http://jta.org/news/ en moster@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-22T16:11:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2007/12/19/106002/nicaragua http://jta.org/site/nicaragua/#When:04:00:01Z The arrival of the first Torah in Nicaragua in 28 years is rekindling Jewish life in the turbulent Central American country and sparking discussion of building a new Jewish community center. World 2007-12-19T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2007/07/22/102432/panamabusinesses http://jta.org/site/panamabusinesses/#When:04:00:01Z Unlike other parts of the world where devoutly practicing Jews and Muslims have come into conflict, in Panama the two are almost symbiotic. World 2007-07-22T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2007/05/06/101628/Nicasplit http://jta.org/site/Nicasplit/#When:04:00:01Z Bitter divisions over who is a Jew threaten to split Nicaragua's tiny Jewish community. Jewish Life, World 2007-05-06T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2007/03/01/100250/Nicaraguateens http://jta.org/site/Nicaraguateens/#When:04:00:01Z Aching from lugging cinder blocks and not having seen a flush toilet in days, a group of Jewish teenagers from the New York City suburbs could have been forgiven for complaining about building simple houses in a rural Nicaraguan outpost. But the only comp U.S., World 2007-03-01T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2007/02/27/100215/ortegasandinista http://jta.org/site/ortegasandinista/#When:04:00:01Z It has taken Nicaragua's new leftist President Daniel Ortega less than two months in office to alienate the country's tiny Jewish community. Politics, World 2007-02-27T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2006/08/23/14377/CostaRica8217sJ http://jta.org/site/CostaRica8217sJ/#When:04:00:01Z Costa Rica’s Jewish community reacted with disappointment, resignation and a bit of anger to the country’s decision to move its embassy in Israel out of Jerusalem. 2006-08-23T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2006/02/28/13747/CostaRicanelection http://jta.org/site/CostaRicanelection/#When:04:00:01Z Costa Rica's newly elected president has said that he would remove the country's embassy from Jerusalem, leaving only El Salvador in Israel's disputed capital. 2006-02-28T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2005/10/02/13319/Inuppingyieldson http://jta.org/site/Inuppingyieldson/#When:04:00:01Z A pair of Israeli agronomists are helping Nicaragua make gradual improvements to their oudated farming practices. Another outgrowth of their hard work has been a modest improvement in ties between Israel and Nicaragua. 2005-10-02T04:00:01-05:00