Israelis stress while stranded in Bangkok
Political demonstrations have shut the Thai capital's two commercial airports for days, leaving Israelis to bide their time and try to reassure their families back home. Read more »
Anne Frank diary resonates with Cambodians
The famed Holocaust memoir, translated into Khmer, strikes an all-too-familiar theme for a people who felt the genocidal wrath of a despotic regime. Read more »
Chutzpahdik philanthropist aids Cambodians
Bernie Krisher, a German native who came to identify with long-suffering Cambodians through his experience as a refugee from the Holocaust, brings a never-say-die chutzpah to help one of Asia's poorest lands. Read more »
Chabad offers shelter during Thai coup
As more than a dozen tanks were encircling Thailand’s Parliament building in a military coup d’etat, hundreds of Israeli backpackers were seeking shelter in the local Chabad House a mile or so away. Read more »
U.S. Jew opens ‘groovy’ window on Thailand
An American-born Jew raised in Thailand has produced a best-selling map of Bangkok — and other of his favorite sites in Southeast Asia — with tips for living it up like the locals. Read more »
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Updated 11/20/09 @ 11:30AM EDT
- 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
- What should we bring? Thanksgiving foods that travel well
- 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
- Pro-Israel fliers confiscated at campus speech
