Rebranding Leonid Nevzlin
Last year philanthropist Leonid Nevzlin was convicted in absentia in a Moscow courtroom to life in prison for ordering the murder of five people. Israel has refused to extradite him, and last week he was playing a lead role in Washington at the General Assembly of Jewish Federations of North America, introducing Prime Minister Netanyahu and taking part in a White House meeting with President Obama. Read more »
What do H & H and B & H have in common?
Two of New York’s iconic stores—H & H Bagels and B & H electronics—are facing legal problems. The New York Times lumps them together, but not in a Jewish way. Which has JTA Editor Ami Eden scratching his head. Read more »
Born in Berlin, figthing for U.S.
CNN interviews JTA contributor Tom Tugend about the experience of being a child in Nazi Germany and subsequently fighting as soldier in the U.S. army. Read more »
Secular studies
Eric Herschthal of The New York Jewish Week reports on the growing debate over efforts to fund Jewish culture through an exclusively secular lens. Read more »
A night with Eli Valley
Eli Valley is a provocative cartoonist who specializes in skewering Jewish organizational sacred cows. He recently took to the stage of Joe’s Pub to offer some insight into what makes him tick. Watch the video. Read more »
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- Canada's opposition Liberal Party is crying foul after the ruling Conservatives mailed out flyers extolling themselves as stronger supporters of Israel.
- Israel arrested five Palestinian Authority intelligence officers in the West Bank.
- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel is conducting secret negotiations with Hamas.
- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was welcomed Thursday in Brazil by a state governor who is Jewish.
- Prominent South African Jewish leader and philanthropist Mendel Kaplan has died at the age of 73.
- Canadian Liberals object after Conservatives say they’re stronger Israel backers
- Israel arrests five P.A. officers
- Abbas: Israel talking to Hamas
- Abbas welcomed by Jewish pol in Brazil
- South African Jewish leader Mendel Kaplan dies
- Israel will send ship to NATO anti-terror force
- Obama: New Iran sanctions coming within weeks
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- Female Orthodox scholars helping women talk about sex
- Obama half-brother has Jewish roots
- Lieberman: Fort Hood could be terror attack
- J Street confab shows generational divide on Israel
- What really happened at the Reform biennial in Toronto
- Rubashkin convicted on 86 charges
- Obama shifts to Israel’s corner, but tries not to show it
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Posted in: Portman references Agriprocessors raid in Oscar presentation
02/26/09 01:03 PM
I think we're all missing the point... Is it possible that Joaquin Phoenix got the idea for his makeover from the JTA story?
Posted in: Portman references Agriprocessors raid in Oscar presentation
02/25/09 04:30 PM
I told him, but he wouldn't listen.
Posted in: Joe Klein still fighting
07/11/08 03:57 PM
I know. Typo. Thanks, though, for flagging it.
Posted in: Jews: We favor Rudy & Hillary
12/10/07 11:10 PM
Good question from Reb Yudel. The answer: So far, that info is unavailable.
Posted in: Breaking down the Forward 50
11/09/07 10:42 AM
OK, so Amy gave two thumbs down to Rogen & Apatow, I said swap them out of "Top Picks" for Michael Chabon. What do all of you think? Would there have been a better choice for the top cultural selection? One of my old peeps at the Forward gave me the business over making the case for Noah Fledman. Should he be in or out? Kelsey, good point about Eisen being a speculative pick. In some ways, I'd say the same thing about putting Adleson in the "Top Picks." Sure, he's pledged to give away an unprecedented amount of money a year -- as much as any federation, except maybe N.Y.'s -- but we have no real sense about the details and whether it will have a serious impact. Ron and I already wrote about who didn't make it. So Amy, Andy, & K-Man, give us the name of the most glaring omission.
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