http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/reform-endorse-qual-treatment-for-israeli-arabs/ The Union for Reform Judaism passed a resolution urging equal services for Israeli Arabs. en-us sfishkoff@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-06T;17:12:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/iran-may-have-tested-secret-nuclear-warhead-design-according-to-report/ The International Atomic Energy Agency has evidence that Iran may have tested an advanced nuclear warhead design, according to a British newspaper. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-06T;14:43:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/ustream-live/ en-us jamal@hydrastudio.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-06T;14:28:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/report-us-stopped-israeli-attack-on-ship-with-iranian-weapons/ The United States vetoed an Israeli plan to attack a ship bearing weapons allegedly from Iran to Hezbollah, according to a report in an Arabic-language newspaper. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-06T;14:25:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/us-sees-abbas-in-continuing-role/ The Obama administration expects to keep working with Mahmoud Abbas despite his planned resignation as Palestinian Authority president. en-us rkampeas@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-06T;12:12:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/groups-blast-unga-goldstone-vote/ U.S. Jewish groups blasted the U.N. General Assembly for its endorsement of the Goldstone report into last winter's Gaza war. en-us rkampeas@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-06T;11:55:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/israel-delivers-thousands-of-swine-flu-vaccines-to-palestinian-authority/ Israel delivered 20,000 swine flu vaccines to the Palestinian Authority ahead of the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. en-us rtepper@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T;21:54:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/abbas-announces-he-wont-run-for-reelection/ Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced he would not run for re-election. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T;18:23:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/iaea-head-no-worries-about-iran-nuclear-site/ There is "nothing to be worried about" at a newly discovered uranium enrichment site in Iran, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T;18:02:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/montreal-jewish-center-opens-on-shabbat/ A Jewish community center in Montreal opened on Shabbat for the first time, but a compromise limited Sabbath desecration. en-us gshefler@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T;17:09:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/slimmed-down-reform-movement-opens-biennial/ Leaders of the Union of Reform Judaism stressed the group's consolidation of services at the start of its biennial conference. en-us sfishkoff@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T;16:44:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/governors-urge-iran-sanctions-bill-passage/ A bipartisan group of governors urged the U.S. Senate to pass an Iran sanctions bill. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T;16:41:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/leipzig-becoming-orthodox-jewish-hub-in-germany/ 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. en-us bharris@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T;16:04:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/german-city-sees-successes-challenges-with-russian-jewish-immigration/ 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. en-us bharris@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T;15:39:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/jerusalemites-arrested-for-organ-trafficking/ Two Jerusalem residents, one a former Hadassah hospital employee, were arrested for allegedly facilitating organ donation deals. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T;14:42:01-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/dont-wear-israeli-flag-in-poland-students-told/ Israeli students visiting Poland have been asked to stop wrapping themselves in the Israeli flag. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T;14:06:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/brazilian-cuban-religious-officials-meet/ Brazilian Jewish officials met Cuba's religious affairs minister to talk about religious cooperation. en-us marcus@infolink.com.br Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T;13:34:01-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/israels-navy-seizes-arms-smuggling-ship/ Hezbollah has denied any connection to a large cache of arms found on a ship intercepted by Israel. en-us jstaff@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T;12:53:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/us-ambassador-skips-goldstone-debate/ The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations did not attend a General Assembly discussion of the Goldstone report. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T;12:22:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/germanys-jews-honor-national-soccer-head/ Germany's Jewish community gave its top annual honor to the president of the German Football Association for his stance against anti-Semitism. en-us taxelrod@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T;11:24:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/sydney-jewish-hub-closes/ The Hakoah Club -- the social, cultural and sports hub of Sydney Jewry -- closed after more than 30 years. en-us dgoldberg@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T;11:14:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/obama-to-iran-choose/ President Obama said "Iran must choose" between its suspected nuclear weapons program and the international community. en-us rkampeas@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T;10:47:01-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/can-jewish-tenets-be-a-model-for-a-more-eco-friendly-world/ 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. en-us gshefler@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-04T;20:57:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/bedouin-indicted-for-vandalizing-ancient-negev-site/ Two Bedouin men were indicted for vandalizing an archeological site in the Negev. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-04T;18:56:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/interpol-head-argentinas-prosecutor-meet/ The head of Interpol met with Argentine officials to reconfirm their commitment to recapture the Iranian terrorists accused of bombing a Buenos Aires Jewish center. en-us farbiser@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-04T;17:40:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/obama-half-brother-has-jewish-roots/ President Obama's half-brother has a Jewish mother. en-us rtepper@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-04T;17:07:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/merkel-honors-holocaust-victims-in-speech-to-congress/ German Chancellor Angela Merkel honored the memory of Holocaust victims in a speech to Congress. en-us rtepper@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-04T;16:56:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/rjc-touts-gubernatorial-wins/ Jewish Republicans are hailing Tuesday's results in the New Jersey and Virginia governors' elections. