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/national_news/activists_in_la_settle_high_profile_spat/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/activists_in_la_settle_high_profile_spat/#When:03:00:00Z A highly charged controversy between two self-described “passionate” advocates—one African-American, one Jewish—ended with pledges of mutual friendship and future cooperation. The two principals in the brouhaha, following a closed-door, three-hour meeting with Los Angeles and national leaders of their respective communities by their sides, declared an end to a confrontation that a barrage of e-mails and… News - National 2008-05-11T03:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/obama_runs_almost_as_well_as_clinton_among_jews/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/obama_runs_almost_as_well_as_clinton_among_jews/#When:03:00:00Z In keeping with Barack Obama’s comeback narrative, a new poll shows that the U.S. senator from Illinois would do almost as well as Hillary Rodham Clinton among Jewish voters in November. The survey also shows the presumed Republican candidate, U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), poised to make gain in the Jewish community. After a… News - National 2008-05-10T03:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/methodists_reject_divestment_after_jewish_lobbying/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/methodists_reject_divestment_after_jewish_lobbying/#When:16:50:00Z Jewish groups have been worried for months that the United Methodist Church at its convention would revive a push for anti-Israel divestment measures. Instead the meeting drew no fewer than five laudatory news releases from Jewish organizations. B’nai B’rith International, the Reform Religious Action Center, the Jewish Council on Public Affairs, the American… News - National 2008-05-09T16:50:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/on_track_to_be_the_first_black_female_rabbi/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/on_track_to_be_the_first_black_female_rabbi/#When:14:05:00Z Alysa Stanton-Ogulnick isn’t particularly interested in being a standard-bearer. She’s proud to be black, proud to be a woman and proud to be a 45-year-old single mother who raised her adopted child on her own. And when she says that next May, following her ordination as a Reform rabbi, she will become the… News - National 2008-05-07T14:05:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/sf_federation_taps_new_ceo/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/sf_federation_taps_new_ceo/#When:19:21:00Z Officials at the Jewish federation in San Francisco knew they were taking a chance when they hired the founder of a young, progressive Jewish organization to be their next CEO. But with Daniel Sokatch, the officials believe they have caught a rising star who can return the Bay Area to the forefront of the federation world.… News - National 2008-05-06T19:21:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/prosecution_rests_in_seattle_case/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/prosecution_rests_in_seattle_case/#When:15:34:00Z Prosecutors wrapped up their case against Naveed Haq in the 2006 shooting at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, but not before the jury saw his guns and the clothing of the woman who was killed, and listened to terrified 911 calls from inside the building that day. Also Wednesday, the court heard a computer expert… News - National 2008-05-05T15:34:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/kadish_spy_charges_questioned/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/kadish_spy_charges_questioned/#When:03:00:00Z Why does the U.S. establishment seem so intent on prosecuting an 84-year-old man for crimes allegedly committed nearly a quarter of a century ago? That’s the question many Israelis were asking after the details began to emerge of the arrest of Ben-Ami Kadish on charges of spying for Israel more than 20 years ago. … News - National 2008-05-04T03:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/wrights_outreach_to_jewish_unsettling_for_many/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/wrights_outreach_to_jewish_unsettling_for_many/#When:03:00:00Z In a series of speeches otherwise notable for their defiant tone against his real and perceived enemies, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. sounded some conciliatory notes toward Jews, casting them as fellow strugglers against inequity and for peace. But an outburst in a question-and-answer session and an analysis of what lies behind his remarks… News - National 2008-05-03T03:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/students_decry_lack_of_response_to_anti_semitic_acts_at_u_of_north_dakota/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/students_decry_lack_of_response_to_anti_semitic_acts_at_u_of_north_dakota/#When:15:40:00Z The tiny Jewish student body at the University of North Dakota is accusing the school of inaction in the face of anti-Semitism. The accusation follows a decision by Scott Lebovitz, a freshman at the university’s highly regarded aviation school, to move out of his dorm after allegedly enduring months of anti-Semitic abuse. Lebovitz says… News - National 2008-05-02T15:40:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/pollard_i_dont_know_kadish/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/pollard_i_dont_know_kadish/#When:18:59:01Z Jonathan Pollard says he does not know alleged spy Ben-Ami Kadish. Kadish, 84, allegedly passed American military secrets to Israel during the same period as the former Navy intelligence analyst. Esther Pollard, the wife of the convicted and jailed spy, said in an interview published Thursday that the first her husband had heard of Kadish was