JERUSALEM -- The United States and Israel are completely coordinated on the issue of Iran, the U.S. envoy to Israel, Dan Shapiro, told Jewish leaders. "I cannot think of any issue on which we are better coordinated than on the issue of Iran," Shapiro...
WASHINGTON -- Defense cuts likely to ensue from the failure of the Obama administration and Congress to agree on the budget would jeopardize U.S. security, according to a Jewish Institute of National Security Affairs paper. "The cuts now being contemplated...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT
• Published February 23, 2012
"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort." —Franklin Roosevelt As I read this, I can’t help but think about what our great president had in mind when he spoke these words. Surely they can be applicable to a multitude...
WASHINGTON -- Three of the four Republican presidential candidates said the United States should make a more explicit threat of military action against Iran. Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich agreed in the CNN debate on Wednesday in Arizona...
By Elise Jarvis, JTA
• Published February 22, 2012
By Elise Jarvis JTA NEW YORK—The recent attacks against Israeli diplomats abroad, which are suspected to have been carried out by Iran or its proxies, and the recent series of high-profile anti-Semitic incidents in the United States have raised...
JERUSALEM -- The United States and Israel clearly have daylight in their assessment of the threat posed by Iran, U.S. Sen. John McCain said in Jerusalem."There should be no daylight between America and Israel in our assessment of the threat. Unfortunately,...
WASHINGTON—For the Jews of Cuba, it was the ultimate Internet connection. The high-tech equipment that U.S. contractor Alan Gross brought with him to Cuba in 2009 to help connect local Jews to the Internet reportedly included a SIM card that makes it...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EMERITUS
• Published February 22, 2012
Hadassah's gala event, "Framing the Future Encore: A Love Story" at the Jewish Community Center's Arts & Education Building drew more than 100 members of the St. Louis Chapter of Hadassah. The event was co-chaired by Carol and Michael Staenberg and...
WASHINGTON -- Jewish groups praised the Obama administration and Congress for $10 million in new homeland security grants, while noting that it was almost half of last year's allocation. "While tough decisions were made by Congress and the Administration,...
WASHINGTON -- If Rick Santorum secures the Republican nomination, expect to hear this mantra from his Jewish supporters: In times of crisis, social issues don’t matter. The former Pennsylvania senator, who is leading in national polls in the race for...
LOS ANGELES -- For Israelis, winning the country’s first Oscar would be akin to scoring the first Olympic gold medal at the 2004 games in Athens.“If ‘Footnote’ gets the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, the reaction would be tremendous,”...
JERUSALEM -- The leaders of Israel's cottage cheese boycott are calling for a new boycott over the high price of chocolate bars. The calls came earlier this week after an Israeli living in the United States posted a photo on Facebook of a receipt from...
