Friday, 8 May 2009


AIPAC gets ripped from both sides as it navigates Bibi-Obama gaps

Days after AIPAC's apparent success navigating the churning waters between the Obama and Netanyahu administrations, the pro-Israel lobby is getting criticized from Jewish groups on both sides of the political spectrum. Read more »

Peres, the optimist

Thirteen years after the two faced off in a heated race for prime minister, Shimon Peres is still an optimist and Benjamin Netanahu is still a skeptic, but now the two are partners. Read more »

The case of Sam Goldstein and the swine flu vaccine

The widow of a Jewish Paralympian who died in 1977 from a swine flu vaccine says Americans should think twice before signing up to be vaccinated. Read more »

Breaking News

A Connecticut man who allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend also may be on the hunt for Jews, police said.
A mock trial competition will alter its schedule so a team from a Boston Jewish day school can participate without having to compete on Shabbat.
An Israeli soldier was killed during an operation near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Shimon Peres said Israel has high regard for the U.N. secretary-general but that it "cannot accept one word" of a newly released report.
The state of Montana has its first mikveh.
Rabbi Moshe Rose, who worked to rebuild Europe's Jewish community in the wake of the Holocaust, has died.
The parliament of the European Union reaffirmed its commitment to keep kosher animal slaughter legal.
A Palestinian man was killed at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron when he refused police orders to halt.
Activists from the kibbutz movement blocked a Gaza border crossing to prevent the transfer of millions of shekels to the Palestinians.
An Israeli woman who recently returned from Mexico is Israel's sixth case of swine flu.
A suburban Baltimore JCC may open on Shabbat afternoons for the first time, pending a vote of the full board of trustees.
John Demjanjuk is appealing his deportation order to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Israeli and Ukrainian delegations met in Kiev to discuss developing ties between the countries and the Middle East situation.

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