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At Tu B'Av, four couples make up Edmon J. Rodman's initial class for his proposed Jewish Couples Hall of Fame.

Time for a Jewish Couples Hall of Fame

At Tu B'Av, four couples make up Edmon J. Rodman's initial class for his proposed Jewish Couples Hall of Fame. (Edmon J. Rodman) Read more »

Israel defends IDF action in Gaza war

Israel issued a 160-page document justifying its military offensive in Gaza. Read more »

Top Stories

Schneider: Restitution money is running out, and Europe needs to step up

The new head of the Claims Conference, Gregory Schneider, talks to JTA Managing Editor Uriel Heilman about why funding for Holocaust survivors is getting harder, why the famed 80-20 allocations split doesn't really apply anymore and why Eastern European countries need to get on the restitution bandwagon now. Read more »

How communal norms may lead to improper conduct

With the well-publicized arrests of haredim in New Jersey and New York, some are suggesting that the tight bonds of religious observance can sometimes lead to an us-vs.-them view of the outside world that rationalizes acts of wrongdoing. Read more »

Iran, peace process converge in U.S.-Israel talks

As four senior U.S. officials traveled to Israel to meet with their Israeli counterparts, the linkage between Iran and Israeli-Palestinian peace kept coming up. Read more »

Christian Zionist parley: Don’t pressure Israel

While criticism of President Obama's demand for an Israeli settlement freeze has been relatively muted among U.S. Jewish organizations, this week's Christians United for Israel conference in Washington provided the opportunity for some prominent Jews and Christians to level public complaints. Read more »

Blogs

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White House backs Robinson selection

The Obama administration is standing behind its controversial choice for a Presidential Medal of Freedom.… Read Blog »

The Telegraph

Dear Jon Stewart

Ron Rosenbaum—the journalist who wants you to know he recognized Jon Stewart’s genius long… Read Blog »

Photos and Videos

Bernard Madoff, shown here in a mug shot, was sentenced to 150 years in prison on June 29, 2009 -- the maximum sentence allowed -- for bilking investors of up to $65 billion in a Ponzi scheme. (U.S. Department of Justice) Campers from Camp Sabra in Missouri arriving back at the Jewish Community Campus in Overland Park, Kan., on June 23, 2009 after the camp was shut down for a seven-day cleanup due to an outbreak of the swine flu virus. (Edmee Rodriguez) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a major policy address at Bar-Ilan University in Israel on June 14, 2009 for the first time endorsed a Palestinian state, but with conditions. (Michael Kramer/flash90/jta) President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, flanked by Holocaust survivors Elie Wiesel, left, Nobel Prize-winning memoirist, and Bertrandt Herz, president of the International Buchenwald Committee, placing white roses at a memorial at the former Buchenwald concentration camp during their visit on June 5, 2009. (German Federal Press and Information Office / Bergmann) Former Israeli president Efraim Katzir died May 30, 2009 in his home in Rechovot, Israel. He was 93. (Flash90/JTA) Late Israeli President Efraim Katzir, first from right, toasts Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis who had just arrived from Lubavitch world headquarters in New York on a mission from the late Lubavitcher rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson on January 20, 1976. (Chabad.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington on May 18, 2009. (Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90/JTA) Residents of Ashkelon took to the streets on April 29, 2009 to celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel's Independence Day.  (Edi Israel / Flash 90 / JTA) Israeli President Shimon Peres addresses the AIPAC policy conference in Washington, May 4, 2009. (AIPAC) Israelis at the Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery in Tel Aviv stand silent for a two-minute siren on Israel Memorial Day, April 28, 2009. (Gili Yaari / Flash 90 / JTA )

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  • Bernard Madoff, shown here in a mug shot, was sentenced to 150 years in prison on June 29, 2009 -- the maximum sentence allowed -- for bilking investors of up to $65 billion in a Ponzi scheme.
  • Campers from Camp Sabra in Missouri arriving back at the Jewish Community Campus in Overland Park, Kan., on June 23, 2009 after the camp was shut down for a seven-day cleanup due to an outbreak of the swine flu virus.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a major policy address at Bar-Ilan University in Israel on June 14, 2009 for the first time endorsed a Palestinian state, but with conditions.
  • President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, flanked by Holocaust survivors Elie Wiesel, left, Nobel Prize-winning memoirist, and Bertrandt Herz, president of the International Buchenwald Committee, placing white roses at a memorial at the former Buchenwald concentration camp during their visit on June 5, 2009.
  • Former Israeli president Efraim Katzir died May 30, 2009 in his home in Rechovot, Israel. He was 93.
  • Late Israeli President Efraim Katzir, first from right, toasts Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis who had just arrived from Lubavitch world headquarters in New York on a mission from the late Lubavitcher rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson on January 20, 1976.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington on May 18, 2009.
  • Residents of Ashkelon took to the streets on April 29, 2009 to celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel's Independence Day.
  • Israeli President Shimon Peres addresses the AIPAC policy conference in Washington, May 4, 2009.
  • Israelis at the Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery in Tel Aviv stand silent for a two-minute siren on Israel Memorial Day, April 28, 2009.
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