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Israel faces flotilla fallout
Marcy Oster, JTAJun 03, 2010
JERUSALEM With nations around the world condemning Israel for the deaths of nine people aboard a Gaza-bound ship, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a...
Congress delays Iran sanctions bill
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 27, 2010
WASHINGTON In a sign of closer White House-congressional coordination on Iran, Congress is delaying an Iran sanctions bill several weeks to give the Obama...
In newly published essay, credentialed Zionist fears the end of Zionism as he has known it
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 27, 2010
WASHINGTON Peter Beinart attends an Orthodox synagogue, once edited The New Republic (the closest thing to a smicha for Jewish policy wonks) and backed Sen. Joe...
So they will not be forgotten
IJN StaffMay 27, 2010
By Jack Weinstein, Steamboat Pilot STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Jim Stanko knelt in the grass last week beside an inexpensively constructed white wooden cross. The cross...
Nashville flood hits local Jews
JTAMay 20, 2010
By Kathy Carlson, JTA NASHVILLE — Ruth Klar and Alicia Safdie knew they were lucky, safe and healthy amid the floods muddy wreckage. But the little things made...
Former high level Clinton, Bush negotiator in Mideast says ‘peace process’ can’t work
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 20, 2010
WASHINGTON Depending on your view of the Middle East and the Obama administration, Aaron David Miller is either a hero or a turncoat. Miller, a peace process...
Kagan would make it 3 women, 3 Jews
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 13, 2010
WASHINGTON Rabbi David Saperstein runs through a shopping list of superlatives on Elena Kagan self-evidently brilliant and steady, strategic and tactical...
Is British chief rabbi needed?
JTAMay 06, 2010
By Winston Pickett, JTA LONDON — A new book that criticizes Britains chief rabbi is opening old wounds and sparking a new debate about whether the institution of...
Ehud is Obama?s favored Israeli
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 06, 2010
WASHINGTON Fifteen years after Ehud Barak walked into politics wearing the warriors mantle, he is easing into the diplomats lapels. The former military chief of...
Seserman speaks: Whither Jewish Agency? AJF head to help lead the change
Chris LeppekMay 06, 2010
REDEFING an organization that’s more than eight decades old and changing an objective focus from duress to choice is no small task. As the Jewish...
