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Walter Schwarz: The last passenger ship out of Genoa
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor "I was a Ritchie Boy," Walter Schwarz wrote for American Jewish World on Oct....
Outside Amsterdam’s Portuguese Synagogue, Spanish olive trees endure northern winters
by CNAAN LIPHSHIZ AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Each year at the height of winter, city workers descend on the square opposite...
The New York Times says a Palestinian medic’s death in Gaza could be a war crime
by ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL (JTA) — The New York Times devoted much of its front page and three inside pages Sunday to a...
Lisa Heilicher: A modern-day Maccabee
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR At the funeral for Elissa “Lisa” Heilicher at Beth El Synagogue, Rabbi Alexander Davis began his eulogy...
ACLU sues Texas over anti-boycott law
by SAM SOKOL (JTA) — The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday announced that it is suing the state of Texas...
Netanyahu plans visit to Brazil
by MARCUS M. GILBAN RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Following years of diplomatic tensions, Israel and Brazil appear set to place...
Amigour: Stories of survival
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor There will soon be a building in Tel Aviv named the Joseph Wilf Building,...
A celebrity wedding in Israel and its complications
By BEN SALES EIN RAFA, Israel (JTA) — Surrounded by a lush garden encircling a set of stone steps off...
At the IAC, there’s politics, partying and pride
By RON KAMPEAS HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (JTA) — Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate, his Israeli-born wife, Miriam, and Haim Saban, the...
Netanyahu hated George H.W. Bush’s peace plan
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — When a president dies, the tendency is to put aside long-simmering resentments and consider...
