A groundbreaking took place for a center for Jewish life dedicated to Yitzhak Rabin at the University of California at Los Angeles. The event for the $6 million center, which is expected to house, among other things, a chapel, a computer center and a kosher kitchen, as well as a center for interethnic programs, occurred on the third yahrzeit of the slain prime minister. The building is expected to be completed in the year 2000.
A Season of Big Decisions. From the Knesset campaign to American midterms, Jewish communities are weighing what comes next. Help JTA keep delivering the deeper context.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.