http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php en plevin@jewishtimes.com Copyright 2008 2008-05-13T11:17:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/rice_pushes_mideast_peace/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/rice_pushes_mideast_peace/#When:03:00:00Z Condoleezza Rice keeps talking about building peace and a Palestinian state in the Middle East, but she’s still short on the building materials. The U.S. secretary of state’s most recent foray into Middle East shuttle diplomacy produced many of the same pledges of progress and warnings of what its absence would bring—but few tangible results. … News - Israel 2008-05-11T03:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/us_rabbi_tied_to_olmert_scandal/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/us_rabbi_tied_to_olmert_scandal/#When:03:00:01Z The apparent involvement of a pulpit rabbi turned businessman in a financial scandal that could fell Israel’s prime minister underscores the potentially perilous relationship Israeli politicians have with wealthy American Jewish supporters. During his days as mayor of Jerusalem, Ehud Olmert was well known for his ability to raise funds from Americans and other non-Israeli Jews.… News - Israel 2008-05-10T03:00:01-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/israeli_court_revokes_conversion/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/israeli_court_revokes_conversion/#When:16:32:00Z A recent rabbinic court ruling in Israel is prompting thousands of converts in the country to worry if their conversions to Judaism are at risk of being revoked. The ruling by Jerusalem’s supreme rabbinical court upheld the decision by an Ashdod rabbinical court two months ago to retroactively annul a woman’s conversion conducted 15 years ago… News - Israel 2008-05-09T16:32:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/israeli_music_strikes_chord_in_us/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/israeli_music_strikes_chord_in_us/#When:14:04:00Z Singing in unintelligible gibberish as her hands strike the darbuka drum with frantic intensity, the short, pretty brunette at center stage holds the audience transfixed as she reaches the song’s crescendo. When she sounds her final note, the audience rises for a standing ovation. Though it is her New York debut concert, Israeli singer-songwriter… News - Israel 2008-05-07T14:04:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/israel_charged_up_over_electric_cars/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/israel_charged_up_over_electric_cars/#When:19:20:00Z In a land of high gas prices and no oil resources, Israel is positioning itself to lead the world into the age of the electric car. With $200 million in funding from private investors and enthusiastic support from the Israeli government, a young Israeli high-tech multimillionaire, Shai Agassi, is laying the groundwork for Israel to become… News - Israel 2008-05-06T19:20:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/what_ifs_for_israels_annual_bible_quiz/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/what_ifs_for_israels_annual_bible_quiz/#When:15:30:00Z Should Bat El Levy be asked at Israel’s international youth Bible quiz next week about the messiah’s coming, she may find herself in a bind. The 17-year-old Jerusalem girl is a world-class scriptural scholar who, as it happens, believes in Jesus. It might never have been an issue were it not for the sleuthing… News - Israel 2008-05-05T15:30:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/amid_israels_60th_celebrations_critics_preparing_events/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/amid_israels_60th_celebrations_critics_preparing_events/#When:03:00:00Z As governments, Jewish communities and Israeli embassies across Europe prepare to celebrate Israel’s 60th birthday, a cadre of Israel critics is making a push to be heard. Muslim organizations across Europe are expected to mark the day as the anniversary of the Nakba—the Arabic term meaning “catastrophe” commonly used to refer to Israel’s independence and subsequent… News - Israel 2008-05-04T03:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/syria_israel_edging_closer_to_a_deal/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/syria_israel_edging_closer_to_a_deal/#When:03:00:00Z After several false starts over the past few years, Israel and Syria finally seem serious about peace negotiations. What’s changed? Both Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Syrian President Bashar Assad have gone public about their readiness for talks. An active and determined mediator, Turkey, has been accepted by both sides. And in a… News - Israel 2008-05-03T03:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/exodus_commander_dies_at_age_90/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/exodus_commander_dies_at_age_90/#When:15:39:00Z A white-haired former shipmate propped a gold-fringed, pale blue flag of the legendary Exodus ship next to the coffin of its commander, Yossi Harel. A short distance away sparkled the azure Mediterranean Sea, whose waters Harel sailed four times on clandestine journeys between 1945 and 1948. Those journeys brought a total of 24,000 Holocaust survivors to… News - Israel 2008-05-02T15:39:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/arabs_ease_up_on_israel_at_durban_ii_prep/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/arabs_ease_up_on_israel_at_durban_ii_prep/#When:18:58:00Z On a morning that began with charges that an Israeli shelling in Gaza had killed four Palestinian children and their mother—typically the kind of event that unleashes a torrent of anti-Israel condemnation at the United Nations—Arab and Muslim diplomats in this Swiss city remained focused on keeping the 2009 U.N. World Conference Against Racism on track. … News - Israel 2008-04-30T18:58:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/motorcyclists_rev_up_for_israels_60th/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/motorcyclists_rev_up_for_israels_60th/#When:18:56:00Z As Israel and the Diaspora gear up for the Jewish state’s 60th birthday, seven Australian Jews are tuning their engines for a ride to remember. They will join some 100 motorcyclists, mostly from Canada and Israel, for a two-week trip organized by the Israeli Motorbike Club to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and Israel’s diamond anniversary in… News - Israel 2008-04-29T18:56:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/a_15_year_plan_to_elevate_israel1/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/a_15_year_plan_to_elevate_israel1/#When:19:44:00Z At its 60th anniversary, Israel needs a new vision that not only will guide its priorities and inform its actions, but also will be relevant to the lives of all Israelis. This is why the ISRAEL 15 Vision, a Reut Institute plan that calls for Israel to become one of the 15 most developed nations within 15 years,… News - Israel 2008-04-28T19:44:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/a_15_year_plan_to_elevate_israel/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/a_15_year_plan_to_elevate_israel/#When:19:43:00Z At its 60th anniversary, Israel needs a new vision that not only will guide its priorities and inform its actions, but also will be relevant to the lives of all Israelis. This is why the ISRAEL 15 Vision, a Reut Institute plan that calls for Israel to become one of the 15 most developed nations within 15 years,… News - Israel 2008-04-28T19:43:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/israels_centrality_hinges_on_identity_technology_politics/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/israels_centrality_hinges_on_identity_technology_politics/#When:03:00:00Z Israel at 60 faces three major challenges: identity, technology, and politics. The future Israel will have to strive and struggle to maintain a credible role as the cultural and spiritual center of Jewish peoplehood. Demography will continue to play a fundamental role here, but the main challenge will be whether Israel can strengthen internal and transnational… News - Israel 2008-04-27T03:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/new_jersey_man_accused_of_spying_for_israel/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/new_jersey_man_accused_of_spying_for_israel/#When:03:00:00Z The arrest of a retired Jewish man in New Jersey on charges of transmitting classified information to Israel two decades ago shows how the Jonathan Pollard spy case continues to haunt the U.S.-Israel relationship. Ben-Ami Kadish, a former U.S. Army engineer, posted $300,000 bond in federal court Tuesday in Manhattan before being whisked away from a… News - Israel 2008-04-26T03:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/segway_inventor_brings_vision_to_israel/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/segway_inventor_brings_vision_to_israel/#When:16:05:00Z Dean Kamen, the multimillionaire inventor renowned for the Segway personal transporter, came to Israel with a message for teenagers—careers in science will help make them the rock stars of their generation. Taking a break from his current innovations, which include developing a robotic arm for U.S. war veterans injured in Iraq, Kamen brought his acclaimed international… News - Israel 2008-04-25T16:05:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/absentee_homeowners_petitioned_in_jerusalem/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/absentee_homeowners_petitioned_in_jerusalem/#When:18:33:00Z When the masses of visiting American Jews who own vacation homes in Israel’s capital leave Jerusalem to return home after Passover, they’ll be leaving behind mostly empty apartments—and frustrated Jerusalemites. While many Diaspora Jews consider their Israeli homes an important investment in the Jewish state, many locals say absentee homeowners have driven up market prices, drained… News - Israel 2008-04-23T18:33:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/nj_man_accused_of_spying_for_israel/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/nj_man_accused_of_spying_for_israel/#When:19:35:00Z The arrest this week of a retired a New Jersey man on charges of transmitting classified information to Israel two decades ago shows how the Jonathan Pollard spy case continues to haunt the U.S.-Israel relationship. Ben-Ami Kadish, a former U.S. Army engineer was scheduled to appear Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan. He is… News - Israel 2008-04-22T19:35:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/knesset_debates_chametz_law/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/knesset_debates_chametz_law/#When:19:40:00Z The Knesset held a special session to discuss a court ruling allowing stores to sell chametz on Passover. A judge of the Jerusalem Municipal Court dropped indictments against four restaurants and grocery shops for violating the country’s so-called “chametz law.” That is the ruling that stands. The law, the Passover Bread Ban Act, forbids the public display of… News - Israel 2008-04-20T19:40:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/carter_meets_with_hamas_pair_in_cairo/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/israel_news/carter_meets_with_hamas_pair_in_cairo/#When:19:33:00Z Jimmy Carter is expected to hold more talks with senior Hamas officials ahead of a meeting with the group’s exiled leader. Mahmoud Zahar and Saeed Seyam, top Hamas politicians in the Gaza Strip, traveled to Egypt for what they said would be a meeting with the former U.S. president and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Carter,… News - Israel 2008-04-19T19:33:00-05:00