http://jta.org/ Copyright {gmt_date format="%Y"} {gmt_date format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%i:%s%Q"} http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006321/biden-israel-has-right-to-attack-iran http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006321/biden-israel-has-right-to-attack-iran#When:16:41:00Z Israel has the right to attack Iran's nuclear program and the United States will not stand in her way, Joe Biden said. Breaking News, Middle East 2009-07-05T16:41:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006320/for-first-time-knesset-member-gives-birth http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006320/for-first-time-knesset-member-gives-birth#When:14:10:00Z A sitting Israeli Knesset member gave birth to a baby boy. Breaking News, Middle East 2009-07-05T14:10:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006319/assad-invites-obama-to-damascus http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006319/assad-invites-obama-to-damascus#When:13:58:00Z Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in an interview invited President Obama to visit Damascus Breaking News, Middle East 2009-07-05T13:58:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006318/jerusalem-parking-lot-protests-continue http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006318/jerusalem-parking-lot-protests-continue#When:13:02:00Z Demonstrations against a decision to open a Jerusalem parking lot on Shabbat continued for the second week in a row. Breaking News, Middle East 2009-07-05T13:02:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006317/israeli-sub-said-to-cross-suez http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006317/israeli-sub-said-to-cross-suez#When:12:48:00Z Israeli officials said that an Israeli submarine passed through the Suez Canal during a drill, a report denied by Egypt. Breaking News, Middle East 2009-07-05T12:48:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006316/demjanjuk-declared-fit-for-trial http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006316/demjanjuk-declared-fit-for-trial#When:12:03:00Z Convicted Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk has been declared fit to stand trial in Germany. Breaking News, World 2009-07-05T12:03:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006315/gaza-terrorist-captured-indicted http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006315/gaza-terrorist-captured-indicted#When:11:44:00Z A Gaza man was indicted for planning to set up a terrorist cell in Israel. Breaking News, Middle East 2009-07-05T11:44:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006314/neo-nazi-guard-demonstrates-in-budapest http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006314/neo-nazi-guard-demonstrates-in-budapest#When:11:18:08Z A mass demonstration by the banned neo-Nazi Hungarian Guard organization degenerated into a battle with police. Breaking News, World 2009-07-05T11:18:08-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006313/australias-smorgon-dies-at-96 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006313/australias-smorgon-dies-at-96#When:11:05:00Z Victor Smorgon, one of the elder statesmen of Australian Jewry, has died. 2009-07-05T11:05:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006312/jiwesh-prison-inmate-gets-yarmulke-back http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/05/1006312/jiwesh-prison-inmate-gets-yarmulke-back#When:10:48:00Z A Jewish inmate at the San Francisco County Jail will be permitted to have his yarmulke back. Breaking News, Jewish Life 2009-07-05T10:48:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/03/1006311/budapest-court-disbands-neo-nazi-hungarian-guard http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/03/1006311/budapest-court-disbands-neo-nazi-hungarian-guard#When:11:42:00Z A Budapest appeals court disbanded the Hungarian Guard, the private army of the neo-Nazi Jobbik political party. Breaking News, World 2009-07-03T11:42:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/03/1006310/rowe-seeks-parental-rights-over-nation-of-islam http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/03/1006310/rowe-seeks-parental-rights-over-nation-of-islam#When:11:36:00Z Debbie Rowe asked a court to restore her parental rights to the two children she bore Michael Jackson, partly because of the pop icon’s association with the Nation of Islam. Breaking News, U.S. 2009-07-03T11:36:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/03/1006309/report-of-sale-of-jewish-bones-likely-false http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/03/1006309/report-of-sale-of-jewish-bones-likely-false#When:11:29:00Z Reports that bones from a Holocaust mass grave in northern Romania were being sold to medical students appears to be false. Breaking News, World 2009-07-03T11:29:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/07/03/1006308/the-jacksons-sing-yiddish Ron Kampeas http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/07/03/1006308/the-jacksons-sing-yiddish#When:04:24:00Z No, really. 2009-07-03T04:24:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/07/02/1006307/sarah-netanyahu-get-thee-to-scheinkin Ron Kampeas http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/07/02/1006307/sarah-netanyahu-get-thee-to-scheinkin#When:21:43:00Z   Asma al-Assad, Syria’s first lady, on Sky TV, not saying a whole lot, scoring major  hasbara points nonetheless. 2009-07-02T21:43:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/07/02/1006306/iraq-iran-and-how-the-neocons-failed-part-i Ron Kampeas http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/07/02/1006306/iraq-iran-and-how-the-neocons-failed-part-i#When:21:34:01Z Neoconservatives and the power of “I was wrong.” 