JTA – A year after they submitted their application for asylum in the United States, Shahi and his mother expected to be let in.
As Iranian Jews who applied for asylum through …
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Cnaan Liphshiz
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2/2/17
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JTA – American Jews are watching the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency with both fear and hope.
Many have expressed worries about some of his …
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JOSEFIN DOLSTEN
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2/2/17
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ROME (JTA) – A road race passing sites of Holocaust and Jewish remembrance in Rome will highlight events in Italy marking International Holocaust Memorial Day.
The “Run for …
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1/20/17
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(JTA) – A bomb threat is never an inconsequential thing. But 16 in one day is inconceivable – at least it was until Monday [Jan. 9]. That’s when 16 Jewish community centers in nine …
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DAVID POSNER
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1/20/17
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Ben Sales
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1/20/17
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JTA – Joel Sollender, a World War II prisoner of war who appeared in television ads for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, has died.
The cause of his Dec. 27 death was …
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1/5/17
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – There’s a striking difference between competing bids in Congress addressing last month’s U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements.
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RON KAMPEAS
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1/5/17
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JTA – Three Israelis have opened the only Kosher retail bakery in San Francisco.
Friends Isaac Yosef and Avi Edri, and head chef Yanni, held a soft opening for their bakery Taboon in the …
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12/23/16
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JERUSALEM (JTA) – The son and a granddaughter of the late Israeli President Shimon Peres reportedly will join the first family to mark Hanukkah at the White House.
Nechemia …
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12/9/16
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BY TOM TUGEND
LOS ANGELES (JTA) – Kirk Douglas – actor, director, producer, author, philanthropist and Torah student – is celebrating his 100th birthday on Dec. 9, and …
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TOM TUGEND
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12/9/16
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