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Healthcare debate unhealthy for Jews?
Eric Fingerhut, JTAAug 21, 2009
NEW YORK When US Rep. Travis Childers announced several months ago that he was headed to Israel, the trip was billed as an opportunity to boost economic development....
Nazi analogies pepper political talk
Eric Fingerhut, JTAAug 14, 2009
WASHINGTON Rush Limbaughs remarks comparing Democrats to Nazis drew swift condemnation from many corners of the Jewish community and also sparked a fight between...
Coffman backs Israel on settlements
Chris LeppekAug 14, 2009
Mike Coffman spent six days in Israel last week, doing his best to keep up with the frenetic pace characteristic of such whirlwind trips. He talked to a lot of important...
Fatah meets; wishy-washy on peace
Dina Kraft, JTAAug 06, 2009
BETHLEHEM Silver-haired Fatah Party members in dark, pinstriped suits draped with kaffiyeh scarves bearing the colors of the Palestinian flag greeted each other with...
Obama honor raises hackles
Eric Fingerhut, JTAAug 06, 2009
WASHINGTON The White House is facing mounting criticism over its decision to give a prestigious award to the former UN official who presided over the infamous 2001...
New twist on terror in Tel Aviv
Jerusalem PostAug 06, 2009
JERUSALEM Two people were killed on Saturday night, Aug. 1, and several others were injured when a gunman burst into the basement of a homosexual community center in...
Jewish groups assail Obama’s ‘favoritism’
Shana GoldbergJul 31, 2009
WASHINGTON Any good therapist will tell you: Theres pressure that hurts and theres pressure that heals. Two weeks after President Obama promised more of the...
Arrested New Jersey rabbis say they were entrapped, duped, manipulated
JTAJul 31, 2009
By Robert Wiener, NJJN NEWARK, NJ — Attorneys for several rabbis facing money-laundering charges in the widespread New Jersey corruption case are insisting their...
US heavies in Israel
Ron Kampeas, JTAJul 31, 2009
WASHINGTON Its hard to claim that US-Israel talks on the Iran and Palestinian issues are not linked when their major players are jostling each other at the airport....
Riots
Jerusalem PostJul 24, 2009
By Matthew Wagner, JPost JERUSALEM — Out of a deep feeling that the secular public is out to vilify and persecute them, the entire haredi public from the most...
