Barnea: U.S. Jewish leaders press Bibi to block NIF probe
Yediot’s Nahum Barnea, by many accounts Israel’s most respected political columnist, reports that U.S. Jewish communal figures weighed in with Prime Minister Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Ruby Rivlin against a Knesset investiagtion of the New Israel Fund Read more »
The Dersh on Goldstone
Alan Dershowitz stands by his criticisms of Richard Goldstone, but changes the wording. Read more »
J Street, Effi Eitam and Hillel [UPDATED]
J Street is holding a kickoff event Thursday at the Hillel building at the University of Pennsylvania and on Wednesday Effi Eitam spoke at the Hillel Jewish University Center. Both events are sparking plenty of controversy. Read more »
What if it had been an El Al plane that crashed on ‘Lost’? [UPDATED]
The New Republic’s Marty Peretz and the Zionist Organization of America smell something fishy in Preisdent Obama’s failure to mention Israel when he praised other nations for their cooperation in Haiti. And it got JTA’s staff thinking about another island. Read more »
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- Elie Wiesel said he would not cry if the "pathologically sick" Iranian president was assassinated.
- Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander, the founder and president of Touro College, has died.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will submit a bill allow Israelis living or traveling abroad to vote in national elections.
- Some 20 tons of frozen chicken wings from the former Agriprocessors kosher slaughterhouse were given to a local zoo.
- The Florida Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against a Jewish death row inmate.
- Wiesel: I’d shed no tears if Ahmadinejad killed
- Bernard Lander, Touro College founder, dies at 94
- Breaking down the Im Tirtzu report on New Israel Fund
- Bibi floats plan to allow Israelis abroad to vote
- Free upgrades, divorces down, plug-in cars
- Party time at the zoo: Animals get Agri wings
- Court upholds Jewish inmate’s death sentence
- Canadian lawmakers: Israel support may cause backlash
- Israeli aid effort helps Haitians—and Israel’s image
- Jewish groups, Israel mobilizing aid for Haiti quake
- Jewish groups praise Limbaugh
- Waltz takes Golden Globe for ‘Basterds’
- Rogue Lubavitchers feast on fast day, sparking uproar
- Orthodox woman to get title of ‘rabbah’
- Israeli medical, rescue workers help Haitians
- Conservatives debate Jewish antipathy for Palin
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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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