BLOG: 7 questions about the UN resolution
By Ami Eden NEW YORK (JTA) — Emotions are running high following the Obama administration’s decision to allow the U.N. Security Council to pass a…
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With US abstention, Israel again forced to face reality of world’s rejection of settlements
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) – Ahead of the unknowns a Trump administration will bring to American Middle East policy, the Obama administration allowed a bracing reminder…
Hanukkah message from Alberta Premier Rachel Notley
(Dec. 25, 2016) – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley issued the following statement to express her best wishes for Hanukkah: “Yesterday at sundown, the women, men…
Size matters: How a ‘largest menorah’ tiff landed two rabbis in Jewish court
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — Each year in Brooklyn, Chabad Rabbi Shimon Hecht ascends 33 and a half feet to light the tallest…
Chanukah is a time for rededication
By Rabbi Kliel Rose, (EJNews) – In just a few weeks from now we will be gathering with our family and friends to celebrate the…