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Pope visits synagogue in Rome
Ruth Ellen Gruber, JTAJan 21, 2010
ROME When Pope Benedict XVI visited this citys main synagogue, sparring between the pope and Jewish leaders over Pope Pius XIIs role in the Holocaust grabbed...
In Haiti, Israeli field hospital delivers baby, saves lives
Uriel Heilman, JTAJan 21, 2010
NEW YORK The text messages started coming in to Shachar Zahavis cell phone in the middle of the night: What are we going to do about Haiti? Zahavi, chairman of...
Former Israel national security adviser proposes West Bank, East Bank, Gaza merger
Jerusalem PostJan 14, 2010
By Herb Keinon, JPost JERUSALEM — Forget a two-state solution, the way to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to create a United States of Jordan that would...
Gaza evacuees still waiting for homes
Ben Harris, JTAJan 14, 2010
NITZAN, Israel More than four years after her family was ejected from their home in the Gaza Strip, Karen Sarfaty lives with her husband and four of their children...
AJC’s Harris confronts anti-Israel vitriol on Internet
Ron Kampeas, JTAJan 14, 2010
WASHINGTON After the botched terror plot of the Christmas underwear bomber, David Harris took to the Huffington Post to argue that the US had something to learn...
Terrorism drops in West Bank — will it hold?
Leslie Susser, JTAJan 14, 2010
JERUSALEM— In Israel and the West Bank, 2009 was the year that ended without a bang and people were grateful for it. For the first time in a decade, […]
Jews at the bottom of the world
IJN StaffJan 14, 2010
By Ed Kalin WHEN Fort Collins resident Dick Heyman mentioned to his friends at Congregation Har Shalom in early October that he was heading south for a few months, many...
Conservative kibbutz celebrates
Ben Harris, JTAJan 07, 2010
KIBBUTZ HANNATON, Israel Over the din of children playing, some 20 people crowded into the home of Aylon and Ravit Samson here on the night of Jan. 2 for […]
Split on Iran sanctions
Ron Kampeas, JTAJan 07, 2010
WASHINGTON As long as the Iran conversation was broad and dealt only with sanctions, the Congress, the White House and the pro-Israel community seemed to be on...
Should Israel be a model for US airport security?
Gil Shefler, JTAJan 07, 2010
NEW YORK As US officials try to figure out how to improve airport security in the aftermath of the failed Christmas Day bombing attempt of a Northwest Airlines flight...
