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Israel celebrates Yom Ha'Atzmaut

Israel celebrates its 62nd birthday during a Yom Ha'Atzmaut ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, April 19, 2010. (Abir Sultan / Flash 90 / JTA)

Israelis packed roads and national parks to mark their country's 62nd birthday. Read more »

Making aliyah in the golden years

Increasing numbers of American are choosing to immigrate to Israel as senior citizens, realizing lifelong dreams of living in Israel. Read more »

-Ed: Jews must stay on visionary Obama's side

President Obama is listening to the American-Jewish community on the Middle East and is precisely the kind of leader the Jewish people need now, writes a member of J Street's advisory board. Read more »

Op-Ed: Palin's policies reflect Americans' spirit on Israel

A Jewish community organizer who is joining with others to launch a national organization of Jewish Americans for Sarah Palin says the former Alaska governor has emerged as the leading public voice opposing President Obama's dangerous new direction on U.S. foreign policy. Read more » Editors' Picks A muted celebration for Israel (N.Y. Times) Despite signs of economic vitality and public health that would make most countries green with envy, Israelis are beset with deep existential worry, writes Ethan Bronner on Israel's 62nd birthday. Life for Rubashkin? (Cutting Edge News) Edwin Black deconstructs the claim by federal prosecutors that kosher meatpacking executive Sholom Rubashkin deserves life in prison. The last zipper man (N.Y. Times) A Jewish refugee from the Nazis survived outsourcing to China and the Sept. 11 attacks to become the last major zipper dealer in New York City. Tony Judt on American Jews (N.Y. Review of Books) American Jews must transcend their Holocaust obsession, writes the author of a controversial 2003 essay on Israel. Jewish student elected to council (L.A. Jewish Journal) A Jewish high-schooler became the youngest person ever elected to a neighborhood council in Los Angeles. Breaking News The Obama administration "condemned in the strongest terms" Syria's alleged transfer of arms to Hezbollah and suggested that Syria's actions would affect renewed bilateral relations. Social networking sites present a new and dangerous medium for spreading anti-Semitism, panelists told a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee. A Jewish group in South Africa still plans to protest if Richard Goldstone attends his grandson's bar mitzvah. Israel included a Reform rabbi for the first time in launching its Independence Day celebrations. Wrestler Bill Goldberg and Olympic swimmer Jason Lezak were among seven inductees into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. An Israeli student group distributed a Yizkor memorial prayer with an additional passage that attacks leftists and conscientious objectors. Three national Jewish groups urged Arizona's governor to veto a bill that would force local authorities to enforce federal immigration law.