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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

July 30, 2009

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

By Uriel Heilman

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

By Robert Wiener

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

By Ron Kampeas

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

By Eric Fingerhut

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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Madoff speaks (and the lawyer who listened hits the interview circuit)

Bernie gives his first interview since being incarcerated. Read Blog »

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White House backs Robinson selection

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Dear Jon Stewart

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A nighttime rendering of the National Museum of American Jewish History on Philadelphia's Independence Mall, which is scheduled to open in November 2010. (Polshek Partnership Architects) Australian golfer Roy Vandersluis marches into the opening ceremony at Ramat Gan Stadium on July 13, 2009 for his record ninth consecutive Maccabiah Games. (Peter Haskin) The chief rabbi of Uruguay, Moti Maarabi, prays at the Western Wall after a welcoming ceremony for 150 South American emigres brought to Israel by the Jewish Agency on July 17, 2009. (Brian Hendler) (Brian Hendler) President Obama meets with Jewish community leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on July 13, 2009. (White House) Flag-bearing participants at the opening ceremonies of the18th Maccabiah Games show off the countries they represent as they march into Ramat Gan Stadium on July 13, 2009. (Uri Lenz/FLASH90/JTA) Australian Governor General Quentin Bryce, visiting the New South Wales headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch, holds the child of Dovid, left, and Sima Slavin, right, directors of the soup kitchen at the headquarters. (Ingrid Shakenovsky/Chabad.org) Members of the U.S. Maccabiah team participate in a group b'nai mitzvah in Jerusalem on July 6, 2009. (Maccabi USA) Natan Sharansky, right, the new chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, welcomes new South African immigrants during a ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on July 7, 2009. (Brian Hendler) North American cantors, wrapped in a Torah scroll, chant morning prayers on July 2, 2009 on the grounds of the Auschwitz death camp during their tour of Poland organized by the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture. (Piotr Malecki) 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)

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  • A nighttime rendering of the National Museum of American Jewish History on Philadelphia's Independence Mall, which is scheduled to open in November 2010.
  • Australian golfer Roy Vandersluis marches into the opening ceremony at Ramat Gan Stadium on July 13, 2009 for his record ninth consecutive Maccabiah Games.
  • The chief rabbi of Uruguay, Moti Maarabi, prays at the Western Wall after a welcoming ceremony for 150 South American emigres brought to Israel by the Jewish Agency on July 17, 2009. (Brian Hendler)
  • President Obama meets with Jewish community leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on July 13, 2009.
  • Flag-bearing participants at the opening ceremonies of the18th Maccabiah Games show off the countries they represent as they march into Ramat Gan Stadium on July 13, 2009.
  • Australian Governor General Quentin Bryce, visiting the New South Wales headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch, holds the child of Dovid, left, and Sima Slavin, right, directors of the soup kitchen at the headquarters.
  • Members of the U.S. Maccabiah team participate in a group b'nai mitzvah in Jerusalem on July 6, 2009.
  • Natan Sharansky, right, the new chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, welcomes new South African immigrants during a ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on July 7, 2009.
  • North American cantors, wrapped in a Torah scroll, chant morning prayers on July 2, 2009 on the grounds of the Auschwitz death camp during their tour of Poland organized by the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture.
  • 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.
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