when his… News - National 2008-04-30T18:59:01-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/pollard_i_dont_know_kadish1/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/pollard_i_dont_know_kadish1/#When:18:59:00Z Jonathan Pollard says he does not know alleged spy Ben-Ami Kadish. Kadish, 84, allegedly passed American military secrets to Israel during the same period as the former Navy intelligence analyst. Esther Pollard, the wife of the convicted and jailed spy, said in an interview published Thursday that the first her husband had heard of Kadish was when his… News - National 2008-04-30T18:59:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/sweatshop_free_fashion_on_the_catwalk/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/sweatshop_free_fashion_on_the_catwalk/#When:19:03:00Z The models sashaying down the aisle were young and gorgeous, but that wasn’t the point of this fashion show in San Francisco’s Swedish American Hall. Four Jewish organizations presented “Rags to Righteousness: From the Red Sea to the Red Carpet” April 24 to promote clothing manufacturers that employ fair labor practices, eschewing the sweatshop conditions still… News - National 2008-04-29T19:03:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/bill_to_curtail_funds_for_durban_ii/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/bill_to_curtail_funds_for_durban_ii/#When:19:46:00Z U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett (R-5) introduced a House resolution last week to prevent U.S. taxpayer money from funding the 2009 U.N. Durban Review Conference II, a follow-up to the 2001 conference that was decried by Western nations for its anti-Israel agenda. The United States and 45 other member-nations of the U.N. voted in December not to… News - National 2008-04-28T19:46:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/bill_to_curtail_funds_for_durban_il/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/bill_to_curtail_funds_for_durban_il/#When:19:45:00Z U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett (R-5) introduced a House resolution last week to prevent U.S. taxpayer money from funding the 2009 U.N. Durban Review Conference II, a follow-up to the 2001 conference that was decried by Western nations for its anti-Israel agenda. The United States and 45 other member-nations of the U.N. voted in December not to… News - National 2008-04-28T19:45:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/obama_distances_himself_from_rev_wright/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/obama_distances_himself_from_rev_wright/#When:03:00:00Z It’s the question that just won’t go away for presidential hopeful Barack Obama. No matter how many times he addresses it or gives major speeches about it, the “pastor question” pursues him in the Jewish community—and beyond. And it’s the one that still has many Jewish Democrats on the fence if they’ve not yet… News - National 2008-04-27T03:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/seattle_federation_trial_nears_end/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/seattle_federation_trial_nears_end/#When:03:00:00Z After choking back tears several times in order to continue her testimony, Dayna Klein finally broke down and sobbed when she recalled fleeing the Seattle Jewish federation in July 2006 and passing her friend, Pamela Waechter, who was lying face up, dead, on the stairway landing. Only a few minutes earlier, it was Klein who had… News - National 2008-04-26T03:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/clinton_stakes_new_ground_on_confronting_nuclear_iran/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/clinton_stakes_new_ground_on_confronting_nuclear_iran/#When:16:07:00Z Hillary Clinton left Pennsylvania not only with a solid primary victory, but also an emerging doctrine on how to contain Iran. In several high-profile appearances during the past week, starting with the televised debate on ABC, Clinton advocated an aggressive Cold War-style security umbrella to deter Iran from launching a nuclear attack against Israel or any… News - National 2008-04-25T16:07:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/urban_kibbutz_movement_in_north_america/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/urban_kibbutz_movement_in_north_america/#When:18:35:00Z It’s not easy for a commune to adopt a dog. That’s what six members of a new urban kibbutz in Brooklyn learned at the animal shelter. “They said, we don’t adopt out dogs to people in dorms,” recalls Jamie Beran, 26, a founding member of North America’s first kvutza, or collective, affiliated with the… News - National 2008-04-23T18:35:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/concerns_remain_after_pope_visit/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/concerns_remain_after_pope_visit/#When:19:10:00Z Long on symbolism and short on substance, Pope Benedict XVI’s trip to New York and Washington last week revealed a pontiff serious about strengthening Catholic-Jewish relations. It was a visit that included substantial outreach to the Jewish community. In encounters with Jewish leaders in both cities, the pope expressed his goodwill and hopes for… News - National 2008-04-22T19:10:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/new_film_coincides_with_papal_visit/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/new_film_coincides_with_papal_visit/#When:19:42:00Z If the producers of “Constantine’s Sword” were looking to send a message about the implications of their film for Catholic-Jewish relations, they scarcely could have chosen a more appropriate theatrical release date. Within hours of the film’s first New York screening, Pope Benedict XVI made a historic visit to an American synagogue—a gesture of goodwill… News - National 2008-04-20T19:42:00-05:00