What to know about Jonathan Pollard’s upcoming release
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) – Jonathan Pollard, the American spy for Israel sentenced to life in prison in 1987, is due to be released…
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Disagreements behind them, Obama and Netanyahu get down to business
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) – It took agreeing to set aside differences on Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process for President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime…
Birthright founder Charles Bronfman to Reform Jews: Take back trips from Chabad
ORLANDO, Florida (JTA) – Birthright Israel co-founder Charles Bronfman called on the Reform movement to displace Chabad as the largest provider of Birthright trips to…
Canada to reprise role as ‘honest broker’ in Mideast, new foreign affairs minister says
TORONTO (JTA) — Canada’s just-elected Liberal government will stop making Israel a partisan issue, the country’s new foreign affairs minister said. Stephane Dion, a former…
A discussion with the Israeli Consul General to Toronto and Western Canada
by Deborah Shatz (EJNews) – Israel’s Consul General to Toronto and Western Canada made a rare visit to Edmonton on November 3, 2015 for a…