JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli daily newspaper Maariv reportedly was sold to the publisher of the right wing nationalist newspaper Makor Rishon. The $21 million sale, which does not include Maariv’s debts or publishing house, will be completed by October, the...
NEW YORK (JTA) – When Rabbi Asher Lopatin takes over the helm of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah next summer, he may try to pull off something of a football move at the Modern Orthodox rabbinical school: Look left...
As part of its opening luncheon, the New Orleans Chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women’s (NCJW) will present its coveted 2012 Harold G. Salmon Award to Ina Weber Davis will be receiving today. Davis, a former president of NCJW...
Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans executive director Michael Weil announced today that the Jewish Federations of North America’s Emergency Committee in New York has set up an emergency assistance fund to benefit residents of the area who have experienced...
Selichot refers to a series of piyyutim (penitential prayers) that are read as part of a service prior to the High Holidays. Oftentimes the service is also called Selichot and in Sephardic tradition, the reading of Selichot prayers begin on...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (JTA) — Republicans and Democrats may not have much common ground this election year, yet their national conventions shared one feature: Both gatherings were blessed from the podium by prominent American rabbis. The Democrats had...
BALTIMORE (JTA) – Art Modell, former owner of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens and the Cleveland Browns, has died. The 87-year-old Modell, a pioneer of the National Football League’s partnership with television networks, died Thursday of natural causes at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (JTA) — Democrats are returning language affirming Jerusalem as Israel’s capital to their party platform at President Obama’s behest, a Jewish campaign surrogate told JTA. Two sources confirmed to JTA that the party’s platform committee...
CHATTANOOGA, TN. (JTA) — Sometimes, Benjamin Rosenthal thinks about leaving the small town of Indianola, Miss., pop. 11,000, where he spent most of his life. “It’s very easy to lose your identity in the Bible Belt in a...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Egypt withdrew some 20 tanks from Sinai in response to Israel’s security concerns, according to an unnamed Egyptian official. The official spoke Monday to The Associated Press about the withdrawal, which comes a month after Egyptian troops, including...
