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Rahm Emanuel Is in Israel To Celebrate Son's Bar Mitzvah

By JTA

Rahm Emanuel arrived in Israel to celebrate the bar mitzvah of his son.Read More


How W. Bank Outpost Residents Are Turning to Facebook

By Chaim Levinson (Haaretz)

When Itai Zar, 34, the leader of Havat Gilad, was arrested last November, it was only natural that the footage documenting the arrest, which someone filmed on their cell phone, would be posted within minutes on the outpost’s Facebook page - to the delight of the group’s 2,234 members.Read More


Britain Sees Spike in Haredi Population

By JTA

Synagogue membership has stopped declining in Britain, due to a rise in the number of fervently Orthodox Jews.Read More


Bibi to PA: Israel Boycott Is Self-Destructive

By Mazal Mualem (Haaretz) and Haaretz Service

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the Palestinian Authority on Monday to stop opposing economic peace with Israel.Read More


Jews for Jesus Founder Dies

By JTA

Moishe Rosen, the founder of the Jews for Jesus movement, died Wednesday at 78 from prostate cancer.Read More


Jewish Theater Cancels Madoff Play After Wiesel Objects

By JTA

A Jewish theater in Washington has cancelled a play scheduled for the coming season after objections by Elie Wiesel.Read More


Major Powers Agree on Iran Sanctions

By JTA

The five members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany have agreed on a sanctions package against Iran.Read More


Biblical Scholar Moshe Greenberg Dies

By JTA

Moshe Greenberg, one of Judaism’s pre-eminent biblical scholars, has died.Read More


Chomsky To Lecture Palestinians Via Video After Denied Entrance To Israel

By JTA

Jewish-American professor Noam Chomsky will lecture to Bir Zeit University students via video conference from Amman, after being denied entry into Israel and the West Bank.Read More


Elvis Costello Cancels Israel Concerts After Protests

By Nathan Guttman

Activists advocating a cultural boycott of Israel scored a major victory this weekend as musician Elvis Costello announced he was canceling his scheduled performances in Israel due to Israel’s policy toward the Palestinians.Read More






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