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- The new president of the AFL-CIO rejected boycotting Israel.
- A senator plans to offer legislation that would remove the presidential waiver from a law requiring that the U.S. embassy be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
- A judge is allowing Steve Rosen's defamation lawsuit against AIPAC to go ahead.
- The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to condemn the Goldstone report.
- Claude Levi-Strauss, considered by many to be the father of modern anthropology, died in Paris at the age of 100.
- New AFL-CIO head rejects Israel boycott
- Legislation would remove embassy move waiver
- Judge allows Rosen lawsuit agains AIPAC
- House condemns Goldstone
- Claude Levi-Strauss, father of modern anthropology, dies
- Despite progress, Obama hesitant about Netanyahu meeting
- Netanyahu visits combined U.S.-Israeli drill
- Alleged terrorist’s neighbor arrested
- Mideast peace push cited in Obama Nobel
- In Mexico City, insular community begins to reach out
- Obama’s Nobel, Israel’s problem?
- Jews of color come together to explore identity
- FBI: Alleged spy wannabe asked for Israeli citizenship
- Family likely murdered by professional killer
- New signs that Ethiopian aliyah will resume
- U.S. appetite for Israeli food grows
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Posted in: Reinharz to step down as Brandeis' president
09/25/09 01:34 PM
Dear JTA, Reinharz's first name, according to various web sites, is Jehuda, not Juehuda, as given in your article. Thank you for considering this. As we say down South, Shalom-you-all and G'mar Chatima Tovah--from Arnold Rosenzweig
Posted in: Quick action and an early rebellion at USCJ
09/17/09 07:14 PM
Dear JTA, I'm skeptical about all your blogger speculation regarding the Conservative movement, but more to the point, there is no United Synagogue FOR Conservative Judaism, to my knowledge. The name given on its website is the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. If there are layoffs in the movement, that's something that has been going on all over the country. Nothing new there! Anyway, it's the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. In Reform, it's the Union for Reform Judaism. If you have a stylebook, JTA, you might consider including the two organizations' names in your listings. Shalom-you-all and Shana Tova, as well say down South
Posted in: Facts, fiction and fury in the battle of human rights groups vs. Israel
08/24/09 02:30 PM
Dear JTA, Your article claims that NGOs have been issuing reports accusing Israeli of war crimes. I guess you mean that the NGOs, whoever they are, are accusing Israel, not Israeli, of war crimes. But, in fairness, who or what are these NGOs? Only one group is mentioned by name--Human Rights Watch. What about any others, whoever or whatever they might allegedly be? There is a lot of anonymous invective against Israel in the article--including this statement, among others: top Israeli officials smear critics with ancient guilt-by-association accusations. What are these unexplained "ancient guilt-by-association accusations"? With all due respect to the importance of telling "both sides of the story," is your article fair to Israel--faced with so many enemies on its borders and elsewhere? Why dignify anonymous NGOs' purported accusations against Israel--in a "Jewish" telegraphic service, of all places? AR, down South
Posted in: For some U.S. Jews, recession is catalyst for aliyah
08/11/09 02:10 PM
Dear JTA, Laurie Turnof's last name is spelled two ways in your article. I believe that the correct spelling is Turnof, not Turnoff -- based on references in the Internet. She should be complimented on her forthright decision. And JTA should be complimented for an enlightening article. AR
Posted in: Jewish clergy on 'rolling' Darfur fast
08/03/09 02:06 PM
Dear JTA, Your copy reads: Religous Action Center of Reform Judaism and the Union of Reform Judaism.... I think it's the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and the Union for Reform Judaism. Thank you for considering this. AR
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