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Pro-Israel Groups Rally on College Campuses for Apartheid Week

By Ben Harris (JTA)

At universities across the globe, the annual springtime ritual known as Israel Apartheid Week is kicking off this week, and Jewish students and pro-Israel groups have been readying themselves to respond in force.Read More


Four Years On, Many Gaza Evacuees Are Without Permanent Homes

By Ben Harris (JTA)

More than four years after her family was ejected from their home in the Gaza Strip, Karen Sarfaty lives with her husband and four of their children in a small pre-fab house in this small town located about midway between the southern Israeli cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod.Read More


Gary Tobin, Researcher and Advocate of Communal Inclusion, Dies at 59

By Ben Harris (JTA)

Gary Tobin, a prominent Jewish researcher who challenged conventional Jewish wisdom, has died.Read More


Britain’s Chief Rabbi Raises His Profile in America

By Ben Harris (JTA)

Most of what you need to know about Jonathan Sacks, the chief rabbi of the British commonwealth, is apparent from the story he tells of how his latest book, “The Home We Build Together,” came to be.Read More


U.S. Officials: Israel Struck Convoy in Sudan

By Ben Harris (JTA)

Anonymous U.S. officials told the New York Times that Israeli warplanes attacked a convoy in Sudan believed to be smuggling arms to Gaza in January.Read More



 

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