Jewish Exponent News Feed http://www.jewishexponent.com Anath Hartmann Jewish Telegraphic Agency WASHINGTON A U.S. State Department report on religious freedom is drawing sharp criticism from Orthodox Jewish groups over its portrayal of Israel. The groups are denouncing what they call the u... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20032/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20032/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Israeli soldier Adaya MorJTA PhotoMarcy Oster Jewish Telegraphic Agency KARNEI SHOMRON, West Bank About three months after she and her family made aliyah, Laura Savren walked up to the meat counter of her local supermarket and asked to o... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20045/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20045/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Teachers at Barrack Hebrew Academy picket outside the school. A contract dispute has led to a rare strike at a Jewish day school.Photo by Greg Bezanis A faculty strike that shut down the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy in Bryn Mawr this... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20072/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20072/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Needless to say, the lunchroom hasn't been a busy place this week at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, with the teachers on strike and the students out of school. But thanks to a project put together by Max & David's, which handles the sc... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20074/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20074/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Palestinian Negotiator Saeb ErekatJTA PhotoANALYSIS Leslie Susser Jewish Telegraphic Agency JERUSALEM Frustrated by a lack of progress toward statehood, the Palestinians are considering taking their case to the United Nations. Palestin... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20047/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20047/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Sen. Arlen and Joan Specter (left) join Edward H. Rosen to celebrate the opening of the new Hillel at Temple, named after Rosen. capPhoto by Marc Barag More than seven months after stunning the political world by switching parties --... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20070/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20070/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT More than 50 rabbis from across the state, representing the entire denominational spectrum of Judaism, have signed on to an interfaith initiative to reduce gun violence in the Keystone state. The effort is spearheaded by CeaseFirePA, a Phi... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20031/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20031/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Some 2,000 fervently Orthodox Jews protested the Saturday operation of Intel's Jerusalem computer chip plant. The demonstrators attacked journalists covering the protest, as well as Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Yitzhak Pindrus... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20046/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20046/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Young volunteers pack boxes of food for the needy at the Jewish Relief Agency's Northeast warehouse.Photo by Greg Bezanis Rebecca Lipstein would have loved to have slept in, but on this particular Sunday morning that wasn't an option.... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20071/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20071/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Edward H. Rosen Hillel CenterPhoto by Marc Barag After several years in the works, the new Edward H. Rosen Hillel Center for Jewish Life at Temple University made its debut with a Nov. 11 dedication ceremony that drew an estimated 300... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20073/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20073/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Iran sanctions -- indeed President Barack Obama's whole approach to the nuclear threat posed by Tehran -- has emerged as a thorny issue in the Pennsylvania race for the U.S. Senate. Republican hopeful Pat Toomey has ripped into both U.S.... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20069/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20069/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Steve Hofstetter I have spent the better part of the last four years convincing my parents that I don't need to marry a Jewish girl. Turns out, I was wrong. It's not the first time that's happened, though it may be the first time I'm admit... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/19986/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/19986/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Leslie Susser Jewish Telegraphic Agency JERUSALEM Just as he hoped it would, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' threat to resign has concentrated minds. Both Israel's prime minister and the U.S. president are considering new... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/19989/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/19989/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT It's November, and that magical time of year has arrived. No, not the onset of Thanksgiving, and not even an early Chanukah. It's National Jewish Book Month. While in the past, the Jewish Community Centers in Philadelphia marked the occa... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/19999/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/19999/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Jacob Berman Jewish Telegraphic Agency WASHINGTON When President Barack Obama canceled his appearance at the annual conference of the Jewish federation system this week so he could attend a memorial service for the 13 killed in the shoot... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/19987/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/19987/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America earlier this week in Washington. Uriel Heilman Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washington · Analysis When the Wh... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20023/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20023/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Hezbollah School Ditches Diary WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Hezbollah pressured a private school in Beirut to drop from its curriculum a textbook containing excerpts of The Diary of Anne Frank. The English-language school, which asked not to be id... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/19990/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/19990/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT TBI members Dave Williams (left) and Jerry Fox view the shul's new memorial wall, with more than 300 Adath Shalom yahrzeit plaques.Photo courtesy of Arlene Fox When the Conservative synagogue Adath Shalom in South Philadelphia closed its d... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20001/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20001/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Sue Fishkoff Jewish Telegraphic Agency TORONTO Reform movement head Rabbi Eric Yoffie has advocated for changes in how Jews view food. As such, red meat was not served to participants (above) of the Union for Reform Judaism's biennial in... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/19988/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/19988/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Pasha Segal and Anya Chernyak on their wedding day on Oct. 25. The pair is one of a handful of young observant couples in Leipzig. Ben Harris Jewish Telegraphic Agency Leipzig, Germany At age 12, Pasha Segal arrived in Braunschweig... http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20024/ http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20024/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT