Clinton-Mezvinsky wedding raises questions about intermarriage
By JACOB BERKMAN (Editor’s note: This story from JTA arrived too late for inclusion in our Aug. 6 print edition.) ...
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International condemnation of Israel follows commando raid on Gaza 'Freedom Flotilla'
Israeli commandos boarded the Turkish ferry Mavi Marmara, which was carrying humanitarian aid for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, on ...
Editorial: An open letter to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer
Our newspaper, which serves the Jewish community of Minnesota, featured an article, on Page 1 of our April 30 edition, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Enough already with the Hitler analogies
Rabbis urge end to Nazi imagery in politics JTA reports that more than 300 Conservative rabbis signed a statement "urging ...
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 ...
