http://jta.org/news/ en efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-22T10:43:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/18/1009282/berkeley-conference-explores-steamier-side-of-shtetl-life http://jta.org/site/berkeley-conference-explores-steamier-side-of-shtetl-life/#When:20:47:00Z Life in the shtetl wasn’t all Shabbat candles and milking cows, says a growing group of scholars focusing on sex and gender roles in Yiddish literature and film. Frontpage Lead Image, Jewish Life, Sub Headline 2009-11-18T20:47:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/10/1009085/what-really-happened-at-the-reform-biennial-in-toronto http://jta.org/site/what-really-happened-at-the-reform-biennial-in-toronto/#When:15:19:00Z Reform in Canada. No sex at the table. Tony Blair in film. Tweeting holiday services. And other tales from the biennial conference of the Union for Reform Judaism. Frontpage Sub Headline, Jewish Life, Sub Headline, U.S. 2009-11-10T15:19:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/09/1009055/reform-leader-urges-followers-to-adopt-jewish-dietary-practice http://jta.org/site/reform-leader-urges-followers-to-adopt-jewish-dietary-practice/#When:19:27:00Z Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, called on Reform Jews to develop consciously Jewish and ethical food policies for themselves and their congregations, stopping short of embracing kashrut. Frontpage Lead Headline, Jewish Life, Lead Headline 2009-11-09T19:27:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/01/1008869/hillel-groups-respond-creatively-to-vandalism-anti-semitism http://jta.org/site/hillel-groups-respond-creatively-to-vandalism-anti-semitism/#When:21:40:00Z Jewish students, faced with anti-Semitism or vandalism, have come up with some creative responses that involve the entire campus community instead of retreating into fear and isolation. Frontpage Sub Headline, Jewish Life 2009-11-01T21:40:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/26/1008744/reform-biennial-to-focus-on-israeli-arabs-interfaith-dialogue-at-toronto-bi http://jta.org/site/reform-biennial-to-focus-on-israeli-arabs-interfaith-dialogue-at-toronto-bi/#When:20:40:00Z A newly restructured and slimmed down Union for Reform Judaism will focus on interfaith relations and the rights of Israeli Arabs at its five-day biennial convention in Toronto. Frontpage Sub Headline, Jewish Life, Sub Headline 2009-10-26T20:40:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/22/1008666/project-documents-stories-of-jewish-refugees-from-arab-countries http://jta.org/site/project-documents-stories-of-jewish-refugees-from-arab-countries/#When:19:08:00Z New oral history efforts are telling the stories of hundreds of thousands of Jews living in North Africa and the Middle East who were victimized and persecuted -- and in some cases forcibly expelled from their homelands -- from the 1940s through the 1970s. The goal is to replicate what Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation Institute has done for Holocaust survivors. Frontpage Lead Image, Jewish Life, Sub Headline 2009-10-22T19:08:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/13/1008467/jews-of-color-choose-come-together-to-exlore-identity http://jta.org/site/jews-of-color-choose-come-together-to-exlore-identity/#When:12:55:01Z As their numbers grow, mixed-race Jewish families are facing the same question often put to interfaith families: Is there a need for separate programming? The answer, judging by the growth in the field, seems to be yes. Frontpage Sub Headline, Jewish Life, Sub Headline 2009-10-13T12:55:01-05:00