Donate

New York

The New York Jewish Week is the home of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s New York coverage.

Sign up here to get a daily email with New York City Jewish news.

Tel Aviv — As Israel’s election campaign heads into its final weeks, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will take off his gloves to protect his lead, said a campaign consultant. With front-runner Kadima sagging in the polls, though still holding a commanding lead, Olmert’s centrist party plans to go on the offensive against Likud Chairman […]

By
Advertisement

“Conservative Rabbis To Vote on Gay Issues,” trumpeted The Forward last week, inaccurately, about a meeting this week. More correctly (though still less than completely) The New York Times followed Monday with a story headlined: “Conservative Jews to Consider Ending a Ban on Same-Sex Unions and Gay Rabbis.” In truth, it will almost certainly be […]

Three days after the Olympic torch in the center of Turin was extinguished last week, marking the end of the XX Winter Olympics, another Olympic torch relay began in the streets of Italy. This torch is part of the Paralympics (the “parallel Olympics” for the physically challenged) that will be held in Turin and the […]

No more posts to load.

Advertisement