JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel remembered its more than 25,000 fallen soldiers and terror victims with the sounding of a siren and memorial ceremonies. Yom Hazikaron, or Memorial Day, began in Israel on Sunday night with the two-minute sounding of the...
By all measurements that suggest greatness, Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, is a remarkable man. Beginning with President Lyndon Baines Johnson, he has proved to be a highly respected advisor to several presidents including a stint as Jimmy Carter’s...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — History will remember former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for relentlessly facing down communism and helping to turn back more than three decades of socialist advance in her country.
With her term of office as JCC Jewish enrichment director nearing its end, Debbie Pesses will be handling her final Yom Hashoah Community Memorial event this Sunday evening, April 7, beginning at 7:00 p.m. The powerful event will be opened...
Event organizers for Saturday night’s “Hawaiian Paradise,” a luau-themed fundraiser of the Greater New Orleans Chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), are looking to increase numbers of attendees.
Marisa Kahn, co-chair of this year’s annual event to...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — For a trip that U.S. officials had cautioned was not about getting “deliverables,” President Obama’s apparent success during his Middle East trip at getting Israel and Turkey to reconcile has raised some hopes for...
The beauty and elegance of the opulent Audubon Tea Room set the stage for honoring Dr. Julius Levy, Jr., as the recipient of the eighth annual Roger Bissinger Memorial Award at Federation’s 2013 Campaign Celebration. Allan Bissinger, made the...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — President Obama had three goals for his first presidential trip to Israel. He wanted to persuade Israelis that the United States is committed to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. He wanted to...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conveyed broad consensus on Israel’s top security priorities following a meeting in Jerusalem. In statements presented Wednesday evening at the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem, Obama and Netanyahu emphasized...
TEL AVIV (JTA) — President Obama began his first presidential visit to Israel with an airport speech calling the United States the “strongest ally and greatest friend” of Israel.
“Why does the U.S. stand with Israel?” Obama asked the crowd at...
