Head of Reform seminary dies in plane crash
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN NEW YORK (JTA) — Rabbi Andrea Weiss, an associate professor of Bible at the New York campus...
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Visiting the Tunisian island of Djerba
By SAMIA HATHROUBI DJERBA, Tunisia (JTA) — El Ghriba, the venerable synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba, is traditionally...
Trump withdraws U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal
President Donald Trump announces his decision to leave the Iran nuclear deal, on Tuesday in the Diplomatic Reception Room at...
In the footsteps of Franz Kafka: exploring Czech Jewish life
The esteemed 20th century author Franz Kafka, a Jewish native of Prague, was honored with an outdoors sculpture, on a...
Jewish Agency officials visit Minneapolis
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR During an exchange of business cards during a recent meeting at Oak Ridge Country Club in Hopkins,...