Kerry, Zarif set for nuke talks in NY as Senate weighs move
By BRADLEY KLAPPER and DEB RIECHMANN The Obama administration moved on two fronts Monday to advance its nuclear diplomacy with Iran, with talks between top U.S. and Iranian diplomats and…
Judaism
Israeli leader calls for mass Jewish influx after attack
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Israel’s prime minister on Sunday called for the “massive immigration” of European Jews to Israel following a deadly shooting near Copenhagen’s main synagogue, renewing a blunt message…
ISRAEL COURT FINES WOMAN OVER NOT CIRCUMCISING SON
By DANIEL ESTRIN Israelis protest in support of a woman who refuses to have her son circumcised, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013. An Israeli rabbinic court is…
Thanksgiving-Hanukkah overlap spurs thanks, angst
By JEFF KAROUB Second-grader Talia Begres, 7, works on creating a menurkey, a paper-and-paint mashup of a menorah and turkey at Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills, Mich., Wednesday, Nov.…
Israeli city divided by religion after close vote
By ARON HELLER In this Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, photo, Israeli secular and moderate religious residents of Beit Shemesh protest during a demonstration demanding a new vote in the mayoral…
JERUSALEM MAYOR FIGHTS TO HOLD SEAT IN LOCAL VOTE
By DANIEL ESTRIN Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat, votes in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. The mayors of Israel’s two largest cities are fighting for their political survival in municipal elections…
GOBBLE TOV! AMERICAN JEWS READY FOR THANKSGIVUKKAH
By LEANNE ITALIE This image released by ModernTribe.com shows an American Gothic Thanksgivukkah Poster celebrating Thanksgiving and Hanukkah. (AP Photo/ModernTribe.com) NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a turkey. It’s a menorah.…
WHITE HO– USE NOTEBOOK: OBAMA ALLUDES TO SYRIAN WAR
By JOSH LEDERMAN U.S. President Barack Obama, left, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Nina Lagergren, right, sister of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, view Wallenberg’s Swedish passport and samples of…