Jewish legislators from abroad visited Ariel Sharon in the hospital. The 50-person delegation, including Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Lord Greville Janner of the British House of Lords, arrived at Jerusalem’s Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center at Ein Kerem on Monday in what they described as a show of Diaspora support for the ailing Israeli prime minister.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.