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-04T;15:54:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/israeli-ambassador-to-turkey-pelted-with-eggs/ Twenty Turkish students were arrested after they bombarded the car of Israel's ambassador to Turkey with eggs. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-04T;14:24:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/seymour-fromer-magnes-museum-founder-dies-at-87/ Seymour Fromer, founder of the Magnes Museum in California, has died. en-us rtepper@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-04T;13:07:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/in-cairo-clinton-clarifies-settlement-position/ U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton again clarified the U.S. position on Israeli settlements in the West Bank. en-us jstaff@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-04T;13:04:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/italy-protests-ruling-banning-crucifix-display/ Italian officials and the Vatican protested a human rights court ruling that said the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and educational freedoms. en-us rgruber@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-04T;11:28:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/canada-begins-representing-israel-in-venezuela/ The Canadian Embassy has begun representing Israel’s diplomatic and consular interests in Venezuela. en-us jasminak100@gmail.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-04T;06:53:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/clipper-owner-sterling-settles-discrimination-suit/ A Jewish real estate mogul, who promotes his charitable image using a Star of David, will pay nearly $2.73 million to settle a discrimination suit. en-us tomtu@pacbell.net Copyright 2009 2009-11-04T;06:39:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/afl-cio-head-rejects-israel-boycott/ The new president of the AFL-CIO rejected boycotting Israel. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-04T;06:06:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/legislation-would-get-rid-of-waiver-for-embassy-move/ A senator plans to offer legislation that would remove the presidential waiver from a law requiring that the U.S. embassy be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-04T;05:57:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/judge-allows-rosen-lawsuit-agains-aipac/ A judge is allowing Steve Rosen's defamation lawsuit against AIPAC to go ahead. en-us rkampeas@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;23:05:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/house-condemns-goldstone/ The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to condemn the Goldstone report. en-us rkampeas@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;22:29:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/levi-strauss-father-of-modern-anthropology-dies/ Claude Levi-Strauss, considered by many to be the father of modern anthropology, died in Paris at the age of 100. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;19:56:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/israels-offer-unprecedented-lack-of-movement-not/ With President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to appear at the same convention of Jewish activists, and their governments nearing a deal on the thorny settlements issue, it would seem like a great time for a sit-down. But with the Palestinians and Arab states unhappy, the White House worries about a meeting with no results. en-us rkampeas@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;19:19:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/netanyahu-visits-combined-us-israei-drill/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Air Force base hosting a combined U.S.-Israeli military drill. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;18:53:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/terrorists-neighbor-arrested/ The neighbor of a man who has confessed to several murders and attacks on Arabs and Jews has been arrested. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;18:37:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/gaydamak-worked-for-french-intelligence-says-former-french-interior-minister/ Convicted billionaire Arcadi Gaydamak was a former agent for French intelligence, according to a former French interior minister. en-us rtepper@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;18:13:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/big-stars-and-nuts-and-bolts-at-the-ga/ 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. en-us jberkman@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;18:07:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/israeli-human-rights-groups-call-for-independent-investigation-of-gaza-conduct/ Several Israeli human rights groups are calling for an independent investigation of Israel's conduct during its operation in Gaza. en-us rtepper@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;17:48:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/aipac-urges-house-to-pass-a-goldstone-legislation/ AIPAC urged members of the U.S. House of Representatives to support a nonbinding resolution that rejects the findings of the Goldstone report. en-us rkampeas@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;17:12:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/jnf-helps-put-israel-at-bat-with-project-baseball/ The Jewish National Fund has been associated historically with planting trees in Israel. Now the century-old charity is working to make sure that Israelis will have decent places to put good wood on the ball. en-us rtepper@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;17:05:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/let-it-be-known-hias-and-jewish-federations-save-yemenite-jews/ 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. en-us jberkman@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;15:41:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/jews-palestinians-scuffle-over-e-jerusalem-home/ Jewish Israelis moved into the home of a Palestinian family in eastern Jerusalem after a court ruled that it was Jewish-owned. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;15:12:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/battle-over-jerusalem-heats-up-as-arabs-let-charges-fly/ In an intensifying struggle over Jerusalem, Arab leaders are accusing Israel of trying to undermine the mosque on the Temple Mount and Israel is backing Jewish construction in eastern Jerusalem in a bid to keep the city under Israeli control. en-us lsusser@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;15:05:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/arab-un-delegates-circulate-draft-on-goldstone/ Arab delegates circulated a draft resolution requiring U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon to bring the Goldstone report before the Security Council. