http://jta.org/news/ en rkampeas@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-08T03:12:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/06/1008995/reform-endorse-qual-treatment-for-israeli-arabs http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/06/1008995/reform-endorse-qual-treatment-for-israeli-arabs#When:17:12:00Z The Union for Reform Judaism passed a resolution urging equal services for Israeli Arabs. Breaking News, Jewish Life 2009-11-06T17:12:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/05/1008973/slimmed-down-reform-movement-opens-biennial http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/05/1008973/slimmed-down-reform-movement-opens-biennial#When:16:44:00Z Leaders of the Union of Reform Judaism stressed the group's consolidation of services at the start of its biennial conference. Jewish Life, Sub Headline 2009-11-05T16:44:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/05/1008798/leipzig-becoming-orthodox-jewish-hub-in-germany Ben Harris http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/05/1008798/leipzig-becoming-orthodox-jewish-hub-in-germany#When:16:04:00Z Due in large part to Jewish immigration from the former Soviet Union, Leipzig has become an Orthodox Jewish hub, funneling students from around the region to institutions of Jewish learning in Berlin and beyond. Frontpage Lead Image, Jewish Life, World, Sub Headline 2009-11-05T16:04:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/05/1008797/german-city-sees-successes-challenges-with-russian-jewish-immigration Ben Harris http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/05/1008797/german-city-sees-successes-challenges-with-russian-jewish-immigration#When:15:39:00Z The arrival in Germany of some 90,000 Russian Jewish immigrants over the last 20 years has enabled an astonishing rejuvenation of Jewish life in Germany, but also handed German Jews the challenge of integrating a culturally and linguistically distinct group that generally lacks Jewish knowledge and an understanding of democratic norms. Frontpage Sub Headline, Jewish Life, World, Sub Headline 2009-11-05T15:39:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/04/1008954/can-jewish-tenets-be-a-model-for-a-more-eco-friendly-world Gil Shefler http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/04/1008954/can-jewish-tenets-be-a-model-for-a-more-eco-friendly-world#When:20:57:00Z Jewish representatives to a faith-based climate change conference in Britain argued for eco-friendly measures based on the Jewish tenets of Shabbat, kashrut and shmita. Frontpage Sub Headline, Jewish Life, World, Sub Headline 2009-11-04T20:57:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/04/1008941/seymour-fromer-magnes-museum-founder-dies-at-87 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/04/1008941/seymour-fromer-magnes-museum-founder-dies-at-87#When:13:07:00Z Seymour Fromer, founder of the Magnes Museum in California, has died. Breaking News, Jewish Life 2009-11-04T13:07:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/03/1008918/big-stars-and-nuts-and-bolts-at-the-ga Jacob Berkman http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/03/1008918/big-stars-and-nuts-and-bolts-at-the-ga#When:18:07:00Z The annual conference of the Jewish federation system, which is set to take place Nov. 8-11 in Washington, will be highlighted by big-name guest appearances, but the conference itself promises to be heavy on the nuts-and-bolts fund-raising issues facing local federations. Frontpage Sub Headline, Jewish Life, Sub Headline, GA2009-Featured 2009-11-03T18:07:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/03/1008913/let-it-be-known-hias-and-jewish-federations-save-yemenite-jews Jacob Berkman http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/03/1008913/let-it-be-known-hias-and-jewish-federations-save-yemenite-jews#When:15:41:00Z After months of stressing the need for silence, two major Jewish organizations and a former Bush administration official are embracing publicity about their roles in bringing Yemenite Jews to the United States. Jewish Life, GA2009-General 2009-11-03T15:41:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/02/1008888/op-ed-kristallnacht-in-munich-then-and-now Noam E. Marans http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/02/1008888/op-ed-kristallnacht-in-munich-then-and-now#When:17:35:01Z Kristallnacht came early to Munich in 1938, but seven decades later a Jewish community has reinvented itself, with allegiance to the past and promise for the future, an American Jewish Committee official writes. Frontpage Sub Headline, Jewish Life, Opinion 2009-11-02T17:35:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/01/1008869/hillel-groups-respond-creatively-to-vandalism-anti-semitism Sue Fishkoff http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/01/1008869/hillel-groups-respond-creatively-to-vandalism-anti-semitism#When:21:40:00Z Jewish students, faced with anti-Semitism or vandalism, have come up with some creative responses that involve the entire campus community instead of retreating into fear and isolation. Frontpage Sub Headline, Jewish Life 2009-11-01T21:40:00-05:00