From Overseas, With Dreams
Steve Lipman Staff Writer Israel, which has won only six Olympic medals ever — its first gold, in sailing, came at Athens in 2004 — is sending 41 athletes to the Beijing Games, which open Aug. 8....
View ArticleFrom Overseas, With Dreams
by Steve Lipman Staff Writer Israel, which has won only six Olympic medals ever — its first gold, in sailing, came at Athens in 2004 — is sending 41 athletes to the Beijing Games, which open Aug. 8....
View ArticleHatred Of Convention
by Daniel Belasco Staff Writer A few years ago, Jane DeLynn was having a hard time selling her most recent novel. Commercial publishers were not lining up to buy “Leash,” a nihilistic story of a...
View ArticleOn A Mission For Israel
by Michele Chabin Israel Correspondent Jerusalem — Lynda Prince, a Native American from British Columbia, Canada, received more than a few curious stares last week when she explored the Israeli...
View ArticleLooking Up: 24 Countries Walk Out On Iran
Here is the list of the countries whose delegates walked out when Ahmadinejad ascended to the UN podium (at the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review conference) and started his usual anti-Israel, anti-US...
View ArticleDelegates Walk Out on Ahmadinejad’s U.N. Speech
JTA NEW YORK (JTA) -- Delegates to a United Nations conference on nuclear proliferation walked out as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began his speech, which attacked the United States and Israel.The delegates...
View ArticleNew Zealand Bans Shechita
Dan Goldberg JTA SYDNEY (JTA) – New Zealand has banned shechita, the kosher slaughter of animals.The country’s new animal welfare code, which took effect Friday, mandates that all animals for...
View ArticleIn the Mix: An Orthodox Rabbi Takes A Humanist Turn
Julie Wiener Associate Editor Google the words interfaith, wedding and rabbi together and you get a whopping 1.1 million hits.Perched atop this list (most are about the issues, rather than sites...
View ArticleAn Orthodox Rabbi Turns Humanist
My monthly (well, sometimes a little less) "In the Mix" column, which runs on our Web site and in the Opinion section of the printed paper, is out. Check it out!Or save yourself the trouble of...
View ArticleNew Zealand Jews Plan to Fight for Kosher Slaughter
Dan Goldberg JTA SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) – Barring a last-minute policy reversal, Jewish leaders in New Zealand appear certain to launch legal action against the government over its controversial new...
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