BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published February 29, 2012
Elisheva Darar, whose career exemplifies a major success story among the 120,000-member Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel, is co-director of the Katamonim Community Center in Jerusalem, where she is involved in outreach to and advocacy for immigrants,...
The week-long Festival of Jewish Life will start with a song and offer numerous and diverse ways to experience and celebrate Jewish culture. A capella singing sensation the Maccabeats will kick off the festival at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 18, at the Jewish...
A new volunteer project has been created for Jewish young adults in St. Louis. The Karen Solomon Young Adult Service Initiative, a project of Jewish Federation, is providing a $25,000 grant to recruit, market and organize an ongoing service project to...
When the St. Louis Jewish Light began its collaboration with the Jewish Community Center and the Jewish Community Relations Council to sponsor the quarterly “Can We Talk?” discussion series, the plan was to focus on topics that foster debate and are...
JERUSALEM -- A Palestinian television station in the West Bank went off the air following a raid by Israeli soldiers. Israel's Communication Ministry ordered Wednesday's raid of the al-Watan TV station, located near Ramallah, for using unauthorized frequencies...
JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israel has appointed its first Ethiopia-born ambassador. The appointment of Belaynesh Zevadia as Israel's envoy to Ethiopia was announced Tuesday. Zevadia also was the first Ethiopian Foreign Ministry cadet. She made aliyah at the...
JERUSALEM -- The first and only Israeli-Arab serving on Israel's Supreme Court has come under fire after choosing not to sing the country's national anthem at a public court event. Supreme Court Judge Salim Joubran on Tuesday remained silent during the...
WASHINGTON -- Famed attorney Alan Dershowitz, former Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler, Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel -- three prominent Jewish activists who have joined with other prominent people in a bid to remove a group with a blood-soaked history...
JERUSALEM -- Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Senate committee that he did not advise Israel against striking Iran's nuclear facilities. Dempsey appeared Tuesday before the Senate Budget Committee, where he said...
JERUSALEM -- Israel's new ambassador to Egypt presented his credentials at a ceremony in Cairo. Yaacov Amitai is the first Israeli envoy named to Egypt since the ousting of Hosni Mubarak one year ago. The Israeli national anthem was played at Monday's...
JERUSALEM -- eBay is expanding its activity in Israel. The Internet consumer company said it will unite its two activity centers in Netanya and Tel Aviv into a development center, and will expand the center by recruiting computer engineers, industrial...
WASHINGTON -- The House Judiciary Committee approved legislation that would add Israel to the list of countries eligible for non-immigrant investor visas in the United States. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) and approved Tuesday...
