WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League signed a letter initiated by Native American groups urging broadcasters to avoid saying the name of the Redskins, the NFL’s Washington franchise.
“Some might argue that objectivity requires broadcasters to continue promoting the racial...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he would break his government’s unity agreement with Hamas if Hamas does not allow the unity government to operate in Gaza.
“We won’t accept a partnership with them if the situation...
NEW YORK (JTA) — A new partnership has launched to enable the purchase of kosher “fair trade” coffee, tea and chocolate while supporting Jewish communal efforts on human trafficking and worker justice.
The Jewish Fair Trade Partnership allows individuals and...
BALTIMORE (JTA) – Blocking brothers, a college star seeking success in the pros, a fullback who hasn’t had a carry in four seasons and a couple of ace special teamers are among the Jewish players on NFL...
There is no Star of David atop its state-of-the-art facility, but Tulane University’s new Yulman Stadium, the 30,000-seat football arena that opens to the public for the first time tomorow, has many Jewish benefactors and promoters to...
(JNS.org) — In yet another gruesome display of cruelty, the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS) terrorist group released a video earlier this week showing the beheading of American-Jewish journalist Steven Sotloff. This was the second...
(JTA) — The spokesman for the family of murdered Jewish-American journalist Steven Sotloff challenged the leader of the ISIS jihadist group to debate the peaceful teachings of the Koran.
Barak Barfi, a friend of Sotloff’s, released a statement on behalf...
(JNS.org) — He was part hippie, part yippie, part beatnik, and part New Age,”wrote Elli Wohlgelernter in a Jerusalem Post eulogy in 1994, following the Oct. 20 passing of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.
