Local NewsCardin School Celebrates Gala The Shoshana S. Cardin School held a special gala event on Wednesday, October 21, to honor and thank Marlene and… Lights Go Out On Baltimore’s Chanukah House For Sale By Owner: One of a kind home in the Cross Country area of Baltimore with almost 6,800 sq.… Obit: Dr. Scott Lesser Walking into Dr. Scott L. and Lesley E. Lesser’s Stevenson home, one has to pass through a “neighborhood” all of… Parents Struggle To Navigate H1N1 For several days, Hannah Weiss, a fifth-grade student at Krieger Schechter Day School, complained of headaches, but there were no… |
National NewsTwo Jailed for Torah Theft in TexasTwo men were arrested for allegedly stealing a Torah scroll from a Texas synagogue. Derrick Randall Nelms, 19, and James… J Street Confab Shows Generational Divide on IsraelAfter all the arguing in recent weeks over J Street, one thing was clear at the inaugural conference of the… A New Kristallnacht In The Making?On November 9, 1938, a massive nation-wide anti-Jewish pogrom took place during peacetime across the entire territory of the Third… Despite Progress, Obama Hesitant About Netanyahu MeetingWith President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to appear at the same convention of Jewish activists, and… |
International NewsJewish KGB Spy Murdered in MoscowA Jewish KGB agent who spied on Israel and later became a business mogul in Russia was murdered in Moscow. …more... Ahmadinejad: Iran Ready for Nuclear CooperationMahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran is ready to cooperate with the West on its nuclear program. The West has “moved from… Wikipedia Striving for Balance on Divisive IssuesFrom January’s war in Gaza to Holocaust denial, the world’s largest collaborative encyclopedia has become a battlefield over history. Yet… Yemen Operation is Happily Out in the OpenAfter months of stressing the need for silence, two major Jewish organizations and a former Bush administration official are embracing… |
Israel NewsEthiopian Jews Mark Sigd Holiday with PeresEthiopian Jews celebrated the Sigd holiday with Shimon Peres at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. It was the first time… Jews, Palestinians Scuffle Over E. Jerusalem HomeJewish Israelis moved into the home of a Palestinian family in eastern Jerusalem after a court ruled that it was… JNF Aims to Turn Israel Diamonds from Rough to ReadyPeople historically have associated the Jewish National Fund with planting trees in Israel. Now the century-old charity is also working… Arrest of Jewish Terrorist Raises QuestionsAfter the news broke in Israel that a West Bank settler was charged with murdering two Palestinians in 1997 and… |