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May 14, 2013
1:45 pm

Actress Angelina Jolie authored an op-ed for Tuesday’s May 14, 2013, New York Times, where she writes that in April she finished three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts as a preventive measure. (photo credit: AP/Carlo Allegri, File)

‘Jewish’ gene spurs Jolie’s mastectomy

The mutation found on the star’s BRCA1 gene is most common in women of Eastern European Jewish descent — about five times higher than in the general population

By Maria Cheng

May 14, 2013
1:07 pm

Burger King hamburgers.

SA Burger King holds the bacon

New Cape Town branch aims to serve the country’s multicultural population

May 14, 2013
12:41 pm

Jewish groups join call for ban on religious profiling

Two progressive Jewish organizations in the US join interfaith call for the Senate to fix ‘glaring loophole’ in immigration law

May 14, 2013
5:47 am

Foraging for fruit. (photo credit: Ethan Welty)

Gleaning just like Ruth would have done, if she’d had Google Maps

A new website maps fruit trees and other edibles for free harvesting in the urban jungle, espousing a ‘waste not, want not’ philosophy that jibes well with Shavuot

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

May 14, 2013
5:32 am

A reward for information leading to an arrest has been offered in the murder of Aliza Sherman, left, seen here in an undated photograph. (photo credit: Facebook via JTA)

Clevelanders march for unsolved murder of Jewish mother

Some 200 gather on Mother’s Day to raise awareness of Aliza Sherman case

May 14, 2013
2:49 am

Air Force Col. Bill Knight, right, greets Barack Obama at Andrews Air Force Base on Monday before Obama boarded Air Force One to New York City for private fundraisers. (photo credit: AP/Ann Heisenfelt)

Chances for peace dwindling by the day, Obama says

Week before Kerry visit, US president tells party donors time is running short for Israelis and Palestinians to reach accord

By Joshua Davidovich and AP

May 14, 2013
1:57 am

Dr. Joyce Brothers, left, and Bruce Spizer, author of "The Beatles are Coming," being interviewed at a news conference in New York in 2004. (photo credit: AP/Richard Drew, File)

Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers dies at 85

Columnist, therapist, call-in show host, film personality and game show winner passes away in New York

By Ula Ilnytzky

May 14, 2013
1:34 am

Yosef Kolko, right, walks with an unidentified man, near the Ocean County Courthouse in Toms River, NJ, Thursday, May 9, 2013, during a break in his trial on sexual assault charges. (photo credit: AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Yeshiva rabbi admits he sexually abused boy at camp

Three days into trial, Yosef Kolko changes plea to guilty after other accusers come forward

By Katie Zezima

May 14, 2013
1:21 am

Lord Ahmed reportedly claimed during an interview in Pakistan that English Jews were persecuting him because of a controversial visit to Gaza. (YouTube screenshot)

Britain’s Lord Ahmed quits party over reported anti-Semitism

Labour member of House of Lords was to face inquiry over whether he blamed Jews for dangerous driving arrest

By AP and JTA

May 13, 2013
11:45 pm

Norwegian site nixes ‘Jewish media domination’ op-ed

Dagsavisen editor says piece ‘gives support to old conspiracy theories’

May 13, 2013
10:06 pm

Venezuela's newly elected President Nicolas Maduro celebrates his victory at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, April 14, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ramon Espinosa)

Venezuela’s ‘anti-Semitic’ leader admits Jewish ancestry

Nicolas Maduro defends Caracas’s policies toward Israel, says his grandparents were Sephardic Jews who converted to Catholicism

By Michal Shmulovich

May 13, 2013
9:36 pm

For beginners seeking their place in the Torah scroll, a tikkun, or guidebook, provides an excellent navigational tool. (photo credit: Edmon J. Rodman/JTA)

Torah navigation leads to new journeys

For the uninitiated, finding the right place in the the perfect columns of scribed, unvoweled Hebrew can seem daunting. Is there an app for that?

By Edmon J. Rodman

May 13, 2013
4:30 pm

Rafting on the Soca River in Slovenia. (illustrative photo: CC BY Hotfield, Flickr)

Body of drowned Israeli found in Slovenia

Tourist was swept downriver after his raft a hit rock

By Times of Israel staff

May 13, 2013
10:28 am

Ricotta Flan with Raspberry Sauce is a lighter alternative to the traditional Shavuot cheesecake. (photo credit: From 'Helen Nash's New Kosher Cuisine'/JTA)

Celebrate Shavuot with the best of spring

Not only delicious and relatively easy to prepare, this full-course meal also reflects good planning, portion control and nutrition

By Helen Nash

May 13, 2013
6:29 am

President Shimon Peres with Barbara Walters on ABC last year. (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/ Flash90)

Barbara Walters to make like a tree and leave TV

Longtime ABC anchor, 83, will announce Monday that she will retire next year

By AP and Times of Israel staff

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