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;14:24:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/jewish-kgb-spy-murdered-in-moscow/ A Jewish KGB agent who spied on Israel and later became a business mogul in Russia was murdered in Moscow. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;13:19:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/ethiopian-jews-mark-sigd-holiday-with-peres/ Ethiopian Jews celebrated the Sigd holiday with Shimon Peres at the President's Residence in Jerusalem. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;12:53:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/hamas-rocket-can-reach-tel-aviv-israeli-general-says/ Hamas has a missile that can reach Tel Aviv, an Israeli army official said. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;12:22:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/italys-president-pledges-support-to-israel/ Italy's president stressed his country's support for Israel and said the European Union would "do its part" to help bring peace in the Middle East. en-us rgruber@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;11:49:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/two-men-jailed-for-torah-theft/ Two men were arrested for allegedly stealing a Torah scroll from a Texas synagogue. en-us rtepper@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T;11:42:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/amid-criticism-other-israel-film-festival-showcases-israels-arabs/ Responding to critics, the organizers of the third annual Other Israel Film Festival in New York say the weeklong November event is a rebuttal to those who seek to protest Israel by boycotting or banning Israeli films. en-us gilshefler@gmail.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-02T;21:06:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/arrest-of-jewish-terrorist-took-too-long-israelis-say/ After the news broke in Israel that a West Bank settler was charged with murdering two Palestinians in 1997 and bombing the home of a prominent Israeli professor last year, many Israelis were asking why it took police so long. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-02T;19:58:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/conservative-rabbis-urged-end-to-nazi-imagery-in-political-discourse/ More than 300 Conservative rabbis signed a statement urging Americans to renounce the use of Nazi imagery in political discourse. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-02T;18:25:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/postal-service-issues-new-chanukah-stamp/ The new 2009 Chanukah stamp was released by the United States Postal Service. en-us acsosnik@gmail.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-02T;18:19:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/op-ed-kristallnacht-in-munich-then-and-now/ 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. en-us nmarans@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-02T;17:35:01-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/concessions-on-settlements-fall-short-clinton-says/ U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Israel's concessions on settlement building fall short of Washington's expectations. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-02T;15:23:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/petition-condemns-norwegian-univeristy-vote-on-israel-boycott/ A European-based pro-Israel group is circulating a petition condemning plans for an Israel academic boycott initiated in Norway. en-us taxelrod@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-02T;13:26:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/chicago-professer-alleges-discrimination-retaliation/ A Jewish professor at a Chicago college says a bias complaint she filed at the school has led to retaliation. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-02T;13:18:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/swastikas-grafitti-painted-on-dallas-kosher-restaurant/ Swastikas and other graffiti were painted on the front of a kosher restaurant in Dallas. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-02T;13:00:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/ex-employee-arrested-for-killing-israeli-family/ The man arrested for the murder of three generations of an Israeli family had been fired from the family's restaurant more than a year ago. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-02T;12:38:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/israel-to-deport-children-of-foreign-workers/ Children of foreign workers in Israel illegally will be deported at the end of the school year. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-02T;12:24:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/three-more-israeli-deaths-from-n1h1/ Three more Israelis died with the swine flu, as the country's health system began its inoculation campaign against the virus. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-02T;11:51:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/settler-arrested-for-attacks-on-palestinainsjews/ A West Bank settler was arrested for murdering Palestinians as well as several hate crime attacks against Palestinians and Jews. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-02T;11:29:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/hillel-groups-respond-creatively-to-vandalism-anti-semitism/ 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. en-us sfishkoff@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-01T;21:40:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/swedish-journalist-protested-in-israel/ A Swedish journalist who accused Israeli soldiers of harvesting Palestinian organs arrived in Israel for a news conference. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-01T;18:55:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/two-die-in-heavy-rain-in-israel/ Two Israeli contractors died in a mudslide as heavy rains throughout Israel caused damage and flooded roads. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-01T;18:28:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/j-street-peace-now-want-changes-to-resolution-slamming-goldstone-report/ Several Jewish groups are backing a bipartisan congressional resolution condemning the Goldstone report, but J Street and Americans for Peace Now say they cannot support the measure as written. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-01T;15:29:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/hebrew-internet-domain-names-to-be-available/ All-Hebrew Internet domain names will be available next year for the first time, the body governing domain names announced. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-01T;15:21:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/russian-student-guilty-of-anti-semitism/ A Russian court fined a university student for posting anti-Semitic and racist leaflets on a St. Petersburg subway. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-01T;14:53:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/ancient-venezuelan-jewish-cemetery-being-restored/ Venezuelan Jewish groups partnered with a leading developer to restore the oldest existing Jewish cemetery in South America. en-us jasminak100@gmail.