http://www.jta.org/news/ en zsilberman@washingtonjewishweek.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-09T22:54:00-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/02/03/3091509/komen-reverses-course-on-planned-parenthood-but-supporters-still-upset http://www.jta.org/site/komen-reverses-course-on-planned-parenthood-but-supporters-still-upset/#When:17:57:00Z Though Susan G. Komen for the Cure reversed itself, the widespread outrage sparked by its decision to drop funding of mammograms by Planned Parenthood is a sign of the passions surrounding women's health and reproduction issues. Politics, Lead Headline, U.S., Teasers 2012-02-03T17:57:00-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/01/30/3091420/jews-grapply-with-controversial-fracking-procedure http://www.jta.org/site/jews-grapply-with-controversial-fracking-procedure/#When:20:05:00Z In the Jewish community, the fracking debate pits two established communal policy objectives against one another: protection of the environment vs. the desire to achieve independence from Arab energy sources. Frontpage Sub Headline, U.S., Lead Headline, Teasers 2012-01-30T20:05:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2012/01/24/3091340/andrew-adler-apologizes http://www.jta.org/site/andrew-adler-apologizes/#When:21:10:00Z Andrew Adler, the beleaguered former publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, apologized—again—for the column he wrote earlier this month which seemed to suggest Israel ought to consider assassinating the president of the United States for being insufficiently resolute in confronting Iran. 2012-01-24T21:10:00-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/01/24/3091330/mystery-swirls-around-judaic-manuscripts-discovered-in-afghanistan http://www.jta.org/site/mystery-swirls-around-judaic-manuscripts-discovered-in-afghanistan/#When:16:04:00Z It's nearly impossible to know who holds a trove of Jewish manuscripts recovered in Afghanistan, how much they are worth or how they were acquired. But everyone agrees they are of incalculable historic value. Frontpage Lead Image, World, Lead Headline 2012-01-24T16:04:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2012/01/23/3091304/heschel-on-heschel http://www.jta.org/site/heschel-on-heschel/#When:15:01:00Z Susanna Heschel talks with radio host Tavis Smiley about her sabbatical year in Berlin and her father, the late rabbi and civil rights activist Abraham Joshua Heschel.  2012-01-23T15:01:00-05:00