op/ed: My Reform colleagues were wrong on Jerusalem
By Ammiel Hirsch (JTA) — We were wrong. As Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky pointed out, “The Reform response to the recognition of Jerusalem was…
International
In Budapest, Hanukkah comes out of the shadows and onto the ice rink
By Cnaan Liphshiz BUDAPEST (JTA) — The outdoor ice skating rink — the largest in Central Europe — in Budapest’s city center has been part…
Sufganiyot get all the hype. But this humble Moroccan doughnut is Israel’s Hanukkah staple.
By Andrew Tobin TEL AVIV (JTA) – The sufganiyah is the plump, shining star of Hanukkah in Israel. During the holiday season, the famed jelly doughnut poses…
What Israel and the Palestinians make of Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem
By Andrew Tobin JERUSALEM (JTA) – Amid the global controversy over President Donald Trump’s recognition last week of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish…
Debates with Israel weigh on Reform movement’s largest-ever gathering
By Penny Schwartz BOSTON (JTA) – President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel became an unexpected agenda item as 6,000…