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Beth El renovates
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Beth El Synagogue is getting an extreme makeover. The old activities center, which dates from the 1960s,...
Hadassah will celebrate its centennial in 2012
Incoming Hadassah president Marcie Natan visits Twin Cities for Upper Midwest Region conference By MORDECAI SPECKTOR The Upper Midwest Region...
Op-ed: Alienation from Israel hitting liberal seminaries
By GARY ROSENBLATT NEW YORK (N.Y. Jewish Week)Â — A second-year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary (www.jtsa.edu) says her...
DFL Rep. Steve Simon's comments on amendment to ban same-sex marriage gain national audience
Rep. Steve Simon, DFL-St. Louis Park, delivered some low-key comments during the Monday meeting of the Minnesota House of Representatives...
Bet Shalom hosts Holocaust commemoration
The 2011 Twin Cities Annual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Commemoration took place Sunday evening at Bet Shalom Congregation in...
Young Israeli soldiers meet American Jewish peers
Members of the Israel Defense Forces' Paratroopers Reconnaissance Brigade, (l to r) Second Lt. Yakir David, Second Lt. Ashager Araro,...
Netanyahu: With bin Laden dead, Iran's supreme leader is world's greatest threat
In interview with CNN, Israeli prime minister says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei effectively runs Iran, warning that if Iran 'gets atomic...
CUNY nixes Tony Kushner honorary degree over Israel statements / UPDATE: Playwright responds to snub
(JTA) — The City University of New York has voted not to honor playwright Tony Kushner with an honorary degree...
Breakfast of Casspi
Israel's only NBA player and former star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar  are making news in the Jewish state (JTA) — The face...
Israeli leaders, U.S. Jewish groups laud special forces operation that killed Osama bin Laden
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak congratulated Obama and U.S. officials on the operation to eliminate the al-Qaida leader By RON...
