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Miep Gies, who sheltered Anne Frank and saved her diary, dies at 100
Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank and her family, receiving the Wiesenthal Center's Righteous Among the Nations Award in...
Israeli police interrogate, fingerprint Reform movement activist involved with Women of the Wall
Israeli police questioned a prominent Reform movement activist in connection with the wearing of prayer shawls by women at the...
Egypt blocks protest caravan trying to enter Gaza
Egypt is preventing some 1,300 protesters from around the world from entering the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing, according...
JFCS gets federal funds for caregiver services
Earmark in big spending bill provides $250,000 for caregiver coaching By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN /Â Community News Editor When President Barack...
Yeshiva blues
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Rabbi Moshe Weiss, director of Yeshiva High School of Twin Cities, says that his school is “between...
Jews celebrate Festival of Lights with the Minnesota Timberwolves
Rabbi Mendel Feller led local Jewish hoops fans in the candle lighting blessings for Hanuka, before the start of the...
Jewish environmental group prepares to lead as climate debate heats up
By ERIC FINGERHUT WASHINGTON (JTA) — As the debate over how to combat climate change heats up in Copenhagen, the...
Seattle federation gunman found guilty
By LEYNA KROW SEATTLEÂ (JTNews) — The man who shot up the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle building in July 2006...
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...
Muslims in St. Cloud targeted by crude cartoons; JCRC condemns ‘hurtful acts’
AJW Staff Report Crude cartoons that depict the prophet Muhammad in derogatory ways, similar to those published in a Danish...
