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December 31, 2012
6:15 pm

Major newsmakers in 2012 included, from left to right, top to bottom: Benjamin Millepied, Claire Danes, Istvan Ujhelyi, Bob Costas, Newt Gingrich, Chaka Khan, Mohammed Morsi, Brian Flynn, Ryan Parry, Stephen Harper and Barack Obama. (Graphics by Uri Fintzy via JTA)

Gentiles of the Year 2012

From hunting Nazis to bashing Israel to praising the nightlife in Tel Aviv, these were the non-Jews earning attention over the past 12 months

By JTA Staff

November 7, 2012
7:14 pm

Majority Leader Eric Cantor will remain the only Republican Jew in the US House of Representatives. (Photo credit: CC BY/Gage Skidmore via Flickr.com)

Who’s who among Jews in the next US Congress

Representation drops by two in the Senate and five in the House following defeats and retirements

By JTA Staff

September 10, 2012
4:48 pm

Skeleton competitor Bradley Chalupski, representing Israel, starts down the track at the men's world championships in Lake Placid, NY, February 24, 2012. (Photo credit: Ken Childs/JTA)

Whatever happened to… the 5772 edition

Wondering how the Turkish-Jewish Eurovision crooner is making out? Or what those gutsy Houston b-ballers are up to? Updates on some of the most compelling Jewish World stories of this past year

By JTA Staff

June 26, 2012
5:20 pm

The Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, June 25, 2012. (photo credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Give me your tired, your poor — but not from Mexico, please

Jewish groups see progress in a new Supreme Court immigration ruling, but have concerns about potential for racial profiling

By JTA Staff

June 5, 2012
11:07 am

One of the signed letters Albert Einstein sent to JTA founder Jacob Landau, which will be auctioned off by Sotheby's on June 15, 2012. (photo credit: JTA Archive)

Sotheby’s to auction off JTA-Albert Einstein letters

The proceeds from the sale — valued at between $30,000 and $50,000 — are expected to help the news agency redesign its website

By JTA Staff

June 1, 2012
11:08 pm

Participants marching at the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York, June 2011. (photo credit: Courtesy Celebrate Israel/JTA)

35,000 marchers expected Sunday for New York’s annual Israel parade

The theme this year is ‘Israel Branches Out’; participants will be dressing up as fruit, nature, agriculture and even technology

By JTA Staff