Rabbis urge Obama: Work for peace in Sudan
Nearly 500 rabbis have signed onto a letter to President Obama, urging him to continue to work toward peace in Sudan.
The May 24 letter...
Senate unanimously votes to support Israel
by Suzanne Pollak
Staff Writer
The U.S. Senate's 99-0 vote to stand behind Israel if it attacks Iran's nuclear power program was intended to send a...
Women of the Wall board member’s home vandalized
Threatening graffiti was spray-painted on the Jerusalem home of a longtime board member of Women of the Wall.
Some of the graffiti sprayed late Sunday...
Talking Turkey
by Karen Kaya and Moran Stern
On May 16, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with President Barack Obama. Among the items on the...
Examining Claims Conference brouhaha
by Uriel Heilman
JTA News and Features
NEW YORK - Who knew what, and when?
Those are the questions critics are asking following the disclosure that the...
Turkey, the U.S. and the Middle East Peace Process
by Karen Kaya and Moran Stern
On May 16, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with President Barack Obama. Among the items on the...
Hawking’s boycott of Israeli conference renews controversy
by Eric Hal Schwartz
Staff Writer
Physicist Stephen Hawking canceled his plans to attend Israel's president's conference in Jerusalem last week, citing Israeli policies toward Palestinians...
Defendants in Claims Conference fraud trial found guilty
More than three years after the discovery of fraudulent activity at the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany ("Claims Conference"), which continued for...
Haredi youth mob Kotel to protest women’s prayers
Young Israeli Orthodox women turn out by the hundreds to protest Women of the Wall's monthly prayer service at the Western Wall on Friday.
Photo...
Pritzker tapped for Commerce
by Suzanne Pollak
Staff Writer
Penny Pritzker, a billionaire real estate developer and a large donor to both President Obama and the Jewish Federation in Chicago,...
