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Circumcision funding killed
Chris LeppekMay 10, 2012
A COMBINATION of fiscal conservatives, health professionals, and intactivists (people who oppose circumcision of newborn males for a variety of reasons) convinced...
Countries work on monitoring hate
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAMay 03, 2012
BRUSSELS Jihadist websites eat up a fair share of Bart Olmers workday. He even has passwords to some closed hate forums. Reading hate speech is part of the job,...
Colorado’s justice system gets a facelift
IJN StaffMay 03, 2012
By Bob Ewegen THE justice system in Colorado faces a crisis of waning public confidence coupled with mounting workloads and diminishing resources, Michael Bender, chief...
Battle lines drawn in West Bank outpost Ulpana
JTAMay 03, 2012
By Eetta Prince-Gibson, JTA BEIT EL, West Bank — Alex Traiman stands under a tarp in his spacious backyard as his 10-year-old, Tmima, turns cartwheels on the lawn....
Bibi says Tal Law will be replaced
JTAMay 03, 2012
JERUSALEM The Tal Law, which exempts full-time yeshiva students from mandatory army service, will be replaced with a more egalitarian and just law, Israels...
Obama adds Dylan for Medal of Freedom
JTAMay 03, 2012
WASHINGTON Madeleine Albright, Bob Dylan, Shimon Peres and Jan Karski will be among 13 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The list was released April...
Swastikas in Colorado Springs
Andrea JacobsApr 26, 2012
VANDALS defaced Beit Torah, a Reform temple in Colorado Springs, with swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti on Friday, April 20, the anniversary of Adolf Hitlers...
Bono leaves Hope-ful note
JTAApr 26, 2012
JERUSALEM U2 lead singer Bono left a Hope-full note at Jerusalems King David hotel following a surprise visit to Israel. The note, which offered the hotel great...
New look at school vouchers
JTAApr 26, 2012
By Shira Schoenberg, JTA BOSTON — When the US Supreme Court effectively legalized school vouchers in 2002, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs called it a...
What is Romney’s foreign policy?
Ron Kampeas, JTAApr 19, 2012
WASHINGTON The Republican primaries are effectively over, and gone with them is the sharp-edged rhetoric and departures from past US policy on the Middle East. Gone...
