http://www.jta.org/user/profile/21774 Ami Eden is the editor in chief of JTA. en-us aeden@jta.org Copyright {gmt_entry_date format="%Y-%m-%dT;%H:%i:%s%Q"} http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/jfna_0/shapiro_m.png http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/jfna_0/shapiro_m.png Dan Shapiro, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, reviews Israel's short-range anti-missile program Iron Dome, Aug. 9, 2011. Shapiro says U.S.-Israel defense programs like Iron Dome have brought the two nations closer. 2011-11-15UTC21:58:42 http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/book_0/oy_oy_m.JPG http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/book_0/oy_oy_m.JPG Israel Bond is the slapstick spy at the center of four books written by Sol Weinsten in the 1960s. 2011-11-13UTC00:38:33 http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/halloween-masks_0/anthony1_m.jpg http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/halloween-masks_0/anthony1_m.jpg This Anthony Weiner costume, with a not-for-kids below-the-belt accessory, is a hit. Meanwhile, the Bernie Madoff mask is slumping this year. 2011-10-28UTC05:52:15 http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/halloween-masks_0/madoffhigher_m.jpg http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/halloween-masks_0/madoffhigher_m.jpg Costume dealers say that sales of Bernie Madoff masks are way down in 2011. 2011-10-28UTC05:47:53 http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/kibbutz-torah_0/kibbutz_torah_m.png http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/kibbutz-torah_0/kibbutz_torah_m.png Residents of Kibbutz Beit Oron in dancing with their new Torah under a makeshift chuppah, July 2011. 2011-10-11UTC14:45:03 http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/6nobacon-seth-rogen_0/rogen_m.jpg http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/6nobacon-seth-rogen_0/rogen_m.jpg Seth Rogen launched the Jewish New Year by marrying his longtime girlfriend, Lauren Miller. 2011-10-07UTC00:14:02 http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/mordechai-eldar_0/Mordechai1_m.jpg http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/mordechai-eldar_0/Mordechai1_m.jpg Mordechai Eldar, shown here in November 1945 in Budapest, just over a year after his last-second reprieve from the Auschwitz gas chamber. 2011-10-06UTC22:14:12 http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/memphis-bbq-contest_0/_m http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/memphis-bbq-contest_0/_m Highlights from the 23rd annual Kosher BBQ Contest and Festival in Memphis, Tenn. 2011-09-23UTC15:43:49 http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/estee-portnoy_0/Estee_m.jpg http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/estee-portnoy_0/Estee_m.jpg Estee Portnoy, standing in front of a Michael Jordan jersey, understands the importance of a "brand refresh" through her longtime affiliation with the basketball legend. 2011-09-22UTC22:15:19 http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/estee-portnoy_0/BBYOlogos_m.jpg http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/estee-portnoy_0/BBYOlogos_m.jpg In creating BBYO's new logo, on top, the iconic menorah symbol was maintained, while asymmetrical lengths were added to the branches and heights of the flames to convey individuality through self-exploration. 2011-09-22UTC22:14:12