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Yiddish film star Molly Picon, seen here in the 1923 classic "East and West," rarely wore women's clothes onscreen.

Conference explores steamier side of shtetl life

Yiddish film star Molly Picon, seen here in the 1923 classic "East and West," rarely wore women's clothes onscreen. (Courtesy Pacific Film Archive) Read more »

Gaza groups agree to stop rocket fire

November 22, 2009

Under a Hamas-brokered deal, armed groups in Gaza have agreed to stop firing rockets at Israel. Read more »

Top Stories

The change has come to Jewish life in Eastern Europe

By Ruth Ellen Gruber

Twenty years ago, Jewish life in Eastern Europe seemed on the verge of disappearing. Today it looks more like Jewish life in free societies the world over. Read more »

The Mofaz plan—state now, ask questions later

By Uriel Heilman

As he positions himself for a run for prime minister, Shaul Mofaz is promoting a plan to give the Palestinians a state now -- and only then to begin negotiations on final-status issues. Read more »

Obama: New Iran sanctions coming within weeks

By Eric Fingerhut

President Obama said that within the next few weeks, the United States and other world powers would be formulating new sanctions on Iran. Read more »

Eastern Europe’s Jews now out of the shadows

By Ruth Ellen Gruber

When the Cold War ended 20 years ago, Jewish communities in Eastern Europe were small, weak and generally veiled. Now Jewish life, culture, religious practice and ethnic identity are part of Europe's contemporary mosaic -- often unabashedly so. Read more »

Blogs

The Fundermentalist

Rebranding Leonid Nevzlin

Last year philanthropist Leonid Nevzlin was convicted in absentia in a Moscow courtroom to life in prison… Read Blog »

Capital J

Foxman blasts J Street on Palin, questions its ‘pro-Israel’ slogan

The head of the ADL said J Street went ‘over the line’ in attacking Sarah Palin for her support… Read Blog »

The Telegraph

After prayer and punch, Foreman takes Jewish victory lap

Yuri Foreman, boxer and rabbinical student, asked for a little help from above throughout his title bout… Read Blog »

The Wandering Jew

Diamond Darwinism

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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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