Deaths on Gaza border hand Hamas a PR victory and Israel an angry internal debate
By Marcy Oster JERUSALEM (JTA) — When the smoke from the rifles of Israeli sharpshooters and the firebombs thrown by Gaza Palestinians cleared in the…
International
In European Jewry’s longest-running song contest, Israel is always a winner
By Cnaan Liphshiz AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Each spring, the televised Eurovision song contest captivates the continent in ways that outsiders can never hope to understand….
Curing infertility after chemotherapy: This Israeli-Arab scientist may have the key
By Larry Luxner REHOVOT, Israel — When Jacob Hanna announced to his family that he planned on becoming a doctor, nobody was surprised. Both Hanna’s…
Recognizing exemplary bravery of a Dutch family for hiding Jewish people from the Nazis
(Edmonton) – The Canadian Society for Yad Vashem and the Consulate General of Israel in Toronto and Western Canada recognized the Righteous Among the Nations…
‘Righteous’ Poles ask Israel and Poland to return to ‘path of dialogue and reconciliation’
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — A letter signed by a group of 50 Poles honored by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations has appealed to…