http://www.jta.org/ en-us Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 (c) JTA. Reproduction of material without written permission is strictly prohibited. http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080819israeliswimmers08192008.html Israeli Olympic swimmers visiting a Beijing elementary school were greeted with cries of "shalom" from young Chinese students clutching Israeli flags. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080819israeliswimmers08192008.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080819jewishbeijing08192008.html After attending a night of competition at the Bird's Nest, and before seeing American NBA stars crush the opposition, Isaac Shapiro of Illinois was called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080819jewishbeijing08192008.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080819olympicsmemorial08192008.html The Israelis hosted a ceremony honoring the 11 Israeli athletes murdered in Munich, but the pervasive question was, why won't the International Olympic Committee get involved? Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080819olympicsmemorial08192008.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080812zalcbergaustralia08112008.html Australian table tennis player David Zalcberg survived the Maccabiah Games bridge collapse in 1997 and has beaten injuries to reach the Beijing Games. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080812zalcbergaustralia08112008.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080807Israeliathletes08072008.html Israel's Olympic contingent of 43 athletes is its largest ever and possibly its strongest -- despite inexperience. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080807Israeliathletes08072008.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080806rootlesscolumn07312008.html How to define what is "Jewish" provides endless fodder for debate in post-Holocaust, post-communist Europe. Is there, as the concept of allosemitism implies, a "certain Jewish something" that sets Jews apart? Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080806rootlesscolumn07312008.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080804chinadates072008.html From the opening of the first synagogue in Shanghai to the start of diplomatic relations between Israel and China, some key dates in Chinese Jewish history. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080804chinadates072008.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080804HoShanghai07282008.html More than 20,000 European Jews fleeing the Nazis found a home in Shanghai, many thanks to a Chinese diplomat in Austria. Honors for Ho Fengshan and a new museum recall that past. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080804HoShanghai07282008.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080804jewishbeijing07232008.html Beijing has had an organized Jewish community since the late 1970s, the city's congregations cooperate well and Jews coming for the Olympics will find plenty of choices for davening. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080804jewishbeijing07232008.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080804beijingtips07232008.html Here are some tips on worship and eating Jewishly in Beijing during the Olympic Games. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080804beijingtips07232008.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/2008072920080728ross.html Michael "Mickey" Ross, the former writer/producer who can claim some credit for having Sammy Davis Jr. kiss Archie Bunker on television, is going to leave most of his fortune to Jewish causes. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/2008072920080728ross.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080729Olympicsprep072008.html The resident Jews of China's capital are getting ready to welcome Jewish tourists, athletes -- and an Illinois boy who will celebrate his bar mitzvah during the Olympic Games. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080729Olympicsprep072008.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200807280728munichalon.html Thirty-six years on, Munich survivor Dan Alon still carries the scars of the 1972 massacre of Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games, which he and four others escaped. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200807280728munichalon.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080728AmericanOlympics07272008.html The athletes who make up the U.S. Jewish contingent headed to China, a mix of veterans and newcomers, have a decent chance of winning a medal or two. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080728AmericanOlympics07272008.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200807150715brangelina.html The Jewish doctor who delivered the twin babies of actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt talks about the births, the Hollywood couple and his own Jewish connections. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200807150715brangelina.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080710kirshenblattpoland07092008.html Since learning to paint at 73, Mayer Kirshenblatt's mission for nearly two decades has been to record the vibrant lost world of his childhood in Poland. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080710kirshenblattpoland07092008.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080708rhythmicgymnastics07032008.html Mostly immigrants from the former Soviet Union, members of the Israeli rhythmic gymnastics team are united by growing up in families versed in a more intense approach to sports. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080708rhythmicgymnastics07032008.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080701medallionsrestituted07012008.html Israel has restituted three ancient "medallions" stolen by the Nazis in Poland in 1941, but the heirs and an anonymous patron are keeping two of the fourth century artworks at their current home, the Israel Museum. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080701medallionsrestituted07012008.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080701rootless06302008.html For nearly two decades, Ruth Ellen Gruber has been writing on Jewish issues from Europe. Now in the launch of her new JTA column, the veteran correspondent explores the link between Europe's obsession with things Jewish and the Wild West. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080701rootless06302008.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/2008062020080620jewishsongbook.html JTA's new music reviewer, Matthue Roth, launches his Shtetl Blaster column with a look at American Jewish celebrities singing old school and Israeli rappers breaking new ground. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/2008062020080620jewishsongbook.html