http://www.jta.org/ en-us Wed, 20 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/200808200819watercrisis.html Facing the worst water crisis in its history, Israel is recycling sewage water, building desalinization plants and cutting consumption. Some experts say the severe drought has been made worse by government myopia. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808200819watercrisis.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808190819pakistanres.html With control of the world's only nuclear-armed Muslim state up in the air, many Jewish and Israeli observers are watching the political turmoil in Pakistan with unease. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808190819pakistanres.html 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/200808190819sussiran.html With both Israel and the United States entering periods of political transition, the Iranian nuclear dilemma remains unanswered. Meanwhile, differences between the two countries over Iran appear to be deepening. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808190819sussiran.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/200808130813kampalalight.html A kindergarten in a Kampala slum started last year by Israeli volunteers and headed by a Muslim woman is a godsend for Uganda's needy and, staffers say, of a piece with 21st century Zionism. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808130813kampalalight.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808120812ptsd.html Therapy groups for Israeli soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder is a reminder of one of the least visible but most painful scars of the 2006 Second Lebanon War. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808120812ptsd.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808120811shalevprofile.html Criticized by some in Israel because she is a political outsider, Gabriela Shalev, Israel's incoming U.N. ambassador, wins the praise of past and current colleagues who say she is an exceptional legal mind with an unflappable exterior. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808120811shalevprofile.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080810IsraelGeorgia08102008.html For the Jewish state it's more than just sound diplomacy -- Russia is widely expected to supply Tehran with advanced anti-aircraft missiles that could fend off a pre-emptive strike on Iranian nuclear sites. Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080810IsraelGeorgia08102008.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080807mendelcosta.html Israeli swimmer Alon Mandel will compete in the Olympics despite the death of his father, and coach, in a tragic accident at the family home in Netanya. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080807mendelcosta.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808070807abebeoped.html An Ethiopian-Israeli journalist argues that the Falash Mura are Ethiopian Christians who are exploiting American Jewish ignorance to win Israeli citizenship, and bringing them to Israel impugns the Jewishness of real Ethiopian Jews. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808070807abebeoped.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808070807gordonoped.html The executive director of the North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry argues that the aliyah from Ethiopia must not cease, despite what the Israeli government says. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808070807gordonoped.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808070807epsteinoped.html Rabbi Jerome Epstein argues that American Jews must fulfill the mitzvah of redeeming captives by acting as God's messengers and bringing 8,700 Ethiopians to Israel. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808070807epsteinoped.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/200808050805falashmuraend.html An Ethiopian Airlines flight to Israel on Tuesday morning ended a major phase of Ethiopian aliyah begun in 2003 and totaling more than 17,000 immigrants. But advocates insist the aliyah will continue. Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808050805falashmuraend.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808050805successors.html Ehud Olmert's departure opens up the possibility of radical new directions in Israeli policy vis-a-vis the Palestinians, Syria and Iran. Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808050805successors.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808040804olmertchron.html From Knesset member to Jerusalem mayor to prime minister, Ehud Olmert's political life. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808040804olmertchron.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080804JewsOlympics07302008.html The following is a list of known Jewish athletes competing in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080804JewsOlympics07302008.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808030801reddeadcanalnews.html The World Bank is conducting a $14 million study of a plan to build a canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. Environmentalists say the canal idea is a risky proposition to save the Dead Sea, which is rapidly shrinking. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808030801reddeadcanalnews.html http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808030801deadseaoped1.html Environmentalist Gidon Bromberg argues that the way to save the Dead Sea is by restoring freshwater flow from a rehabilitated Jordan River, not building an ecologically risky channel from the Red Sea. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200808030801deadseaoped1.html