BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published May 25, 2012
David R. Blumenthal, longtime passionate leader in B’nai B’rith at the local, national and international levels, and a retired specialty advertising salesman, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at the Delmar Gardens West, where he had resided since 2009....
BERLIN -- Jewish groups are ramping up pressure to have a prestigious German prize withdrawn from a Palestinian pastor who is accused of making anti-Semitic statements.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 -- Jewish organizations are expressing concerns at cost-cutting proposals in President Obama's $3.8 trillion budget for 2013. The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America and The Jewish Federations of North America released statements...
B'nai B'rith International called on organizers of a German media prize to reconsider its awarding to a Palestinian pastor. The Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, has a longstanding reputation for promoting...
JAssociates will honor its 2011 Mitzvah Stars with a luncheon from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, May 19 at the Jewish Community Center Staenberg Family Complex. This year's Mitzvah Stars are Andrew Goldfeder, Diane Maier and Jerry Ehrlich. Goldfeder, 27,...
By Ron Kampeas, JTA, WASHINGTON
• Published April 27, 2011
In the showdown over the 2012 U.S. budget, Jewish organizations clearly fall on one particular side of the partisan divide: the Democratic one.But as the battle between Republicans and Democrats over spending gets under way, the trick the organizations...
