During his 36-year career in the Senate, the Indiana Republican had a reputation for getting both parties to work together

By RON KAMPEAS

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Richard Lugar was never considered to be one of Israel’s leading advocates on Capitol Hill.
The veteran Republican senator from Indiana, who suffered a primary defeat last week [...]

(JTA) — Iran executed a man convicted of spying for Israel and of assassinating an Iranian nuclear scientist.
Majid Jamali Fashi, 24, was hanged early Tuesday morning, according to Iranian news reports. He was sentenced to death in August 2010 for the murder of Ali Mohammadi, a particle physics professor at Tehran University killed by a [...]

Anxiety over anti-Semitism is only one toxic element of a broader and much more complex national crisis

By RUTH ELLEN GRUBER

BUDAPEST (JTA) — The debate over anti-Semitism in Hungary has sharpened since the anti-Israel, anti-Jewish and anti-Roma (Gypsy) Jobbik movement entered Parliament two years ago as the country’s third largest party.
Seeking scapegoats [...]

An item in the May 11 print edition of the AJW stated that the Golden Valley DFL Women’s Club would host Michael Rothman, the Minnesota Commissioner of Commerce, on Wednesday, May 16 at RidgePointe in Minnetonka.
Rothman will no longer be speaking. Instead, the event will feature candidates for the legislature from local districts.

Jewish Family Service of St. Paul’s Senior Advocacy Services offers a variety of resources and support to older adults, their caregivers and all members of the family
By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News Editor
If you live out of state and your aging parents require additional services, where do you turn? If there is dissension [...]

Irene Gut Opdyke was just a girl when Germany invaded Poland — 17 years old, a nursing student, Polish patriot and good Catholic girl. Disgusted by the suffering inflicted on the local Jews, Irene began to resist; she snuck food and blankets from the hotel where she worked as a waitress to Jews [...]

A proposed resolution that would have required the United Methodist Church (UMC) to divest from three companies doing business with Israel was defeated Wednesday. At its quadrennial conference in Tampa, Fla., the UMC instead supported a motion calling for “positive investment” in the Palestinian economy.
Leading up to the conference, 1,200 American [...]

Belle Linda Halpern will present her highly acclaimed cabaret “Cravings: Songs of Hunger and Satisfaction” 7 p.m. Thursday, May 10 at the St. Paul JCC, 1375 St. Paul Ave.

Belle Linda Halpern

The cabaret is described as a “funny and thought-provoking look at our search for what feeds us.” Songs will range from Tin Pan [...]

The board of directors of Sholom has announced the appointment of Benjamin Laub as the organization’s new chief executive officer.
Laub currently serves as senior executive director of Windsor Healthcare and has an extensive background in executive management in similar health care environments. In addition to his experience in operations, he has been actively [...]

J Street will host the “Future of Pro-Israel Local Launch” 7 p.m. Monday, May 7 at the Sabes JCC, 4330 Cedar Lake Rd. S., St. Louis Park.
Participants will learn about the work done at the recent J Street 2012 national conference and how the organization is “redrawing the lines about what it means to be [...]