http://jta.org/news/ en rcsillag@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-20T16:30:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/philanthropy/article/2009/11/20/1009321/rebranding-leonid-nevzlin http://jta.org/site/rebranding-leonid-nevzlin/#When:14:16:00Z 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. Featured 2009-11-20T14:16:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/19/1009302/what-do-h-h-and-b-h-have-in-common http://jta.org/site/what-do-h-h-and-b-h-have-in-common/#When:14:36:00Z 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. Featured 2009-11-19T14:36:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/18/1009279/born-in-berlin-figthing-for-us http://jta.org/site/born-in-berlin-figthing-for-us/#When:14:48:01Z 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. 2009-11-18T14:48:01-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/18/1009278/secular-studies http://jta.org/site/secular-studies/#When:14:36:00Z Eric Herschthal of The New York Jewish Week reports on the growing debate over efforts to fund Jewish culture through an exclusively secular lens. Featured 2009-11-18T14:36:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/17/1009248/a-night-with-eli-valley http://jta.org/site/a-night-with-eli-valley/#When:14:11:00Z 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. 2009-11-17T14:11:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/16/1009213/what-did-maureen-dowd-say-about-bankers-ny-times-nj-jewish-news-snl http://jta.org/site/what-did-maureen-dowd-say-about-bankers-ny-times-nj-jewish-news-snl/#When:14:58:00Z Maureen Dowd draws heat for a column bashing Goldman Sachs, in which she used the term “blood-sucking bankers” and invoked Jesus’ throwing the money-lenders out of the Temple. 2009-11-16T14:58:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/13/1009176/conservative-movement-gives-seal-of-approval-to-rubashkin-conviction http://jta.org/site/conservative-movement-gives-seal-of-approval-to-rubashkin-conviction/#When:18:15:00Z The Conservative movement is pulling no punches in response to Sholom Rubashkin’s conviction on fraud charges. Featured 2009-11-13T18:15:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/philanthropy/article/2009/11/13/1009165/ari-hero-teman-the-news-the-video http://jta.org/site/ari-hero-teman-the-news-the-video/#When:14:51:00Z Watch the video interview with Ari Teman, the winner of the first Jewish Community Hero award. 2009-11-13T14:51:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/philanthropy/article/2009/11/12/1009139/jtas-ga-panel-gets-spicey http://jta.org/site/jtas-ga-panel-gets-spicey/#When:14:08:00Z JTA’s panel at the GA on Tuesday got tense—and then things really exploded in the hallway afterward. 2009-11-12T14:08:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/philanthropy/article/2009/11/11/1009109/rahm-emanuel-the-ga-video http://jta.org/site/rahm-emanuel-the-ga-video/#When:15:16:00Z Watch the video of White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel addressing the General Assembly of Jewish Federations of North America. Featured 2009-11-11T15:16:00-05:00