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Colorado sanctions Iran
IJN StaffMay 31, 2012
THE Jewish Community Relations Council announced May 24 that Colorado became the ninth state to adopt the state-level Iran sanctions. Partnering with the American Jewish...
Wyo. candidate posts anti-Semitic views
JTAMay 31, 2012
WASHINGTON Thomas Bleming, a candidate for the US Senate from Wyoming, has posted anti-Semitic videos on his Facebook page. Among Blemings postings is a video he...
Senate: Who are real Palestinian refugees?
JTAMay 31, 2012
WASHINGTON The US Senate Appropriations Committee approved language that would distinguish between Palestinian refugees alive in 1948 and their descendants. The...
Did Israel stance cost Lugar his race?
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 24, 2012
WASHINGTON Richard Lugar was never considered to be one of Israels leading advocates on Capitol Hill. The veteran Republican senator from Indiana, who suffered a...
Female rabbi seated on religious council
JTAMay 24, 2012
JERUSALEM A female Reform rabbi took her place on the religious council of Mevasseret Zion, a suburb of Jerusalem, last week. The Reform Mevasseret Zion Congregation...
For haredi Orthodox, Internet threat hearkens back to the Enlightenment
Ben Sales, JTAMay 24, 2012
NEW YORK To the outside observer, the haredi Orthodox anti-Internet rally at New Yorks Citi Field may have looked uniform: a single mass of black hats, white shirts...
Cuba will negotiate over Gross
JTAMay 17, 2012
WASHINGTON Authorities in Cuba are ready to negotiate the status of jailed American Alan Gross, a senior Cuban official said. We have made clear to the US...
Palestinian hunger strikers denied release
JTAMay 10, 2012
JERUSALEM Israels Supreme Court rejected an appeal for the release of two hunger-striking Palestinians. In its decision Monday, May 7, the court reportedly said...
Obama, Romney surrogates debate
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 10, 2012
WASHINGTON Simmering beneath the presidential seasons familiar refrains of support for Israel is a passionate partisan argument over how best to confront Iran and...
In a surprise move, Likud and Kadima form coalition
Mati Wagner, JTAMay 10, 2012
JERUSALEM Israelis went to sleep Monday night, May 7, expecting early elections in September for the 19th Knesset. They woke up to the news that elections would take...
