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Obama visits Israel, Middle East
IJN StaffJul 25, 2008
By Jerusalem Post JERUSALEM — US Democratic presidential aspirant Barack Obama brought his campaign to Israel Tuesday evening for a whirlwind tour that Israeli...
Liberal Jewish groups organizing immigration rally at Iowa kosher plant
Ben Harris, JTAJul 25, 2008
NEW YORK An interfaith coalition is planning to demonstrate next week in Postville, Iowa, in support of justice for workers and comprehensive immigration reform....
Second bulldozer attack in Jerusalem
Marcy Oster, JTAJul 25, 2008
JERUSALEM In an apparent imitation of an attack nearly three weeks ago, an Arab construction worker rampaged through the streets of Jerusalem on a bulldozer, crushing...
Swap muddies the talks to free Shalit
Roy Eitan, JTAJul 25, 2008
JERUSALEM The long-awaited resolution to the Lebanese hostage crisis has cast a pall over efforts to retrieve the Israeli soldier held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip....
Will Olmert wriggle out of Talansky too?
Jerusalem PostJul 25, 2008
JERUSALEM During his interrogations by police, Morris Talansky got mixed up between two amounts of money he allegedly gave Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. One was a loan...
New name for famous institution
IJN StaffJul 18, 2008
National Jewish Medical and Research Center has changed its name to National Jewish Health, effective immediately. Simply put, this isnt just about a name change,...
Grim homecoming
Roy Eitan, JTAJul 18, 2008
JERUSALEM Two black caskets, laid out by Hezbollah officials on the sun-drenched tarmac of a Lebanese border crossing, unceremoniously put to rest one of Israels...
Kosher plant’s PR firm accused of impersonating rabbi on website postings
Ben Harris, JTAJul 18, 2008
NEW YORK The public relations firm trying to restore the image of the embattled kosher meat producer Agriprocessors is wrestling with a controversy of its own after...
UJC urges Olmert to tackle conversion
Jacob Berkman, JTAJul 18, 2008
NEW YORK — Diaspora Jews are stepping up pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to intervene in a dispute in Israel over conversions to Judaism. Leaders of...
At 95, IJN still going greener
IJN StaffJul 11, 2008
By Ben Gilliland At its 95th anniversary, the IJN has become more environmentally friendly than ever before. All of the paper on which the IJN is printed is 100%...
