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• Africans speak out on Mideast studies

  March 8, 2005 10:00am

  Sudanese students said the story of Africans expelled from or enslaved in Arab countries is left out of college Mideast curricula, adding a new dimension to an ongoing controversy engulfing Columbia University.

• Jews, Catholics getting along

  March 1, 2005 10:00am

  The Roman Catholic’s changed view of Jews was on display at a conference of Jewish and Catholic leaders in New York.

• Jewish Agency comments create stir

  February 24, 2005 10:00am

  Robert Goldberg, UJC board chair, apologized for blasting the group’s primary overseas partner, the Jewish Agency for Israel.

• Jewish Agency shifts focus

  February 15, 2005 10:00am

  The Jewish Agency for Israel is shifting its priorities, putting into action a strategic plan that considers strengthening the identity of young Jews around the world as one of its top priorities.

• Jewish group takes on world hunger

  February 1, 2005 10:00am

  A new concept in the fight against world hunger emerged from a conversation between two young Jewish girls.

• Barenboim speech sparks outrage

  January 26, 2005 10:00am

  As a documentary film’s accusations of anti-Israel bias roil Columbia University, conductor Daniel Barenboim sparked outrage with a campus speech bashing Israel and drawing parallels between the founder of Zionism and Hitler’s favorite composer.

• N.Y. philanthropist aids Druse

  January 18, 2005 10:00am

  A major Jewish philanthropist is soliciting funds to aid Israeli Druse, a 100,000-strong Arab community that has been loyal to the Jewish state and serves in its army.

• Matching grants draw donors

  December 27, 2004 10:00am

  A landmark matching-grant program for Jewish educational institutions enticed some 85 donors to make their first major donations or to increase their largest previous gifts by at least 500 percent.

• An issue of intimidation, or free speech?

  December 14, 2004 10:00am

  Charges that some pro-Palestinian faculty members at Columbia University intimidated pro-Israel students continue to roil the campus, but the terms of debate are changing to a clash over free speech in academia.

• Showing Israel ‘beyond the conflict

  December 7, 2004 10:00am

  Two Jewish Silicon Valley executives, exasperated by the way Israel is portrayed in the news, founded a group devoted to getting positive human interest stories about the Jewish state into the media.