http://www.jta.org/user/profile/28233 en-us mbrodsky@jta.org Copyright {gmt_entry_date format="%Y-%m-%dT;%H:%i:%s%Q"} http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/purim-basket_0/purim_basket2_m.jpg http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/purim-basket_0/purim_basket2_m.jpg Discount Purim basket with a rich theme: Products purchased at a 99 Cents Only Store connect to characters in the Purim story. 2012-02-09UTC20:50:34 http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/scn_0/SCN3_m.png http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/scn_0/SCN3_m.png A poster campaign sponsored in part by the Jewish community's Security Community Network urges Jews to keep an eye out for suspicious objects. U.S. intelligence officials are saying the likelihood of an Iranian-backed attack on U.S. soil has increased. 2012-02-05UTC19:40:02 http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/peres_1/peres_m.jpg http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/peres_1/peres_m.jpg President Shimon Peres has a kiss for an Ethiopian student at the Amit Reishit School in Jerusalem, where he was inspired to write a song in tribute to the Ethiopian Israeli community after listening to the school's choir, Jan. 12, 2012. 2012-01-24UTC18:33:23 http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/menachem-rosensaft_0/Menachem_Rosensaft_m.jpg http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/menachem-rosensaft_0/Menachem_Rosensaft_m.jpg Menachem Z. Rosensaft 2012-01-19UTC15:40:25 http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/foxman_1/foxman_m.jpg http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/foxman_1/foxman_m.jpg Abraham H. Foxman 2012-01-09UTC20:21:58 http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/rick-santorum_0/rick_santorum_m.jpg http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/rick-santorum_0/rick_santorum_m.jpg Rick Santorum, shown speaking to Iowa high-school students in West Des Moines on Jan. 3, 2012, is reaching out to pro-Israel donors to boost his campaign following his strong showing in the state's caucuses. 2012-01-08UTC23:29:10 http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/strait-of-hormuz_0/strait_of_hormuz_m.jpg http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/strait-of-hormuz_0/strait_of_hormuz_m.jpg The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, part of the 5th Fleet, transits through the Strait of Hormuz, Oct. 9 2011. Iran has threatened to shut off the strait, through which much of the world's oil travels, if it faces new sanctions. 2012-01-02UTC20:36:58 http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/north-korea_0/North_Korea3_m.jpg http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/north-korea_0/North_Korea3_m.jpg Jack Rosen, second from left, the chairman of the American Council for World Jewry, in Pyongyang with a top North Korean official and other members of an ACWJ delegation in this undated 2009 photo. 2011-12-22UTC18:22:32 http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/north-korea_0/north_korea_m.jpg http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/north-korea_0/north_korea_m.jpg Republic of Korea soldiers stand guard at the border, keeping their eye on a North Korean soldier, July 13, 2011. Jack Rosen, a Jewish leader who visited North Korea twice in recent years, says the West should seize the transition after Kim Jong Il's death as an opportunity for outreach. 2011-12-22UTC16:19:05 http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/taos_0/ernierhoda_for_Taos_m.jpg http://multimedia.jta.org/images/multimedia/taos_0/ernierhoda_for_Taos_m.jpg Ernie Blake, founder of Taos Ski Valley, with his wife, Rhoda, in an undated photo. 2011-12-21UTC22:25:28