Several Jewish federations and groups cited in an ad in the News York Times have responded to the harsh criticism of the Emergency Committee for Israel. The right-wing pro-Israel group called on Jewish charitable foundations to stop funneling money to...
By Lori Weinstein and Lee Sherman, JTA
• Published March 1, 2012
Thirty years ago, a Jewish woman experiencing domestic violence had few places to turn. Community leaders strongly resisted acknowledging violence for fear that it would harm marriages and break up families. Few services existed for women seeking support...
Iran rhetoric Once again, we see Neoconservatism raise its ugly head. Gene Carton’s Feb. 15 letter sounds too familiar in its cry for Israel to attack Iran “NOW.” Most people know the horrible human and financial repercussions of, “Weapons of...
JERUSALEM -- The Jewish Agency will provide emergency aid to the Jewish community of Greece facing a serious financial crisis. The Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel on Monday voted to grant about $1 million over two years to help Greece's...
ATHENS, Greece -- Antonis Samaras, the leader of Greece's New Democracy Party, reaffirmed his personal and the party's commitment against anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. Samaras stressed in an e-mail to the American Jewish Committee that the party's...
By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 22, 2012
The St. Louis branch of the American Jewish Committee is asking the Missouri Legislature in Jefferson City to send the Iranian government in Tehran a strong symbolic message. The AJC wants the legislature to pass a bill this spring that would ban companies...
BERLIN -- Jewish groups are ramping up pressure to have a prestigious German prize withdrawn from a Palestinian pastor who is accused of making anti-Semitic statements. The Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem...
WASHINGTON -- A pro-Palestinian Presbyterian church affiliate pulled down its Facebook page after Jewish groups complained about offensive postings. "At present, Facebook does not provide a setting where fans can 'like' and 'share' links without posting...
NEW YORK -- To frack or not to frack? As concerns mount over the environmental and public health consequences of hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, Jewish groups are coalescing around a strategy that supports efforts to extract natural gas from...
WASHINGTON—The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, told a Jewish group that there is "no shortcut" to peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Achieving a Palestinian state "can only come through direct negotiations and a negotiated...
By Uriel Heilman, JTA
• Published January 25, 2012
NEW YORK—When news outlets began reporting last Friday that the owner of the Atlanta Jewish Times had published an opinion column seemingly suggesting that Israel might be wise to assassinate President Barack Obama, the response from prominent American...
JERUSALEM—At least two citizens of Azerbaijan reportedly have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to kill two Jewish educators and the Israeli ambassador in Baku. The arrests last week were reported in local media in the Azerbaijani capital....
