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Alexandra Kowalski, an expert in historical preservation, in front of Budapest's Herzl Passage, a project that has enraged preservationists, Oct. 30, 2009.

Coalition fights real estate development in Budapest’s Jewish quarter

Alexandra Kowalski, an expert in historical preservation, in front of Budapest's Herzl Passage, a project that has enraged preservationists, Oct. 30, 2009. (Ben Harris) Read more »

Israel bombs Gaza terrorists preparing rocket launch

November 27, 2009

Israel's air force bombed a group of terrorists in Gaza as they prepared to launch a rocket at Israel. Read more »

Top Stories

Netanyahu announces settlement construction freeze

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a 10-month freeze on settlement construction. Read more »

S.F. federation board rejects controversial proposal

By Dan Pine

The board of the San Francisco federation overwhelmingly rejected a controversial resolution to prohibit support of events and groups that “defame” Israel or partner with those who call for boycotts, divestment or sanctions against Israel. It did pass a differently worded resolution opposing the anti-Israel BDS movement. Read more »

Israeli soldiers spark fears, shift debate with protests

By Leslie Susser

Top Israeli political and military leaders are increasingly worried about several recent incidents involving soldiers publicly declaring their refusal to evacuate Jewish settlers from the West Bank. Read more »

New anti-Semitism monitor sees role as reactive, proactive

By Eric Fingerhut

The Obama administration turns to Hannah Rosenthal, the former head of the Jewish Council of Public Affairs and member of J Street's advisory council, to be its top envoy in fighting anti-Semitism. Read more »

Blogs

The Fundermentalist

At annual parley, Chabad emissaries reflect on recession

The Fundermentalist reports from the epicenter of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Read Blog »

Capital J

Reacting to settlement freeze announcement

Hillary, AIPAC and Americans for Peace Now weigh in. Read Blog »

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Where should we send The Wandering Jew?

Vote on where to send JTA’s Ben Harris! Read Blog »

The Wandering Jew

Docs and Defamation

The Wandering Jew visits a major international film festival in Amsterdam. Read Blog »

Photos and Videos

Hundreds of demonstrators protesting along Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Brazil, Nov. 22, 2009. (Leonardo Goldfarb / Rua Judaica) Some of the 150 Jewish Agency emissaries in North America, with Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky, gather at an annual conference outside Baltimore, Nov. 23, 2009. (David Karp) Hadassah National President Nancy Falchuk, center, is flanked by Nancy Brinker, right, founder of Susan G. Komen For The Cure, and Komen official Jennifer Luray in Falchuk's New York office as they meet to discuss the groups' partnership in the fight against breast cancer, Nov. 20, 2009. (Hadassah) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, center, is greeted in Salvador by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, and a Jewish Brazilian state governor, Jacques Wagner, Nov. 19, 2009. (Manu Dias / AGECOM) 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)

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  • Hundreds of demonstrators protesting along Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Brazil, Nov. 22, 2009.
  • Some of the 150 Jewish Agency emissaries in North America, with Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky, gather at an annual conference outside Baltimore, Nov. 23, 2009.
  • Hadassah National President Nancy Falchuk, center, is flanked by Nancy Brinker, right, founder of Susan G. Komen For The Cure, and Komen official Jennifer Luray in Falchuk's New York office as they meet to discuss the groups' partnership in the fight against breast cancer, Nov. 20, 2009.
  • Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, center, is greeted in Salvador by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, and a Jewish Brazilian state governor, Jacques Wagner, Nov. 19, 2009.
  • 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.
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