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• Blacks, Jews plant trees for King

  April 29, 2007 9:00am

  Honoring the memory of Coretta Scott King, American blacks and Jews dedicated the replanting of part of a Galilee forest destroyed by Hezbollah.

• Groups to fight abortion ruling

  April 19, 2007 9:00am

  Supreme Court decisions usually are considered final, but Jewish groups that favor abortion rights are taking a ruling upholding a ban on late-term abortions to lawmakers.

• Carter: Israel backers demand ‘subservience

  April 5, 2007 9:00am

  Mideast peace is possible only with forceful U.S. engagement, former President Carter said as he received an award for speaking out on controversial topics.

• Fire chiefs visit Israel

  March 14, 2007 9:00am

  A delegation of American fire chiefs finds the United States ill-prepared on the terrorism front after spending a week in Israel.

• Hillel focuses on environment

  March 2, 2007 10:00am

  Hillel and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs hope they’ve started a trend with environmentally sensitive conferences that were “carbon-neutral.”

• A YouTube Purim for troops

  February 22, 2007 10:00am

  A New Jersey synagogue has seized upon the popular YouTube to send the Purim message to far-flung U.S. Jewish troops and raise funds for gift packages.