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is the online coordinator for JTA.

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• Muslim Brotherhood claimed new Egyptian president is Jewish

  July 5, 2013 12:36pm

  The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s website briefly posted an article claiming that the country’s current interim president is Jewish.

• Agudath Israel: Rabbi Sacks needs to apologize

  July 5, 2013 10:21am

  Agudath Israel of America says Rabbi Jonathan Sacks doesn’t understand Judaism.

• The Lamm Legacy

  July 4, 2013 3:24pm

  Looking back at Rabbi Norman Lamm’s time at Yeshiva University.

• Israeli hospital seeks to treat Ethiopian boy mauled by hyena

  July 3, 2013 8:48am

  Israeli officials joined international efforts to save an 8-year-old boy who was mauled by a wild hyena in Ethiopia.

• Sending love and prayer to Reform camp

  July 1, 2013 3:51pm

  Love and prayers from around the country are pouring in to a summer camp where three campers were hit by lightning last week.

• Historic Pride Shabbat

  July 1, 2013 10:31am

  At New York’s gay and lesbian synagogue, worshipers gathered Friday night at the opening of pride weekend to celebrate a historic milestone.

• Honoring Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

  June 28, 2013 10:59am

  At a recent tribute dinner, many past prime ministers praised Jonathan Sacks, the chief rabbi who is set to retire in August.

• Jews and gays

  June 27, 2013 2:15pm

  The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act last week gave rise to a range of Jewish responses to gay marriage. Agudath Israel of America, the haredi Orthodox umbrella group, released a terse  message asserting that, “Society’s mores may shift and crumble but eternal verities exist.” From the Reform movement came an embrace of full rights for gay…

• JTA takes 6 Rockower Awards for journalistic excellence

  June 27, 2013 1:05am

  JTA won six awards, including three for first place, in the 32nd Annual Simon Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism.

• Responses to same-sex marriage decisions

  June 26, 2013 12:53pm

  Reactions to the same-sex marriage decisions.