying of a British soldier by suspected terrorists, British Jewrys security unit...
JCRC rejects J Street; two-thirds bar not reached
Chris LeppekMay 30, 2013
The decision last week of the Jewish Community Relations Council not to admit the Colorado chapter of J Street as a member organization has raised questions about...
Sean Penn lobbies for imprisoned Jew
JTAMay 23, 2013
WASHINGTON Actor Sean Penn urged a congressional hearing to pressure Bolivia to release a haredi Orthodox father of five under house arrest in the country. Penn...
Jewish groups join tornado relief effort
JTAMay 23, 2013
NEW YORK Jewish groups are joining the effort to help those displaced by the tornado in suburban Oklahoma City. Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform...
The CELL to train more drivers
Chris LeppekMay 23, 2013
IN a significant expansion of its mission to make the community more aware of the threat of terrorism, the CELL Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab last week...
Scottish church to alter report denying Jews’ claims to Israel
JTAMay 17, 2013
EDINBURGH The Church of Scotland will reword a controversial report which said scripture provides no basis for Jewish claims to Israel, the church said in...
Hagel: Israel not wary of Cairo
JTAMay 17, 2013
WASHINGTON Reinforcing Israels military edge and bolstering security relationships with neighbors like Egypt are both US priorities, US Secretary of Defense Chuck...
Conflict at the Western Wall
Ben Sales, JTAMay 17, 2013
JERUSALEM Orthodox youths mobbed the Western Wall plaza by the thousands to protest Women of the Wall as they held their monthly prayer service. The youths, male and...
Wallenberg’s medal of honor
JTAMay 17, 2013
WASHINGTON King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew unveiled the Raoul Wallenberg Congressional Gold Medal. The medal unveiled May 9 at the...
Women of the Wall win in court
JTAMay 09, 2013
JERUSALEM The activist group Women of the Wall will face no more legal challenges after Israeli Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein decided this week not to appeal a...
