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Conservative Jewish women wear prayer shawls and carry Torah scrolls at the Western Wall, Dec. 18, 2009. The conflict between these women and religious Jews in Israel has sparked different responses from local Jews. Courtesy Yossi Zamir, JTA.
Conservative Jewish women wear prayer shawls and carry Torah scrolls at the Western Wall, Dec. 18, 2009. The conflict between these women and religious Jews in Israel has sparked different responses from local Jews. Courtesy Yossi Zamir, JTA.
On a January morning in 1994, Judy Palkovitz was getting ready to pray. It was just after 6 a.m., and along with 16 other women, she’d walked through Jerusalem towards the Western Wall, the holiest...
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Some of the most damning reports emerging from last week’s Biden-in-Israel flap were, not surprisingly, anonymously sourced:
Rep. Ron Klein of Florida lines up with the enough-is-enough crowd saying the Obama administration has gone too far with its criticism of Israel.
Two Democrats with solidly pro-Israel records are blaming Israel for the mounting U.S.-Israeli tensions.
The United States is moving closer to passing its own sanctions against Iran, according to a powerful Congress member who says a congressional sanctions bill should reach the president's desk in April.
Israel must stop apologizing to the United States, a writer says.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel has shown that it is committed to peace after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton affirmed the "unshakable bond" between the two countries.
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An Israeli journalist who tried to infiltrate the Egyptian border with illegal migrants was arrested and may be tried in a military court.
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