http://www.jta.org/news/ en zsilberman@washingtonjewishweek.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-09T22:54:00-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2008/12/01/1001270/israelis-stress-while-stranded-in-bangkok http://www.jta.org/site/israelis-stress-while-stranded-in-bangkok/#When:21:59:00Z Political demonstrations have shut the Thai capital's two commercial airports for days, leaving Israelis to bide their time and try to reassure their families back home. Middle East, World 2008-12-01T21:59:00-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2008/10/06/110552/AnneFrankCambodia10062008 http://www.jta.org/site/AnneFrankCambodia10062008/#When:09:00:01Z The famed Holocaust memoir, translated into Khmer, strikes an all-too-familiar theme for a people who felt the genocidal wrath of a despotic regime. World 2008-10-06T09:00:01-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2008/07/06/109351/Cambodia70508 http://www.jta.org/site/Cambodia70508/#When:09:00:01Z Bernie Krisher, a German native who came to identify with long-suffering Cambodians through his experience as a refugee from the Holocaust, brings a never-say-die chutzpah to help one of Asia's poorest lands. World 2008-07-06T09:00:01-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2006/09/19/14473/Israelisseekshelte http://www.jta.org/site/Israelisseekshelte/#When:09:00:01Z As more than a dozen tanks were encircling Thailand’s Parliament building in a military coup d’etat, hundreds of Israeli backpackers were seeking shelter in the local Chabad House a mile or so away. 2006-09-19T09:00:01-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2006/01/12/13602/ForAmericanJewin http://www.jta.org/site/ForAmericanJewin/#When:10:00:01Z An American-born Jew raised in Thailand has produced a best-selling map of Bangkok — and other of his favorite sites in Southeast Asia — with tips for living it up like the locals. 2006-01-12T10:00:01-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2005/09/28/13312/IsraeliThaiboxers http://www.jta.org/site/IsraeliThaiboxers/#When:09:00:01Z Three young Israelis distinguished themselves at a prestigious Thai boxing competition in Bangkok. 2005-09-28T09:00:01-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/1999/11/30/13919/Foronechildofsur http://www.jta.org/site/Foronechildofsur/#When:10:00:01Z Tuol Sleng, now a museum, is Cambodia's version of Auschwitz. To the son of survivors it is not only a harrowing experience but an eye-opener. 1999-11-30T10:00:01-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/1999/11/30/12825/ChabadofThailands http://www.jta.org/site/ChabadofThailands/#When:10:00:01Z Following a worldwide toy drive, Chabad of Thailand held a festival in Phuket to give toys to children whose lives have been devastated by the Southeast Asian tsunami. 1999-11-30T10:00:01-05:00