http://jta.org/news/ en marcus@infolink.com.br Copyright 2009 2009-11-22T22:02:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/02/27/1003343/wilders-wows-boston-area-synagogue http://jta.org/site/wilders-wows-boston-area-synagogue/#When:19:46:00Z In his home continent, Dutch politician Geert Wilders is something of a pariah over his harsh views on Islam, but he was cheered during a recent speech at a synagogue near Boston and is receiving support from two organizations with strong ties to the American Jewish community. Frontpage Sub Headline, U.S. 2009-02-27T19:46:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2008/08/26/110093/cohen http://jta.org/site/cohen/#When:04:00:01Z Edward Cohen, a rising labor leader in Boston, was shot and killed in a random shooting in 1907. Despite being mourned by thousands, including Louis Brandeis, he was eventually forgotten in the ensuing decades. But now efforts are underway to reclaim his Jewish Life, U.S. 2008-08-26T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2008/03/04/107343/holmem http://jta.org/site/holmem/#When:04:00:01Z In the wake of the recent disclosure by the author of a Holocaust memoir that her best-selling book is a fake, historians are worried that such incidents will cast doubt on legitimate Holocaust scholarship and memoirs. Jewish Life, U.S., World 2008-03-04T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2007/10/17/104724/armenianadl http://jta.org/site/armenianadl/#When:04:00:01Z Nearly two months after the Anti-Defamation League reversed itself by acknowledging the World War I-era massacres of Armenians as "tantamount to genocide," activists in the Boston area are pushing ahead with their campaign against the organization. Politics, U.S. 2007-10-17T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2007/05/14/101747/biotechconference http://jta.org/site/biotechconference/#When:04:00:01Z Academic research, government support and entrepreneurial zeal have fueled a boom in Israeli biotechnology, but it's mostly foreign investors cashing in for now. U.S., Middle East 2007-05-14T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2007/05/08/101551/bostonmosque http://jta.org/site/bostonmosque/#When:04:00:01Z As the Workmen's Circle tries to mediate a battle over a Boston mosque, some claim the Islamic group at the heart of the case is trying to stifle legitimate debate by suing a pro-Israel organization. U.S. 2007-05-08T04:00:01-05:00