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Jacob Ostreicher released from Bolivian prison
JTADec 19, 2012
New York businessman Jacob Ostreicher, who has been jailed in Bolivia without charges for 18 months, has been released on bail, according to U.S. lawmakers who led calls...
Congresspeople meet in Bolivia
JTADec 13, 2012
WASHINGTON Two members of Congress met in Bolivia with an American-Jewish businessman who has been jailed there without charges for 18 months. Reps. Chris Smith...
German ban of extremist party?
JTADec 13, 2012
BERLIN Interior ministers in Germany are making another bid to ban the extreme right-wing National Democratic Party. At a meeting Dec. 5 in the east German city of...
Maale Adumim residents reflect Israeli consensus on settlements
Ben Sales, JTADec 13, 2012
MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank From the terrace of the mall in Maale Adumim, a West Bank settlement eight miles from Jerusalem that serves as a bedroom community for...
More Israelis give tzedakah; socialist habits hard to break
Ben Sales, JTADec 13, 2012
TEL AVIV At Hadassahs centennial celebration in October, 2,000 guests heard about two major philanthropic projects being undertaken by the womens Zionist group: a...
Poland debates legality of shechitah
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTADec 06, 2012
WARSAW News that ritual slaughter could be banned in Poland caught Jakub Lopinski at a critical moment in his career. Lopinski, a non-Jewish entrepreneur from Cracow,...
Jewish groups support Rice for her staunch defense of Israel
Ron Kampeas, JTADec 06, 2012
WASHINGTON The very quality that helped get Susan Rice in hot water with some in Washington is what many pro-Israel groups have come to appreciate she is a...
Morsi power grab channels Mubarak
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 29, 2012
WASHINGTON Is Morsi morphing into Mubarak? Last week Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi earned US kudos that were quickly followed by expressions of concern the...