February 21, 2014

WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum’s tale of two cities

With Kiev in flames, it’s hard not to notice the stark contrasts between Jan Koum’s Ukrainian birthplace and his current Silicon Valley surroundings.

By Julie Wiener February 21, 2014 5:06 pm

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Elsewhere: Arab Spring’s scapegoats, Virginia prayer plea, haredi wedding photos

JTA rounds up noteworthy items from the Web.

February 21, 2014 4:47 pm

Seeking Kin: A cookbook’s jottings prompt a woman’s search

A Maryland woman purchases a Hungarian kosher cookbook that made it through the Holocaust to be given as a gift in a displaced persons camp.

February 21, 2014 4:25 pm

Connecting a 100-year-old woman and her father’s 300-year-old violin

By Toby Axelrod February 21, 2014 1:58 pm

Judith Butler cancels Jewish Museum talk over Israel controversy

February 21, 2014 11:28 am

Ramaz, Orthodox Manhattan high school, nixes Rashid Khalidi talk

February 21, 2014 10:28 am

Jerusalem disavows ambassador’s defense of Belarus political arrest

February 21, 2014 9:05 am

Vandals destroy copies of Anne Frank’s diary in Japan

February 21, 2014 9:00 am

Greek prosecutors seek to lift immunity from remaining Golden Dawn lawmakers

February 21, 2014 7:31 am

Businesses say Swiss firm falsely promised Jewish access

February 21, 2014 7:28 am

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