Memo: Army will demolish settlement construction
Israel's army will demolish structures built in West Bank settlements during the construction freeze, according to an internal military memo. Read more »
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Synagogues blogging and tweeting their way to new kinds of communication
Synagogues, religious schools and other Jewish groups have been signing on to Facebook, blogs, Twitter and other social media in the past year eager to learn how new technology can strengthen their organizations and improve their outreach. Read more »
‘Arbeit Macht Frie’ sign stolen from Auschwitz
The "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign was stolen from the memorial at the Auschwitz death camp. Read more »
Deciphering the Obama polls
Surveys don't always offer clear answers, says JTA's Eric Fingerhut. Take two recent surveys -- one of American Jews and one of Israelis -- dealing with attitudes about President Obama. The former found that Jewish support for Obama has plummeted, but a closer look reveals that finding to be virtually useless. The survey of Israelis is scientifically solid, but the numbers provide a more complex, divided view than previously thought. Read more »
Jewish environmental group increasing efforts as climate debate heats up
As the debate over how to combat climate change heats up in Copenhagen, the Committee on the Environment and Jewish Life is ramping up its efforts to help make the Jewish community a key player in the discussion. Read more »
Blogs
The Fundermentalist
Sitting down with Sheldon Adelson
The Fundermentalist sat down with casino mogul Sheldon Adelson to discuss philanthropy, business, Israeli… Read Blog »
Capital J
Rahm’s rabbi headed to Israel, thinks Obama folks mean well
Remember Rahm Emanuel’s rabbi, Asher Lopatin, from Chicago? He think his former congregant and… Read Blog »
The Telegraph
‘Inglourious Basterds’ at JTS
The producer of Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” comes to the Jewish Theological… Read Blog »
The Wandering Jew
Walking in Selma
The town’s synagogue, Mishkan Israel, is located just blocks from the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where… Read Blog »
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Updated 12/20/09 @ 10:45AM EDT
- Some 25 left-wing activists were released from prison by a Jerusalem court.
- Bicyclists protested the removal of a bike lane through the fervently Orthodox Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg.
- Israel's Cabinet approved a bill banning the sale of alcohol to people under age 21.
- The heads of 60 hesder yeshivas agreed to continue their arrangement with the Israel Defense Forces.
- Israeli President Shimon Peres and President Obama discussed the Middle East on the sidelines of the climate change conference in Copenhagen.
- Synagogues blogging and tweeting their way to new kinds of communication
- Left-wing activists released from jail
- Cyclists protest lane closure in Williamsburg
- Israeli Cabinet advances bill on an alcohol ban
- Hesder yeshiva heads to stick with IDF
- Peres, Obama meet in Copenhagen
- Memo: Army will demolish settlement construction
- France warns satellite provider on Hamas TV
- Swiss leader calls for Jewish cemetery ban
- Heroes or rabble-rousers? The real story of the Maccabees
- Chelsea Clinton to wed Jewish boyfriend
- Ukrainian professor: Israel harvests children’s organs
- For Antwerp Jews, turns out diamonds aren’t forever
- Peres broadcasts YouTube Chanukah message
- Wiesel to Hungary: Make Holocaust denial illegal
- Op-Ed: Jewish community ignores female leaders at its peril
