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Dahlan: No Difference Between Bombings, Settlments
A Palestinian lawmaker compared Palestinian suicide bombings to the establishment of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Mohammed Dahlan, a member of the Fatah...
Scalia Says that a Tzeilim Honors All War Dead – Even Jews
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said it was an "outrageous conclusion" that a war memorial featuring a cross only honors Christian war dead. The...
Shul Security Network Becomes National Model for Homeland Securty Department
A Jewish security network will be used as a national model for other faith communities by the Department of Homeland Security. The Secure Community...
Gadhafi Blames Israel for Assassination of JFK
Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi today insinuated that Israel was behind the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Speaking today at the United Nations General...
Obama Administration Officials Meet With OU
Orthodox Union leaders met with top Obama administration officials at the White House. At this morning's meeting, Dennis Ross, special assistant to the president...
He’s Back: Rick Lazio To Announce Run For Governor
Rick Lazio has taken a leave from his job as an executive vice president at JP Morgan Chase in preparation for a formal announcement...
Rebbetzin Sofya Kogan a”h
Rebbetzin Sofya Kogan, who is credited with keeping the Jewish flame alive amongst Moscow's Jews, passed away yesterday She suffered from a sudden heart...
Giuliani Considering Running for Governor
Nineteen months after ending his disastrous run for the presidency, Rudolph W. Giuliani is clearing a path for a possible race for governor in...
Is the Turbulent Health Care Debate Bad for the Jews?
Eric Fingerhut of JTA reports:
When U.S. Rep. Travis Childers announced several months ago that he was headed to Israel, the trip was billed as...
Conservative Rabbi Says Georgia’s Kosher Law is Unconstitutional Because it Favors the Orthodox
A Conservative rabbi in Georgia is challenging the constitutionality of his state's kosher law, saying it favors Orthodox religious standards and constitutes state entanglement...
U.S. Army Base Adds Kosher Food, Jewish Chaplain
A major U.S. Army base has added kosher food and a rabbi-chaplain after a Jewish soldier was beaten. The move at Fort Benning, near...
Remembrance Weekend Changed to Avoid Rosh Hashanah
The date for the National Weekend of Remembrance has been changed so it will not conflict with Rosh Hashanah. The weekend to honor fallen...
Righteous Gentile Bela Kiraly Dies at 92
Bela Kiraly, a Hungarian soldier who saved hundreds of Jewish lives during the Holocaust, has died. Kiraly died in his sleep earlier this month....
Jewish Groups Vie To Land Obama As Speaker
JTA reports: Now that President Obama has held his first meeting with Jewish leaders, the speculation can begin: Which Jewish organization will be the...
Netanyahu: Israelis Can Buy Any Yerushalayim Property
Israelis may purchase property in all parts of Yerushalayim, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said yesterday. The comments came yesterday to his Cabinet at...
Op-Ed: Russia Should Return the Schneersohn Collection from the Rebbe Rayatz
By Gregg J. Rickman, JTA
During the 1990s, the world was seized with stories of Nazi plunder and heirless property from the Holocaust era. Stolen...
Jewish Prison Inmate Gets Yarmulke Back
A Jewish inmate at the San Francisco County Jail will be permitted to have his yarmulke back. Duane Allen Hoffman, 48, who is awaiting...
First Date 2.0: Groundbreaking ShidduchVision Project Aims to Ease Shidduch Crisis
JTA reports: A new effort based in Baltimore represents the latest attempt to address what is often described as a crisis of frum singles...
Report: Women Kosher Supervisors on the Rise
JTA reports: Evelyn Prizont does it for the glamor. "And the respect," she adds with a smirk. Prizont, an Orthodox woman in her early...
Internet Fuels Non-Jewish Interest in Shevah Mitzvos Bnei Noach
JTA reports: When Jack Saunders began questioning the core religious claims of Christianity in the mid-1980s, it set him on a journey that eventually...
