News
Bibi OK’s building in East Jerusalem
Leslie Susser, JTAJul 24, 2009
JERUSALEM Despite the latest clash between Israel and the Obama administration over building this time in eastern Jerusalem the US is pressing ahead with plans...
Arnie Zaler to plead guilty
Chris LeppekJul 24, 2009
THE case of Arnold Zaler a former Denver kosher restaurateur and hot dog vendor facing federal fraud charges seems to be entering its twilight phase. On Friday,...
Settlements for Iran
Leslie Susser, JTAJul 16, 2009
JERUSALEM The fact that Israel and the US have yet to reach an agreement on Jewish settlement growth in the West Bank is as much a question of wider […]
Jews meet Obama
Shana GoldbergJul 16, 2009
WASHINGTON Top Jewish organizational leaders expressed support for President Obamas Middle East peace strategies at a White House meeting but said the president...
Jewish and evangelical leaders meet
Eric Fingerhut, JTAJul 09, 2009
WASHINGTON They talked about Israel and about proselytizing but perhaps the most important thing about the recent meeting between nearly 40 Jewish and evangelical...
Iran threat: Israeli pilots training overseas
Jerusalem PostJul 09, 2009
JERUSALEM — On the day that US Vice President Joe Biden seemed to give Israel a green light for military action to eliminate Iran’s nuclear threat, the...
Hepatitis C crisis at Rose
Chris LeppekJul 09, 2009
RECENT reports that some 4,700 surgical patients at Rose Medical Center may have been exposed to the chronic liver disease hepatitis C the result of a technician with...
Right, right-hand men further Bibi’s agenda
Leslie Susser, JTAJul 02, 2009
JERUSALEM Benjamin Netanyahus father, the historian Ben Zion Netanyahu, once said that his sons biggest failure as a leader was his inability to pick the right...
People’s pain pursues Madoff in court
JTAJul 02, 2009
NEW YORK For Belle Faber, the sentencing of Bernard Madoff felt surreal. Television coverage of Mondays event was being projected on a screen in the conference room...
On the loose in Vail: stereotypes
Chris LeppekJul 02, 2009
RESIDENTS of Eagle County, beware: Theres a large-nosed, dark-haired, pierced-eared, squinty-eyed Jew on the loose. If that potent blend of stereotypes offends you,...
