http://www.jta.org/news/ en moster@jta.org Copyright 2010 2010-03-21T20:21:00-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2005/08/24/13176/Almostbyaccident http://www.jta.org/site/Almostbyaccident/#When:04:00:01Z Pianist Irving Fields' life story seems to reflect not only his strong Jewish identity but also his use of Jewishness and music as passports to the larger world — geographically, interpersonally and creatively. 2005-08-24T04:00:01-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2005/05/09/12802/Iraqipoliticianss http://www.jta.org/site/Iraqipoliticianss/#When:04:00:01Z For daring to visit Israel, Mithal Al-Alusi has paid with more than his life: It cost him his two sons. Yet he continues to argue that the new Iraq should reach out to Israel as a democracy facing a constant threat of terrorism. 2005-05-09T04:00:01-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2004/07/07/11714/Teenonteentalkan http://www.jta.org/site/Teenonteentalkan/#When:04:00:01Z Several programs are addressing drug addiction in the Jewish community, particularly among youth, a focus that is long overdue, educators and experts say. 2004-07-07T04:00:01-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/1999/11/30/12170/Jewishcommunityhel http://www.jta.org/site/Jewishcommunityhel/#When:04:00:01Z With the help of a Russian Jewish organization, a young, non-Jewish girl injured in the Chechen siege of a school in Russia, gets free medical treatment and lodging in New York. 1999-11-30T04:00:01-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/1999/11/30/12256/Seeinglinkstotoda http://www.jta.org/site/Seeinglinkstotoda/#When:04:00:01Z A New York Holocaust museum honored Jewish veterans of World War II, who took the opportunity to celebrate with their comrades in arms and to compare what one attendee called a war "without moral ambiguity" to the complex conflicts of the presen 1999-11-30T04:00:01-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/1999/11/30/12364/Teachersgobackto http://www.jta.org/site/Teachersgobackto/#When:04:00:01Z A seminar coordinated by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous helps educators learn how to teach the Holocaust so that their students will better understand how this genocide could happen. 1999-11-30T04:00:01-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/1999/11/30/12365/Itwasskinandbon http://www.jta.org/site/Itwasskinandbon/#When:04:00:01Z With the Jan. 27 anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz approaching, Allied soldiers who liberated the concentration camps feel an urgency to testify about what they saw. 1999-11-30T04:00:01-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/1999/11/30/13175/CDrereleaseexplor http://www.jta.org/site/CDrereleaseexplor/#When:04:00:01Z The re-release of "Bagels and Bongos," a 1959 album of traditional Jewish tunes adapted to sultry Latin rhythms, may tap into the American Jewish interest in Latin music — and even stimulate new explorations of Jewish identity. 1999-11-30T04:00:01-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/1999/11/30/13413/JewishvotersinNew http://www.jta.org/site/JewishvotersinNew/#When:04:00:01Z Michael Bloomberg, New York City´s Republican incumbent mayor, sailed to an overwhelming victory in the city´s mayoral election, with a large boost from New York´s Jewish voters. 1999-11-30T04:00:01-05:00