Poland is seen as having the world’s worst record on the restitution of Jewish property lost during the Holocaust, but ramping up pressure is proving to be difficult.
Jews marry later than Americans from other faiths, which is one reason why the American Jewish intermarriage rate is so high. Plus, there are those gentiles who want to marry Jews.
More than 500 rabbis and cantors urged the Boy Scouts of America to drop its ban on homosexual members when the youth group’s National Council convenes in Dallas this week.
A collage of Izzy Lieberman’s sons at 7 attests to his scars, but also to his mother’s unquenchable devotion to find him after he was presumed dead more than a decade earlier..
Jewish groups are joining the effort to help those displaced by the tornado in suburban Oklahoma City.
This past week’s Belzer wedding attracted over 25,000 people, making it one of the biggest weddings in recent history. More ▸
Tap into the locavore movement by spending a day — or a week — at a center promoting Jewish sustainability, organic farming methods and spiritualism. More ▸
One translator of Yiddish takes to the internet to crowdsource funds for his new translation project. More ▸
With the election of Eric Garcetti to mayor of L.A., three of the largest cities in the U.S. now have Jewish mayors. More ▸
With a video aimed at the middle-class, Anthony Weiner announces his official bid for mayor. More ▸
Amid controversy, al-Jazeera removes then reposts Joseph Massad’s Op-Ed that views Zionism as anti-Semitic More ▸
Following the revelation that he oversaw a bungled 2001 probe of fraud allegations at the Claims Conference, chairman Julius Berman talked to JTA about whether he’ll resign, what role he played in 2001, and whether it might be time for an apology. More ▸
BANI ISRAEL, Senegal (JTA) — He will welcome you into his earthen-floor home, introduce you to his three wives, and let you sample their cooking. But Dougoutigo Fadiga does not want foreigners to come near the sacred tree of his village deep in the Senegalese bush. “The tree is holy grounds,” says Fadiga, president of… More ▸
Jacob Ostreicher, a haredi Orthodox father of five who has been under house arrest for nearly two years in Bolivia, does not believe he will ever be free and is despondent, his wife says. More ▸
Two students who were extensively involved with Hillel fear for the future of the Jewish community if the campus organization fails to make political pluralism a priority. More ▸
A collage of Izzy Lieberman’s sons at 7 attests to his scars, but also to his mother’s unquenchable devotion to find him after he was presumed dead more than a decade earlier.. More ▸
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