Jewish Times

The life of the tribe worldwide

Page 259 of 684
<
1
...
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
...
684
>

September 9, 2013
11:02 am

A Syrian army soldier fires a heavy machine gun during clashes with rebels in the village of Maaloula, northeast of Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, September 7, 2013. (photo credit: AP/SANA)

Native Aramaic speakers caught up in Syrian war

Fighting rages in isolated mountains where Christians who speak the ‘language of Jesus’ live

By AP

September 9, 2013
10:48 am

Mike Hall (left) as Rat and Steve Greist (Right) as Abeles. Credit. Allison Tenn

‘Cyclist’ play makes particular sense in Chicago

The Absurdist Holocaust comedy written in Terezin is given enhanced meaning in a city where the winds are against cycling

By Menachem Wecker

September 9, 2013
10:23 am

Alexei Navalny speaks to supporters in downtown Moscow. (photo credit: AP/Ivan Sekretarev)

Nationalist backed by Jewish advisers fails in Moscow mayor bid

Alexei Navalny, who was accused of raising a toast to the Holocaust, finishes behind Putin-supported Sergei Sobyanin

By AP and JTA

September 9, 2013
9:22 am

The Israel Museum in Jerusalem illuminated at night. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Israel Museum to receive 74 Richard Avedon portraits

Three NYC donors grant iconic Jewish-American photographer’s works to Jerusalem institution

By AP

September 9, 2013
8:08 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada makes his way to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington in September. (photo credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pro-Israel lobby facing uphill climb to muster Syria strike support

AIPAC and other groups are campaigning for Congress to authorize force against Damascus, but face war-weary lawmakers in making their case

By Bradley Klapper and Stephen Ohlemacher

September 9, 2013
2:13 am

The entrance to the Jewish cemetery in Cairo. (photo credit: CC BY dlisbona, Flickr)

Film on Egypt’s Jews wins ‘best documentary’ award

Screening of ‘Jews of Egypt’ met with protests by Islamist groups during Swedish film festival

By Times of Israel staff

September 9, 2013
1:36 am

Ex-camp counselor at yeshiva-run camp withdraws guilty plea in abuse case

Defendant says he was pressured by his Orthodox Jewish community to enter the plea

By JTA

September 8, 2013
11:52 pm

A street in Metz (illustrative photo: CC BY gaku, Flickr)

French city closes street through Yom Kippur

Muslims unhappy as street housing Metz’s community institutions closed for High Holidays

By JTA

September 8, 2013
11:01 pm

Worshippers at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman in Uman, Ukraine (photo credit: CC BY-SA Nahoumsabban, Wikimedia Commons)

Pilgrims leave Uman amid reports of property damage

Breslav Jews reportedly set fire to apartment, down electric grid during Rosh Hashanah weekend

By JTA

September 8, 2013
5:10 pm

Copper mines in Timna, 35 km north of Eilat, March 2007 (photo credit: Doron Horowitz/Flash90)

Timna copper mines dated to King Solomon era

Radiocarbon dating of olive pits shows site was active during 10th century BCE, backing up Biblical account

By Aaron Kalman

September 8, 2013
3:08 pm

Rudolf Höss, the Kommandant of Auschwitz (photo credit: public domain)

Hiding in North Virginia, a daughter of Auschwitz

From the web The Washington Post: Not even Brigitte Höss’s grandchildren know about her father’s bloody past as one of the biggest mass murderers in history

September 8, 2013
1:25 pm

J.D. Salinger working on 'Catcher in the Rye' during World War II. (photo credit: AP/The Story Factory, Paul Fitzgerald)

‘Salinger’ takes a kitchen-sink approach

With enough material for five films, a holistic new documentary of the reclusive Jewish writer has blunted impact

By Jocelyn Noveck

September 8, 2013
12:57 pm

Lee Zeitouni (photo credit: Courtesy)

Second suspect in Zeitouni hit-and-run case charged in France

Alleged passenger in the 2011 Tel Aviv killing faces up to 5 years in prison; the driver could serve 10 years for manslaughter

By Times of Israel staff and JTA

September 8, 2013
12:17 pm

Daniel Radcliffe arrives at the premiere of 'The F Word' at the Toronto International Film Festival. (photo credit: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Harry Potter actor evolves with bold new roles

Daniel Radcliffe at the Toronto film festival with three new films, including a portrayal of Jewish poet Allen Ginsberg

By John Carucci

September 8, 2013
12:02 pm

From left, Mayor of Oradour-sur-Glane, Raymond Fugier, German President Joachim Gauck, French President Francois Hollande and Robert Hebras, one of the two survivors still alive, walk through the ghost city of Oradour-sur-Glane, southwestern France, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, where on June 10, 1944, the Nazis massacred 642 civilians. (photo credit: AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)

German leader visits site of French WWII massacre

Tour marks first time a serving German leader has visited the torched phantom village where the SS left just six survivors

By Sylvie Corbet

Page 259 of 684
<
1
...
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
...
684
>