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December 27, 2012
1:33 pm

Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto are led by German soldiers to an assembly point for deportation to death camps, 1943. (photo credit: public domain)

Students to compete in Holocaust quiz

‘Third Generation’ contest will focus on the Warsaw Ghetto

By Stuart Winer

December 27, 2012
12:06 pm

US Congress (photo credit: CC BY-SA Dougtone, Flickr)

Political showdowns will make 2013 a busy year for US Jews

From Iran’s nuclear program to the fight over gay marriage, Jewish groups are already gearing up for their next big battles

By Ron Kampeas

December 27, 2012
6:53 am

Chuck Hagel, center, speaking to defense officials earlier this year. (photo credit: Sun L. Vega/Department of Defense)

Jewish opinion-makers, former top officials try to turn tide in Hagel’s favor

After weeks of opposition to the presumptive defense chief nominee, bonanza of support amounts to ‘second wind’

By Haviv Rettig Gur

December 27, 2012
2:45 am

Now in their 80s, Rose and Ralph Gartenberg recently traveled from London to Israel on El Al -- the same trip that introduced them 63 years ago. (Courtesy of the Gartenberg family)

For young Holocaust refugees, early El Al trip proved love at first flight

Despite an emergency landing, the airline’s inaugural trip from London set a lifelong romance on its path to takeoff

By Sharon Kanon

December 27, 2012
2:36 am

Former US president George H.W. Bush and his wife, former first lady Barbara Bush, arrive for the premiere of HBO's new documentary on his life near the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. (photo credit: Charles Krupa/AP)

Former US president George H. W. Bush placed in intensive care

Medical staff cautiously optimistic as fever persists

December 27, 2012
1:41 am

Anton Geiser, who has lived in the US for more than 50 years, didn't deny serving as a guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. (Photo credit: CC BY/ hsivonen via Flickr.com)

Former Nazi guard dies amid deportation battle

Anton Geiser served in SS as concentration camp guard before moving to US

December 26, 2012
6:07 pm

Widow of Canadian soldier killed by IDF says government protecting Israel

Report on deaths of UN observers in 2006 Lebanon War was removed after a year on a government website

December 26, 2012
4:55 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to the Western Wall in 2006 (photo credit: Guy Assayag/Flash90)

Netanyahu seeks solution for restrictions on women’s prayer at Western Wall

Holy site ‘must remain a source of Jewish unity rather than division,’ PM tells Jewish Agency chair

December 26, 2012
1:52 pm

The main Holocaust memorial in Berlin features an above-ground, abstract monument resembling tombstones. (Plano Light/Creative Commons via JTA)

Come for the Holocaust museums, stay for the dance clubs and art

With its tragic history and growing Jewish population, Berlin offers a compelling, sometimes jarring mix of tourist activities

By Toby Axelrod

December 26, 2012
7:06 am

US Pesident Barack Obama pauses during a speech on Dec. 16, 2012. (photo credit: Evan Vucci/AP)

Obama to fly home early as ‘fiscal cliff’ looms

President cuts short family vacation to work on January 1 deadline for budget reforms

By Matthew Daly

December 26, 2012
6:47 am

William Daroff of the Jewish Federations of North America (courtesy JFNA website)

Jewish federations bid to save billions in lost charity from ‘fiscal cliff’ fallout

William Daroff, head of public policy for JFNA: ‘Whatever cuts are made shouldn’t be made disproportionately on the backs of vulnerable populations’

By Haviv Rettig Gur

December 26, 2012
2:03 am

Ofir Efroni hopes to find Rozsi Friedman (left, in 1948), who saved his grandmother, Koti Grunbaum (right), from certain death at Auschwitz. (Courtesy of Sara Efroni via JTA)

Grandson takes over search for Holocaust survivor’s savior

As Alzheimer’s erases his grandmother’s memory, Ofir Efroni hopes to find the woman who helped her live through Auschwitz

By Hillel Kuttler

December 25, 2012
11:59 pm

Rabbi Chaim Halpern (bottom right) of London is at the center of sexual misconduct allegations.

British synagogue led by alleged sexual predator readmitted to UK Orthodox org

Rabbi Chaim Halpern, a former religious judge with the organization, has been accused of ‘inappropriate’ conduct with around 30 women

By Miriam Shaviv

December 25, 2012
6:49 pm

Klugman starred on TV's "The Odd Couple" from 1970 to 1975. (YouTube screenshot)

‘Odd Couple’ actor Jack Klugman dies

Walter Matthau’s replacement on Broadway went on to star as a sloppy divorced man living with a neat-freak roommate in TV spin-off

December 25, 2012
6:26 pm

Torah scroll being written by hand (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash 90).

Turkish police bust men trying to sell ‘a 1,900-year-old Torah’

Suspects insist they legally acquired ancient 29-foot-long parchment

By Ilan Ben Zion

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