http://www.jta.org/news/ en zsilberman@washingtonjewishweek.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-09T22:54:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2012/02/08/3091578/what-would-an-attack-on-israel-look-like-video http://www.jta.org/site/what-would-an-attack-on-israel-look-like-video/#When:16:03:00Z A video called "The Last Day" that imagines what a future attack on Israel might look like is going viral, with more than 100,000 views since it was uploaded 10 days ago. 2012-02-08T16:03:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2012/02/03/3091507/bris-competition-how-many-foreskins-ya-got http://www.jta.org/site/bris-competition-how-many-foreskins-ya-got/#When:17:18:00Z Back in August, we ran a news item about a mohel in Ukraine who performed his 4,500th circumcision. According to Chabad, which was the source for the story, the mohel, Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rabbi Yaacov Gaissinovitch, performed 22 in a single day at a Jewish summer camp in Dnepropetrovsk (on Jewish boys who had never been circumcised as infants). 2012-02-03T17:18:00-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/02/02/3091491/orthodox-union-has-found-solution-to-orthodoxys-problems-houston http://www.jta.org/site/orthodox-union-has-found-solution-to-orthodoxys-problems-houston/#When:20:41:00Z In a first-of-its-kind partnership, the Orthodox Union is working with some prominent Modern Orthodox Jews in Houston to promote America’s fourth-largest city as a more affordable, pleasant and viable alternative to life in the dense Orthodox Jewish communities of New York. Frontpage Lead Image, U.S., Lead Headline 2012-02-02T20:41:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2012/01/31/3091450/birthright-funny http://www.jta.org/site/birthright-funny/#When:21:45:00Z This season of "Eretz Nehederet," Israel’s version of "Saturday Night Live," features a running parody of a Birthright trip to Israel that mocks American Jews for their enthusiasm and naivite (and obesity and JAPpiness, of course) and Israelis for their gold-digging and trigger fingers. Chuckle along: 2012-01-31T21:45:00-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/01/30/3091409/alexander-levins-got-a-name-and-cash-but-does-he-have-a-plan http://www.jta.org/site/alexander-levins-got-a-name-and-cash-but-does-he-have-a-plan/#When:15:31:00Z The newest international Jewish organization has a name, the World Forum for Russian Jewry, but not much else -- yet. Frontpage Lead Image, World, Sub Headline, Teasers 2012-01-30T15:31:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2012/01/27/3091381/alexander-levins-got-a-name-but-does-he-have-a-plan http://www.jta.org/site/alexander-levins-got-a-name-but-does-he-have-a-plan/#When:16:10:00Z Ukrainian Jewish leader and real estate mogul Alexander L. Levin came to New York this week to launch the latest international Jewish organization with a grandiose name. Called the World Forum for Russian Jewry, this one aims to harness the power of Russian-speaking Jews the world over.  2012-01-27T16:10:00-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/01/24/3091336/obama-assassination-column-raises-question-why-do-some-jews-see-obama-as-so-sinister http://www.jta.org/site/obama-assassination-column-raises-question-why-do-some-jews-see-obama-as-so-sinister/#When:19:54:00Z While few Jewish critics of Barack Obama might go as far as the publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times did in a recent column that included a passage about assassinating the president, it doesn’t take much looking to find Jewish detractors of Obama who believe he has sinister motives when it comes to the Jews and Israel. Frontpage Sub Headline, Politics, Sub Headline, Teasers 2012-01-24T19:54:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2012/01/19/3091274/netanyahu-doth-protest-too-much http://www.jta.org/site/netanyahu-doth-protest-too-much/#When:21:21:00Z Well, did he or didn’t he? 2012-01-19T21:21:00-05:00