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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...
Arafat’s body exhumed to test for poisoning
JTANov 29, 2012
JERUSALEM The body of former PA President Yasir Arafat was exhumed to test whether he died of radioactive poisoning. The body was exhumed Tuesday, Nov. 27, and...
Study abroad in a war zone
Marcy Oster, JTANov 29, 2012
TEL AVIV When the first two sirens went off, Shoshana Leshaw ran from her second-floor bedroom down to the bomb shelter in the basement. By the time the […]
Child sex abuse charges in Australia
JTANov 29, 2012
By Dan Goldberg, JTA SYDNEY — Another major Jewish organization in Australia is embroiled in a child sex abuse scandal, adding to the trauma triggered by recent...
Barry Curtiss-Lusher heads national ADL
IJN StaffNov 29, 2012
New York The ADL announces the election of Barry Curtiss-Lusher as its new national chair. A businessman and community leader in Denver, Curtiss-Lusher has been...
Operation Pillar of Defense: Lessons learned
Uriel Heilman, JTANov 22, 2012
AS Israel and Hamas mostly stilled their guns Wednesday night after reaching a cease-fire agreement, ending eight days of intense bombardment, both sides took home some...
