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Rabbi Weiss backs down on ‘rabba’
Ben Harris, JTAMar 11, 2010
NEW YORK On the eve of a conference marking the expansion of leadership roles for women within Orthodoxy, the trends most prominent rabbinic proponent has...
Big change on Armenian genocide
JTAMar 11, 2010
WASHINGTON A key Jewish lawmaker urged passage of a resolution recognizing the Ottoman genocide against Armenians. The endorsement by US Rep. Howard Berman...
PA Prime Minister Fayyad building the institutions of a state
Leslie Susser, JTAMar 11, 2010
JERUSALEM Pundits and politicians have taken recently to comparing PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to Israels founding father, David Ben-Gurion. No less a figure...
Biden in Israel: no nuclear Iran
Jerusalem PostMar 11, 2010
By Herb Keinon, JPost JERUSALEM — US Vice President Joe Biden expressed America’s absolute, total, unvarnished commitment to Israels security at a...
Federation’s tweets of complex speeches and issues earn praise and criticism
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 04, 2010
WASHINGTON Rain pouring in Jerusalem, tears streaming down the faces of fans of Team USA, tremors shaking Chile and always, always lunch at Elis. You have...
DNA and the Holocaust: Can we identify the relatives of the victims?
Chris LeppekMar 04, 2010
THE recent emergence of DNA research has proven itself a mighty key in the ongoing struggle to solve once impenetrable mysteries. In Colorado alone, information derived...
Jewish groups answer ‘Israel Apartheid Week’ taking place on university campuses
Ben Harris, JTAMar 04, 2010
NEW YORK At universities across the globe, the annual springtime ritual known as Israel Apartheid Week is kicking off this week, and Jewish students and pro-Israel...
Biden set to go to Middle East with ‘big picture’ — not so fast ?
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 04, 2010
WASHINGTON Vice President Joe Biden, President Obamas big picture guy, is set to draw it for the Israelis next week in a major address: Confront Iran...
US Jewish leaders: Fatah must recognize Jewish state, stop incitement against Israel
Ben Harris, JTAFeb 26, 2010
NEW YORK US Jewish leaders pressed PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on incitement and the need to keep Israel a Jewish state. At a meeting Feb. 18 in Jenin […]
What happened to all those Russian immigrants?
Sue Fishkoff, JTAFeb 25, 2010
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. Alex Varum was 8 years old when he left Russia. Now 35 and a real estate developer in Silicon Valley, Varum grew up in California, speaks English...
