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November 6, 2009 / National / World Briefs

Big stars and nuts and bolts Slated to Speak at the GA

By Jacob Berkman

NEW YORK (JTA) —Several big-name guests are slated to speak at the annual conference of North America’s largest Jewish charitable network, but the event itself promises to be heavy on the nuts-and-bolts fund-raising, budgeting and plannin More...

New Coalition Aims to Make Social Justice a Community Priority

By Amy Klein

NEW YORK (JTA) —When Nancy Kaufman attended a national conference on Judaism and social justice in Chicago in 2005, she looked around the room and said to herself, “Wow, there are 250 [Jewish] social activists here – there used to More...

Kristallnacht in Munich, then and now

By Noam E. Marans

MUNICH (JTA) — Kristallnacht, the “Night of Shattered Glass” that unmistakably signaled Hitler’s determination to eliminate European Jewry, came early to Munich’s 12,000 Jews. More...

Petition Raps Norwegian University Vote on Israel Boycott

BERLIN (JTA) —A European-based pro-Israel group is circulating a petition condemning plans for an Israel academic boycott initiated in Norway. More...

In Eastern Europe, Advances Toward Accountability but More to Do

By Ruth Ellen Gruber

ROME (JTA)— A row of empty shoes where Jews were shot dead on the bank of the Danube River in Budapest. The image of a grand synagogue chiseled into stone at the place it once stood in Bratislava. More...

Amid Criticism, Film Festival Showcases Israel’s Arabs

ARTS & CULTURE

By Gil Shefler

NEW YORK (JTA)— When iconic Israeli news anchor Haim Yavin released his documentary series “In the Land of the Settlers” in 2005, shortly after his retirement from the news business, he lay his journalistic reputation on the line. More...

Despite progress, Obama hesitant about Netanyahu meeting

By Ron Kampeas

WASHINGTON (JTA) — With President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to appear at the same convention of Jewish activists, and their governments nearing a deal on the thorny settlements issue, it would seem like a great tim More...

Battle over Jerusalem heats up as Arabs let charges fly, Jews build

Muslim control of the mount also has prompted Israeli right-wingers to build around the Old City in order to neutralize the Muslim advantage on the mount, drawing yet more fire from the Arab side.

By Leslie Susser

JERUSALEM (JTA) - As part of an intensifying struggle over Jerusalem, Arab leaders are keeping up a relentless barrage of criticism of Jewish construction in the city and alleged violations of the status quo on the Temple Mount. More...