This Week in Jewish Women's History: Week of June 1
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, in fact the autobiography of American expatriate modernist writer Gertrude Stein, was published. read more...
JERUSALEM - Tens of thousands of black-clad ultra-Orthodox Jews staged mass demonstrations on Thursday to protest a Supreme Court ruling forcing the integration of a religious girls' school.
more...Shechitah Allowed in New Zealand Until Trial
JTA Staff
SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) – A New Zealand judge has allowed the kosher slaughter of animals to resume until the lawsuit filed by the Jewish community against the government comes to trial.
Jewish Federations of North America In The News
- Hearst Newspapers Should Suspend Columnist for Anti-Semitic Comments
- Huntsville Woman Leads National Jewish Network
- On Israel, Jews and Leaders Often Disagree (NY Times)
- Jewish Leaders Oppose Conversion Bill (JPost)
- PBS broadcast kicks off Holocaust Memorial Day Observance - (Jewish Community Voice)
- 'The Jewish Federations in the News' Archive
Click It, Read It
- UJC's Georgia Crisis donation page
- JDC Georgia needs-assessment
- JAFI Georgia needs-assessment
- Video: UJC's Howard Rieger discusses crisis on Fox News
- JDC Aids Victims of Ongoing Georgia-Russia Conflict
- JAFI Evacuates 200 Jews from War-Torn Region to Georgian Capital; Aliyah applications surge
- For Georgian arrivals: New country, new school (Haaretz)
- Relief groups assist refugees caught in Caucasus conflict (JTA)
- JDC Georgia Photos (on Flickr)
- Flee for safety or guard home? Georgia's Jews face wartime dilemmas (JTA)
- Georgia-Russia Conflict (BBC)
- First 'rescue flight' of Israelis en route to TA; chaos as 400 people gather at embassy in Tbilis
- ReliefWeb coverage of Georgia crisis
Dead Sea's Shrinking Prompts Concern
Uriel Heilman
EIN GEDI, Israel (JTA) -- The beach at the Ein Gedi Spa at the Dead Sea would seem like an ideal place for a little R&R amid the frenzy of modern Israel. Set in the quiet of the desert, it has stunning views of Jordan’s mountains and its therapeutic waters reputedly do wonders for the complexion.
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