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From the Arab media: Hillary as sec’y of state?
From the the prospect of Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state to rethinking the idea of a one-state solution, here’s what some Arab media are saying. Read more »
Is tolerance and reconciliation enough?
Is tolerance and reconciliation the antidote to racism and anti-Semitism? With several new initiatives under way to address the age-old problems, both optimists and skeptics abound. Read more »
Cultural takes on the Holocaust
Beyond the predictable remembrances marking the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht are a wide array of cultural offerings that try, through art, to depict the horrors of the time. Read more »
Jews around the world react to Obama
Two days before the election, Judith Kessler and Nadine Bose, both of whom work for the Jewish community of Berlin, realized they had no Obama t-shirts. So they designed one and had it made. "I have worn it every day since, and it's pretty stinky," Kessler, editor of the monthly magazine of Berlin's Jewish community, told JTA. "I am not sure how all the Jews feel about Obama, but I know how I feel," Kessler, 49, said. "And of those I ran into at work today, basically all of them were for Obama. Because he seems intelligent, he seems moderate, and because he presumably can really understand the position of minorities in society." Was there concern about his position towards Israel? "Well, yes, there was a bit of that. There definitely is some fear that he would not maintain the previous policies of the USA. But he does not seem like a hawk." Jews here share the general German rejection of war, she said. Bose, the 28-year-old assistant to the president of the Jewish community of Berlin, said she would have liked to vote for Obama. Instead, she and her friend made the t-shirts to "show the world who we are for." on election night, she held a party for her friends; they stayed up all night to see Obama win. "I think nearly all the people I know would have voted for Obama because he is the liberal one and he is younger. And Obama means change, and they need change after 'W.'" She and her friends concluded that Democratic presidents were no better or worse than Republicans when it came to Israel. "There was no conflict with our support for Obama and our support for Israel," she said. Read more »
Remembering Kristallnacht
As ceremonies around the world prepare to mark the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, JTA’s archival reports from the time provide a chilling reminder of the terror that served as a prelude to the Holocaust. Read more »
RSS Feed Breaking News
Updated 11/22/09 @ 01:33PM EDT
- 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.
- The Gaza war has spurred more Israeli recruits to request service in combat units, the country's army said.
- Fervently Orthodox demonstrators protested again at the Intel factory in Jerusalem for operating on Shabbat.
- 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
- Peres: Settlement building stops if Palestinians talk
- Gaza groups agree to stop rocket fire
- Pakistani Mumbai terrorists arrested in Italy
- 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
- Obama shifts to Israel’s corner, but tries not to show it
- Pro-Israel fliers confiscated at campus speech