2009-07-02T21:34:01-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/07/02/1006305/edwards-she-just-wants-to-read-the-bill-first Eric Fingerhut http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/07/02/1006305/edwards-she-just-wants-to-read-the-bill-first#When:19:50:00Z Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) talks about her trip to Israel and some of her constituents aren’t happy about a statement she made. 2009-07-02T19:50:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/07/02/1006304/regev-halting-natural-growth-would-prejudge-final-status Eric Fingerhut http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/07/02/1006304/regev-halting-natural-growth-would-prejudge-final-status#When:19:35:00Z Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman presents a new argument for not limiting natural growth of settlements. 2009-07-02T19:35:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/07/02/1006302/obama-more-religious-than-bush Eric Fingerhut http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/07/02/1006302/obama-more-religious-than-bush#When:17:20:00Z U.S. News and World Report argues that the Obama administration is more religious than the Bush administration. 2009-07-02T17:20:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/02/1006301/palestinian-swine-flu-cases-rising http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/02/1006301/palestinian-swine-flu-cases-rising#When:17:18:00Z A Palestinian mufti said Muslim law forbids hugging and kissing anyone who may have been exposed to swine flu, as West Bank cases continue to rise. Breaking News, Middle East 2009-07-02T17:18:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/02/1006300/idf-palestinians-trade-fire http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/02/1006300/idf-palestinians-trade-fire#When:16:55:00Z The Israeli military and Palestinian gunmen traded fire on the Gaza border. Breaking News, Middle East 2009-07-02T16:55:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/02/1006299/clinton-fayyad-meet http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/02/1006299/clinton-fayyad-meet#When:16:45:00Z Hillary Rodham Clinton met with the Palestinian Authority prime minister in an effort to advance peace talks with Israel. Breaking News, U.S. 2009-07-02T16:45:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/02/1005898/lighting-a-jewish-fuse-on-the-fourth Edmon J. Rodman http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/02/1005898/lighting-a-jewish-fuse-on-the-fourth#When:16:08:00Z Here are eight Jewish connections that help bring a Jewish spark to America's day of independence, which this year falls on Shabbat. Frontpage Lead Image, Jewish Life, Sub Headline 2009-07-02T16:08:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/02/1006298/halting-natural-growth-is-prejudging-final-status-says-netanyahu-spokesman http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/02/1006298/halting-natural-growth-is-prejudging-final-status-says-netanyahu-spokesman#When:15:16:00Z Stopping natural growth inside settlements would be prejudging final-status talks, said a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Breaking News, Politics 2009-07-02T15:16:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/02/1006297/us-helsinki-group-presses-lithuania-on-property http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/02/1006297/us-helsinki-group-presses-lithuania-on-property#When:14:50:00Z A U.S. congressional delegation pressed the Lithuanian government to address the issue of restitution for property looted from Nazi and Communist eras. Breaking News, U.S. 2009-07-02T14:50:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/07/02/1006296/assalamu-alaikum Ben Harris http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/07/02/1006296/assalamu-alaikum#When:14:47:01Z Newsweek reports on the efforts of Turkish Jews to combat a rising tide of prejudice and reach out to their Muslim neighbors.  2009-07-02T14:47:01-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/07/02/1006295/israeli-hotels-sign-modesty-code Ben Harris http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/07/02/1006295/israeli-hotels-sign-modesty-code#When:14:34:00Z You have to wonder what they’ll come up with next. YNet is reporting that some 20 hotels catering to fervently Orthodox vacationers have signed a "modesty code" commiting them to unplug TVs and bloc views of the pool from rooms.  2009-07-02T14:34:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/07/02/1006294/unhip-commentary Ben Harris http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/07/02/1006294/unhip-commentary#When:13:51:00Z D.G. Myers says Jewish hipsters are a specter haunting American Jewry, but he’s just picking on an easy—and marginal—target, JTA’s Ben Harris writes. Featured 2009-07-02T13:51:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/02/1006293/holy-texts-charred-in-makeshift-yeshiva http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/02/1006293/holy-texts-charred-in-makeshift-yeshiva#When:13:33:00Z Holy books and Torah scrolls were defaced and burned at a yeshiva located at the site of the evacuated Homesh settlement. Breaking News, Middle East 2009-07-02T13:33:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/07/02/1006291/the-israel-option Ami Eden http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/07/02/1006291/the-israel-option#When:13:25:00Z Writing in The Washington Post, John Bolton says an Israeli strike is the only “timely option” for derailing the Iranian nuclear program. Featured 2009-07-02T13:25:00-05:00