Western Wall prayer fight ends with historic compromise
By Ben Sales TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israel’s government on Sunday January 31, approved a compromise to expand the non-Orthodox Jewish prayer section of the Western…
Politics
Jewish groups back Obama on gun control initiatives
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jewish groups praised new executive actions by President Barack Obama to reduce gun violence. On Tuesday January 5, in an emotional White…
Op-Ed: Israel’s Justice Minister says NGO law protects Israel from existential threats
By Ayelet Shaked JERUSALEM (JTA) — In 1914, Robert Frost published his poem “Mending Wall,” where he coined the maxim, “Good fences make good neighbors.”…
Former Canadian Justice Min. Irwin Cotler honoured by World Jewish Congress, ICJP in Jerusalem
Last month former Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler was honoured for his outstanding contributions by World Jewish Congress and the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians…
As the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, I can’t stay silent about Islamophobia
By Wendy Wisner (Kveller via JTA) — When I was growing up, my father’s parents lived half a world away in Israel. I only met…