LOS ANGELES (JTA) — It’s that time of year, when Jewish institutions pull out their 2013-14 calendars and fill them with events. Many of the programs are very good, with clever names and slick marketing: Jews and Brews, for young Federation leadership; L’mazeltov, for expectant parents; Torah and Tacos, for synagogue members who favor a… More ▸
The executive directors of two major foundations argue that despite the economic downturn the Jewish community must continue to fund innovative startup organizations. More ▸
TEL AVIV — The trial of Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian militia leader accused of orchestrating terrorist attacks that left scores of Israelis dead, opens in a Tel Aviv court. MONTREAL Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancels a speech at Montreal’s Concordia University after pro-Palestinian rioters wreak havoc. Police fire tear gas as protesters throw… More ▸
Ben Gallob, a longtime editor at the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, has died. He was 83. Born in Minneapolis on May 23, 1914, Gallob earned a degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota. He worked for United Press International in Minneapolis, Chicago and Detroit as well as the National Jewish Post & Opinion in Indianapolis…. More ▸
Mollie Golub of New York, a lawyer and honorary national president of AMIT Women, died here Monday at the age of 87. She had been active in the religious women’s Zionist movement for more than 40 years at the local, regional and national levels. Golub served as national president of AMIT, formerly American Mizrachi Women,… More ▸
The opposition of the American Jewish community to any pro-school prayer amendment to the Constitution was re-emphasized today in a letter signed by more than 250 experts in constitutional law and in a statement issued by the constituent agencies of the Leadership Conference of National Jewish Women’s Organizations. With President Reagan personally leading a fight… More ▸
Ambassador Meir Rosenne of Israel accused Egypt of violating its peace treaty with Israel. “Israel is worried and concerned over Egypt’s refusal to send back its Ambassador to Israel,” the envoy told the American Mizrachi Women’s national convention last night at the Sheraton Centre. Egypt recalled its Ambassador, Saad Mortada, after the massacre by Christian… More ▸
In a tremendous display of Jewish unity and solidarity with Israel, tens of thousands of people lined a 30-block stretch of Fifth Avenue here today to view the some 75,000 marchers, 25 marching bands and several dozen elaborately decorated colorful floats participating in the 19th annual Salute to Israel Parade. “Here in this city, and… More ▸
Leaders of 12 major Jewish women’s organizations have launched an effort to see to it that the United Nations End Decade Conference on Women, slated to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1985 is not taken over by disruptive elements who would make it a forum for airing Middle East disputes. Beverly Minkoff, president of… More ▸
Sir Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of Britain and the Commonwealth, declared today that the findings of the judicial commission of inquiry into the Beirut refugee camps massacre “has demonstrated a commitment to justice and moral values unique amongst the contemporary nations or indeed, in human history.” The Chief Rabbi observed, “However the tribunal’s findings will… More ▸
