BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- The Argentinean and Israeli governments have issued a call for research and development projects. The deadline for proposals for the Argentina Israel Program for Industrial Research and Development, with grants totaling $160,000,...
How time truly does fly when you are having fun! It is really hard to believe but March 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Central Agency for Jewish Education (CAJE), which started off with a modest set of goals but emerged into a...
Crises in faith — we all have them at one time or another. Each of us can become overwhelmed by life and what it often brings to us when we have other plans. These crises can come from many different sources — the loss of a job, the death of a loved...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 7, 2012
More than a year after stalling with no apparent resolution, merger talks between Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel and Shaare Zedek Synagogue appear to have reignited last week. “I don’t have a crystal ball and can’t predict anything,” said Susan Cort,...
TOKYO—Sitting in Tokyo shortly before the first anniversary of the tsunami, I recalled my surprise the first time a Japanese person thanked me, as a Jew, for Israel’s immediate response to the disaster. It was certainly not the time to instruct that...
JERUSALEM -- The Israeli nongovernmental organization IsraAID opened a training program to deal with gender-based violence for social workers in the fledgling country of South Sudan. Helen Murshalli, the South Sudanese minister of social development,...
JERUSALEM -- An Israeli court set a legal precedent with its ruling that a woman whose baby was conceived using her eggs in a surrogate mother does not have to adopt her own child. The Tel Aviv Family Court's ruling, which was made public Wednesday, states...
JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel has "many courageous friends." In remarks after landing in Israel following a visit to Canada and the United States, Netanyahu said, "I was received warmly, we have many courageous friends."...
JERUSALEM -- An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter Scale shook northern Israel. The earthquake was felt in Metullah, located on the border with Lebanon, as well as in Kiryat Shemona and Safed. No injuries or damage were reported. The earthquake was...
Police in New Delhi have arrested a suspect in connection with a car bomb attack that injured the wife of an Israeli diplomat. An Indian journalist, Syed Mohammed Kazmi, was arrested Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. A police investigation showed...
NEW YORK -- Israeli President Shimon Peres, in New York City last week in the run-up to his appearance at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington, was his usual suave self in an interview with Barbara Walters on “The View.” When Walters asked him...
WASHINGTON -- The American Israel Public Affairs Committee likes to promote an image of bipartisan bonhomie at its annual policy conference. But that’s not always easy, especially in a presidential election year and with partisan passions running high...
