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Dennis Ross explains Middle East strategy of President Obama

IT wasn’t exactly damage control, since Dennis Ross, special assistant to President Obama and an acknowledged Middle East expert, didn’t backtrack or make apologies...

Unkind cut: San Francisco asked to ban circumcision

SAN FRANCISCO — In November, San Franciscans will vote on a ballot measure that would outlaw circumcision on boys under the age of 18. Although experts say it is...

In Washington, clash between Obama and Netanyahu on the future of Israel

WASHINGTON — President Obama knew he had some damage control to do when he took the podium before thousands of Israel supporters on Sunday morning, May 22, at the...

What do Denverites think of Obama’s 1967-border suggestion?

On May 19, Barack Obama dropped a policy bombshell when he proposed that borders predating the 1967 Six Day War should be the basis of peace negotiations between...

After three decades, Demjanjuk convicted in Germany

By Toby Axelrod, JTA BERLIN —— The guilty verdict pronounced May 12 against John Demjanjuk in a Munich courtroom was a long time coming. Following a trial that...

NY court appeal on Mondrowitz extradition

NEW YORK — New York State’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, has agreed to hear a case requesting the release of documents relating to the sexual abuse case...

Terror plot against NY synagogues underscores ‘lone wolf’ threat

By Daniel Treiman, JTA NEW YORK —— A foiled plot to attack New York synagogues offered a distressing reminder to the Jewish community that Osama bin Laden’s death...

French Jewry shocked by ‘loss of a friend’

By Dvorah Lauter, JTA PARIS —— Shock waves continue to ripple throughout France as Dominique Strauss-Kahn, considered the likely Socialist Party candidate to...

Message at borders: ‘Retake Palestine’

TEL AVIV —— If a single phrase could capture the sentiment that motivated thousands of Arabs to try to cross Israel’’s borders on Sunday, May 15, to “retake...

Should Kushner’s honorary degree be revoked?

WASHINGTON — It was the latest dustup over what constitutes acceptable discourse in the American Jewish community when it comes to Israel. Except this time the battle...