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Beatie Deutsch, aspiring Olympic runner, may have to bow out of the games over Shabbat observance. (Beatie Deutsch/Instagram)
Posted inSports

Orthodox Israeli ‘Marathon Mother’ may have to give up Olympic dream over Shabbat

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA December 11, 2019December 17, 2019
(From left) Rabbi Greg Wolfe, Congregation Bet Haverim; Rabbi Nancy Wechsler, Congregation Beth Shalom; Rabbi Alan Rabishaw, Temple Or Rishon; and Rabbi David Aladjem, Congregation Bet Haverim attended a forum on religious pluralism in Israel in Sacramento, Dec. 8, 2019. (Elissa Einhorn)
Posted inNorthern California

Sacramento forum takes a swing at a major Israeli issue: religious pluralism

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn December 10, 2019December 17, 2019
Natan Sharansky, a former Soviet refusenik and Israeli lawmaker, was named the 2020 Genesis Prize laureate. (JTA/Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Natan Sharansky named 2020 recipient of Genesis Prize

Laura E. Adkins by Laura E. Adkins and JTA December 10, 2019December 17, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks at the Israeli-American Council's annual conference in Hollywood, Fla., Dec. 7, 2019. (JTA/Noam Galai)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish groups denounced Trump’s insinuations about Jewish wealth. So why do some say they went easy on him?

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA December 10, 2019December 17, 2019
A polling station in Jerusalem. (JTA/Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Posted inIsrael, News

Israel sets a March 2 election date if government isn’t formed. That’s 3 votes in less than a year.

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA December 10, 2019December 17, 2019
Joe Biden, left, listens as Sen. Bernie Sanders makes a point during the Democratic presidential debate in Atlanta, Nov. 20, 2019. (JTA/Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Biden takes swipe at Sanders over idea to withdraw military aid from Israel

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA December 9, 2019December 17, 2019
Joey Wagman delivers a pitch during a Team Israel win over South Africa in an Olympic qualifying game, Sept. 22, 2019. (Photo/Margo Sugarman-Israel Association of Baseball)
Posted inNews

Locals on Israeli baseball team looking toward Tokyo Olympics

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 9, 2019
Rep. Alan Lowenthal addresses a Los Angeles union protest, Oct. 3, 2018.  (Photo/JTA-Brittany Murray-Digital First Media-Long Beach Press Telegram via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

House Democrats pass two-state resolution

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 6, 2019
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu taking his seat before President Donald Trump’s speech to the General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, Sept. 19, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images-Drew Angerer)
Posted inIsrael

13 countries change course in voting against UN resolutions against Israel

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA December 5, 2019
Israelis at Second Beach in Morro de Sao Paulo, Brazil. (JTA/Renato Santana/CORREIO)
Posted inIsrael, World, News, Travel

Why this Brazilian island is expecting 5,000 Israeli tourists this summer

by Marcus M. Gilban and JTA December 4, 2019

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