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Holocaust activist Benjamin Meed dies
Benjamin Meed, a key figure in spreading awareness of the Holocaust in the United States, died Tuesday in New York at age 88 after a long illness. Read more »
New Encyclopaedia Judaica hits shelves
Issuing their first updated edition in more than 30 years, the editors of the Encyclopaedia Judaica’s new edition confronted a whole new world. Read more »
Jewish group honored in Indonesia
Officials in Indonesia, a mostly Muslim country, have honored the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee for its tsunami relief efforts. Read more »
Helping tsunami victims in Sri Lanka
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee is rebuilding and upgrading children's parks and playgrounds in Sri Lanka that were destroyed by the tsunami that roared through on Dec. 26 Read more »
AJWS, Bush talk tsunami relief
The American Jewish World Service was among 19 groups invited to the White House to discuss tsunami relief efforts with President Bush. Read more »
Changes promised at slaughterhouse
The Orthodox Union is promising to institute changes at a kosher slaughterhouse it supervises following complaints from a strident animal rights group about the way the slaughterhouse kills cows. Read more »
Kosher food at U.S. Open
Years after a few baseball stadiums added kosher food stands to their culinary options, tennis fans at the U.S. Open can finally chow down on glatt kosher corned beef and knishes. Read more »
Sudan becoming a Jewish issue
Jewish groups are stepping up efforts to stop the killing of black Muslims by government-sponsored Arab militias in Sudan. Read more »
Children of Chernobyl activist dies at 60
Jay Litvin, a leader of a group that helped children who became ill from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, died of cancer at the age of 60. Read more »
Hooting for change in the Jewish world
A group of women in owl costumes dished out "anti-awards" to several major Jewish organizations for their "sins," such as sexism and homophobia. Read more »
RSS Feed Breaking News
Updated 11/22/09 @ 05:02PM EDT
- Hundreds of Jewish and non-Jewish Brazileans protested in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit.
- "Real progress" has been made in negotiations to release a captured Israeli soldier, President Shimon Peres confirmed.
- The online auction Web site eBay said it took down an ad offering biological samples from Benito Mussolini before anyone could bid on them.
- Turkey has given Israeli defense contractors 50 days to deliver 10 promised drone aircraft.
- Iran began an air defense drill designed to protect its nuclear program, Iranian state television reported.
- Brazileans protest Ahmadinejad visit
- Peres: ‘Real progress’ in Shalit talks
- The Mofaz plan—state now, ask questions later
- eBay removes Mussolini brain, blood samples
- Turkey demands delivery of Israeli drones
- Iran begins air defense drill
- More Israeli recruits seeking to join combat units
- Haredim return to protest Jerusalem Intel factory
- 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
- Pro-Israel fliers confiscated at campus speech
- Obama shifts to Israel’s corner, but tries not to show it
