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Israelis at the Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery in Tel Aviv stand silent for a two-minute siren on Israel Memorial Day, April 28, 2009.

Israel marks Memorial Day

Israelis at the Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery in Tel Aviv stand silent for a two-minute siren on Israel Memorial Day, April 28, 2009. (Gili Yaari / Flash 90 / JTA ) Read more »

Economic crisis prompting Israeli expats to return home

By Dina Kraft · April 27, 2009

As Israel turns 61, the global economic crisis is prompting Israelis living overseas to act on their long-deferred plans to return home. Read more »

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AIPAC policy conference to push Iran bills

By Ron Kampeas

Just in time for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee annual policy forum next week, U.S. Sens. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) introduce a major new Iran sanctions bill. Read more »

Star coach headlines Maccabi USA event—and keeps his shirt on

By Jacob Berkman

It’s not unheard of to find Bruce Pearl, the men’s basketball coach at the University of Tennessee, somewhere in public screaming with his shirt off. But he donned a tux last week as supporters turned out for the Maccabi USA's gala fund-raiser ahead of this summer's games. Read more »

Was Durban II a success or failure?

By Michael J. Jordan

The question of whether last week’s Durban Review Conference was a success or a failure is in the eye of the beholder. Read more »

Linking the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran

By Leslie Susser

As Israel’s new government reviews its foreign policy options, Benjamin Netanyahu is coming under increasing pressure from Israel’s main ally and biggest trading partner to stay on course for a two-state solution with the Palestinians. Read more »

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UJC to black out its Web site for Yom Hazikaron

The United Jewish Communities, the umbrella organization of the Jewish federation system, will be blacking… Read Blog »

Capital J

Community gets info on swine flu

A Jewish community security network distributes CDC materials on the swine flu outbreak. Read Blog »

The Telegraph

JTS’s Eisen: Business as usual can’t continue

Jewish Theological Seminary Chancellor Arnold Eisen announced a series of reductions and warned that… Read Blog »

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Photos and Videos

Yuri Foreman addressing the media after capturing the WBA super welterweight title from Daniel Santos in Las Vegas, Nov. 14, 2009. (Catch Miura) Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, left, and Israeli President Shimon Peres meeting in Brasilia, Nov. 11, 2009. (Jose Cruz / Abr) Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Esti Ginzburg and Dean Stern, host and co-chair of a fashion show showcasing Israeli designers in New York on Nov. 11, 2009. More than 15 Jewish organizations co-sponsored the event, which attracted some 800 young Jewish professionals. (Maya Barkai) Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries dancing during a procession toward Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 11, 2009, following the completion of a Torah scroll in honor of the six slain terror victims at the Chabad House in Mumbai, India, in November 2008. The scroll, written by Chabad's 4,000 emissaries from around the world, will be sent to the Mumbai Chabad House. (Baruch Ezagui / lubavitch.com) Catheline Manville of the University of Central Florida holds the Havdalah candle during a ceremony at the close of the annual Chabad on Campus International Student Shabbaton in Brooklyn, N.Y., where hundreds gathered from more than 100 campuses worldwide/ (B. Lifshitz / Chabad.org) Attendees of the Jewish Federations of North America's General Assembly gather at the Marriott Hotel in Washington, Nov. 8, 2009. (Robert A. Cumins / Jewish Federations of North America) Young Palestinian girls learn with Israel trainers to defend against sexual assault and other acts of violence as part of the Impact program at The Israel Women's Martial Arts Foundation in Jerusalem, Nov. 8, 2009. (Kobi Gideon / Flash90 / JTA) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America, Nov. 9, 2009. (Robert Cumins / Jewish Federations of North America) Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky, left, Charles Bronfman, Michael Steinhardt, and Israel's ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, commit to increasing the number of Jewish young adults visiting Israel at an event held on the eve of the GA in Washington, Nov. 8, 2009. (David Karp) Jack Terpins, president of the Latin American Jewish Congress, seen here with Caridad Diego Bello and Rabbi Yossi Schildkraut, attended meetings in Sao Paulo to talk about religious integration, Nov. 5, 2009. (Conib)

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  • Yuri Foreman addressing the media after capturing the WBA super welterweight title from Daniel Santos in Las Vegas, Nov. 14, 2009.
  • Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, left, and Israeli President Shimon Peres meeting in Brasilia, Nov. 11, 2009.
  • Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Esti Ginzburg and Dean Stern, host and co-chair of a fashion show showcasing Israeli designers in New York on Nov. 11, 2009. More than 15 Jewish organizations co-sponsored the event, which attracted some 800 young Jewish professionals.
  • Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries dancing during a procession toward Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 11, 2009, following the completion of a Torah scroll in honor of the six slain terror victims at the Chabad House in Mumbai, India, in November 2008. The scroll, written by Chabad's 4,000 emissaries from around the world, will be sent to the Mumbai Chabad House.
  • Catheline Manville of the University of Central Florida holds the Havdalah candle during a ceremony at the close of the annual Chabad on Campus International Student Shabbaton in Brooklyn, N.Y., where hundreds gathered from more than 100 campuses worldwide/
  • Attendees of the Jewish Federations of North America's General Assembly gather at the Marriott Hotel in Washington, Nov. 8, 2009.
  • Young Palestinian girls learn with Israel trainers to defend against sexual assault and other acts of violence as part of the Impact program at The Israel Women's Martial Arts Foundation in Jerusalem, Nov. 8, 2009.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America, Nov. 9, 2009.
  • Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky, left, Charles Bronfman, Michael Steinhardt, and Israel's ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, commit to increasing the number of Jewish young adults visiting Israel at an event held on the eve of the GA in Washington, Nov. 8, 2009.
  • Jack Terpins, president of the Latin American Jewish Congress, seen here with Caridad Diego Bello and Rabbi Yossi Schildkraut, attended meetings in Sao Paulo to talk about religious integration, Nov. 5, 2009.
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