Tag: American Jewish World

What will the year 2014 hold in store? In the past I’ve attributed the following quotation to Yogi Berra, the ...

A grandmother’s tale of survival in the Shoah

Prodded by her young granddaughter’s questions, Dounia Cohen tells an affecting story of how her childhood changed in 1942, when ...

Marv Wolfenson brought NBA back to Minneapolis

Businessman who grew up on Northside owned Timberwolves for eight years By JOEL RIPPEL Over a span of 25 years, ...

Stabbing of Israeli policeman seen as part of terror spree

JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli policeman stabbed in the West Bank by a Palestinian is the latest of several attacks ...

Snowden revelations boost calls for Jonathan Pollard’s release

Civilian U.S. Navy analyst who spied on U.S. for Israel is serving life sentence By BEN SALES TEL AVIV (JTA) ...

Edgar Bronfman dies at 84

Longtime president of World Jewish Congress was philanthropist JTA Staff Report NEW YORK (JTA) — Edgar Bronfman, the billionaire former ...

Harvey Pollack is still NBA's leading scorer

At 91, he is in his 68th year as basketball statistics guru By HILLEL KUTTLER PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — Fittingly, Harvey ...

Hebrew National lawsuit argued in appellate court

A lawyer for ConAgra Foods, the parent of Hebrew National, insisted that the kosher status of meat is a religious ...

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