Rep. Ellison circulates letter to U.S. House colleagues seeking relief for Palestinians in Gaza Strip
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Two letters circulating in the U.S. House of Representatives are seeking humanitarian assistance for Palestinians in the ...
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Getting back to the garden
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Everyone can do something to conserve energy resources, according to Alex Cicelsky, a founder of Kibbutz Lotan ...
Documentary spans the globe asking, 'What is God?'
Filmmaker Peter Rodger shleps his camera to exotic locales —Â from the American Southwest to the Himalayas —Â and asks folks, "What ...
JTA: Woman wearing tallit arrested at Western Wall
Jerusalem police arrested a woman praying at the Western Wall for wearing a tallit, according to JTA. The woman, who ...
White House 'dismayed' by Israel's planned expansion of neighborhood in East Jerusalem
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs issued a statement on Tuesday expressing official disapproval of plans to build 900 additional units ...
Zev Aelony, Civil Rights Movement activist, dies
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Nearly 50 years before the United States elected a Black president, Zev Aelony dedicated himself to the ...
Rep. Betty McCollum raps Israeli ambassador for being no-show at J Street's first national conference
Minnesotans attend J Street gathering in Washington, D.C. J Street, the new kid on the American pro-Israel advocacy block, recently ...
U.S.-born West Bank settler admits to role in attacks against Palestinians, Jews
Yaakov Teitel admitted to planting pipe bomb that wounded left-wing professor Ze'ev Sternhell last year With the recent lifting of ...
Rabin’s legacy?
The quest for Israeli-Palestinian peace was not interrupted by the Rabin assassination, nor was the late prime minister the personification ...
Rabbi intervenes on behalf of Israeli coach ejected in NY Knicks-Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv game
The New York Times sports story began: "So a basketball coach, an N.B.A. referee and a rabbi walk onto the court at ...
