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Milwaukee Jews seek ways to help the helpless
JTAAug 09, 2012
By Charlotte Anthony, JTA MILWAUKEE — Almost as soon as she heard the news about a deadly shooting at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee, Elana Kahn-Orens phone started...
Wallenberg’s 100th birthday marked
JTAAug 09, 2012
STOCKHOLM Sweden marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazis. The event,...
90,000 Jews gather to celebrate Talmud completion
IJN StaffAug 09, 2012
By Chaim M. Goldberg AWE-inspiring. 90,000 people exclaiming their loyalty to G-d in unison with the roar of Shema Yisrael. For this alone, the price of admission was...
Danny Danon unapologetic for fierce nationalism
Ben Sales, JTAAug 02, 2012
JERUSALEM If theres one thing Danny Danon doesnt do, its shy away from controversy. Danon, a deputy speaker of the Israeli Knesset and chairman of World Likud,...
In Israel, Romney covers all bases but Palestinians
Ben Sales, JTAAug 02, 2012
JERUSALEM Mitt Romneys policy speech in Israel covered plenty of bases: The presumptive Republican presidential candidate spoke about the status of Jerusalem, the...
In Austria, call for circumcision
JTAAug 02, 2012
VIENNA Religious groups in Austria called on the government to reaffirm its commitment to religious freedom and the legality of male circumcision. The Austrian Jewish...
IJN community report: Preventing the unthinkable
Chris LeppekAug 02, 2012
IT is a crime whose name, for a very long time, we dared not even speak. Most of us shudder when we even think of the sexual abuse of children, […]
Jewish community reacts to Aurora tragedy
Chris LeppekJul 26, 2012
IN the wake of last weeks mass shooting at an Aurora theater, shockwaves came in rapid, blunt succession shock, disbelief, anger, confusion, grief and they...
Swiss follow German circumcision ban
JTAJul 26, 2012
ZURICH Two hospitals in Switzerland decided to temporarily suspend circumcisions of infants unless it is medically required, following a German court ruling....
Bulgaria survivors return
Ben Sales, JTAJul 26, 2012
TEL AVIV Vered Kuza was standing with her daughter, Amit, on an airport shuttle bus at Sarafovo International Airport in Burgas, Bulgaria, when she suddenly heard a...