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-01T;14:22:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/report-state-department-evacuated-yemenite-jews/ The U.S. State Department has secretly brought about 60 Yemenite Jews to the United States since July, The Wall Street Journal reported. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-01T;14:01:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/nozette-passed-data-to-israel-prosecutors-say/ An alleged American spy passed classified material to Israel, U.S. prosecutors said. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-01T;13:20:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/bibi-to-palestinians-get-a-grip/ U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton praised Israel for offering ''unprecedented'' concessions on West Bank settlement construction. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-01T;12:18:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/right-wing-jewish-activists-detained-after-brawl-with-arabs-in-jerusalem/ Israeli police detained six Jewish men who brawled with Arab residents of eastern Jerusalem over the ownership of a home. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-01T;11:58:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/shooting-at-la-synagogue-likely-not-a-hate-crime/ Police say there is no evidence of a hate crime or connections to terrorism in the shooting of two Orthodox Jews at a Los Angeles-area synagogue. en-us tomtu@pacbell.net Copyright 2009 2009-11-01T;11:51:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/new-german-memorial-honors-nazis-ignores-jews/ A controversy has erupted in a German town over a new memorial that critics say honors Nazis and ignores Jewish Holocaust victims. en-us taxelrod@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-30T;15:57:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/trafican-says-he-will-testify-for-demjanjuk/ James Traficant, a former Ohio congressman, says he will travel to Germany to testify on John Demjanjuk's behalf if subpoenaed. en-us rkampeas@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-30T;15:14:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/lebanon-tells-un-israel-preparing-to-attack-them/ The Lebanese ambassador to the United Nations said Israel is taking hostile action against his country. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-30T;14:40:01-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/un-chief-israel-should-consider-goldstone-report/ The U.N. secretary-general said Israel should take the Goldstone report's findings on the Gaza war into consideration. en-us gilshefler@gmail.com Copyright 2009 2009-10-30T;13:58:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/holocaust-memorials-go-up-in-e-europe-with-some-flaws/ Some new monuments whose positioning and design make them prominent provide little or no information as to what they commemorate, but still are important as a permanent presence. en-us rgruber@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-30T;13:45:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/netanyahu-praises-leu-initiative-with-iran/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised a U.S.-led initiative to get Iran to relinquish temporarily its low-grade enriched uranium. en-us rkampeas@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-30T;13:25:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/senate-panel-passes-iran-sanctions/ The U.S. Senate Banking Committee passed an Iran sanctions bill by a unanimous vote. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-30T;12:36:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/nyt-iran-turns-down-enrichment-offer/ Iran reportedly turned down a U.S.-led offer to further enrich its uranium as part of a rapprochement. en-us rkampeas@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-30T;03:04:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/ethics-committee-looked-into-harman-flap/ The House Ethics Committee reportedly subpoenaed law enforcement agencies for intercepted communications between U.S. Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) and a suspected "Israeli agent." en-us rkampeas@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-30T;02:41:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/adl-survey-anti-semitism-at-low-point/ The level of anti-Semitism in the United States has tied a historic low point, according to an Anti-Defamation League poll. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-29T;18:40:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/female-orthodox-scholars-helping-women-talk-about-sex/ The emergence of yoatzot halachah -- women scholars serving as authorities in Jewish law -- marks something of a quiet revolution in an Orthodox world dominated by male authorities. It also is enabling women to ask the questions they have about one of the most important areas of Jewish law: sex. en-us dinakraft@gmail.com Copyright 2009 2009-10-29T;18:26:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/agudath-israel-conducting-seminars-on-federal-tax-laws/ An Orthodox group is holding a series of seminars to educate its members about federal tax laws. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-29T;16:22:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/israel-denies-involvment-in-blood-diamond-trade/ Israel refuted accusations by a United Nations panel that it was involved in the blood diamond trade. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-29T;16:04:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/hamas-to-boycott-palestinian-elections/ Hamas will not allow the Palestinian Authority to prepare for elections in the Gaza Strip. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-29T;15:36:01-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/nazi-boere-on-trial-in-germany/ One of the last major Nazi war crimes trials began in Germany with a former SS member demanding a new chief prosecutor. en-us taxelrod@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-29T;14:34:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/suleiman-israel-set-up-katyusha-attack/ Lebanon's president accused Israel of setting up a Katyusha attack on southern Israel to keep tensions high in the region. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-29T;14:23:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/un-general-assembly-to-debate-goldstone/ The United Nations General Assembly will discuss the Goldstone report next week. en-us moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-29T;14:06:00-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/two-shot-at-calif-synagogue/ Two people were shot in the legs in the parking lot of a synagogue in North Hollywood, Calif. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-29T;13:57:01-05:00 http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/obama-signs-hate-crimes-bill/ President Obama signed legislation expanding federal involvement in prosecuting hate crimes. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-29T;13:18:00-05:00