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Jewish groups, Israel mobilizing aid for Haiti quake

Searching for survivors of the massive earthquake in Haiti, Port-au-Prince residents work their way through the rubble. (Logan Abassi / UN / Creative Commons)

As the death toll mounts in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake in Haiti, the organized Jewish world is lining up support for the rescue and relief effort in the region. Read more »

Attack on Crete synagogue carries special meaning

The bar of soap hurled by attackers against a synagogue they desecrated in Crete was a diabolically mixed metaphor: Soap usually symbolizes purity and godliness, but in this twisted context it spelled hatred and death. Read more » Breaking News HIAS has called on the U.S. government to grant temporary protected status to Haitians currently in the United States. A Tel Aviv polygamist cult leader living with at least 17 women and his 38 children was arrested on suspicion of abuses ranging from enslavement to rape. Canada is redirecting its Palestinian aid away from a United Nations agency and toward specific projects. Israel has stayed the deportation of a Jewish-American journalist working for a Palestinian news agency. An Israeli baby was injured when Palestinians threw rocks at the car in which she was riding. A coming-of-age novel about an Israeli girl whose family relocates to Staten Island is among the winners of the 2010 Sydney Taylor Book Awards for Jewish children's literature. Rabbi Murray Saltzman, a national figure in the civil rights movement and spiritual leader at the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation for nearly two decades, has died. The Forward will publish an Israel edition. Boston Red Sox infielder Kevin Youkilis was voted the top Jewish baseball player of the decade in online balloting. Israel will be the guest of honor at the 17th International Festival of Books in Budapest.