By Adam Kredo, JTA/ Washington Jewish Week, Washington
• Published August 17, 2011
Jerusalem: To be or not to be part of Israel. That's the question that White House administrations have tiptoed around for decades.The State Department neither recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's official capital nor views the eastern part of the city -...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EMERITUS
• Published July 20, 2011
Rabbi Elazar Grunberger and his wife, Brocha Krakow Grunberger, were honored for their 26 years of service to Aish HaTorah of St. Louis and the U. City Shul, at a tribute dinner last Thursday, July 14, attended by 250 people at the Arts & Education...
I can still taste my very first falafel, smell the aromas of the spice stalls, and feel the ripple of the stones at the Kotel. The sights, sounds, smells, tastes and textures of Israel are captivating. My relationship with Israel began in the spring...
By Uriel Heilman and Marcy Oster, JTA
• Published March 23, 2011
JERUSALEM — Violence between Israel and militant Palestinians rose sharply this week with a bombing in central Jerusalem and a dramatic increase in rocket attacks on southern Israel. In a terrorist attack on Wednesday afternoon, a bomb planted near...
JERUSALEM — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Israeli plans to build additional housing in eastern Jerusalem is counterproductive to peace talks. Clinton made the statement Wednesday during a joint video conference with Palestinian...
JERUSALEM - Cloistered away in a snug meeting room with stone-faced walls and arched doorways across from Jerusalem's Old City, some of the most important Jewish communal leaders in the world came together recently to wrestle with a question: Is there...
