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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 345

Josh Tapper

The largest kosher slaughterhouse in the United States is located in Postville, Iowa, and has been renamed Agri Star. (Josh Tapper)
February 7, 2016, 6:40 am
Scandal-ridden Iowa kosher slaughterhouse is back in business
Years after raid on Agriprocessors and arrest of CEO, Canadian billionaire breathes life into Postville’s small but committed Jewish community
By Josh Tapper
A Bernie Sanders yarmulke seen at a campaign event in Marshalltown, Iowa, January 10, 2016. (Charles Ledford/Getty Images/via JTA)
January 28, 2016, 5:34 pm
Rugelach with a side of politics in shared Shabbat for campaign staff in Iowa
Ahead of crunch time in the Democratic primaries, behind-the-scenes support for Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton break bread together in OneTable initiative
By Josh Tapper
David Adelman, president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines, introducing Hillary Clinton before a speech at federation headquarters, January 25, 2016. (Josh Tapper)
January 28, 2016, 5:33 pm
Iowa federation chief navigates politics of battleground state
David Adelman, who stepped in at the microphone during Hillary Clinton’s coughing fit this week, is one of many young Jews leading a surge in communal life in Iowa
By Josh Tapper
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned anti-Semitic acts that took place in Canada following Donald Trump's election in the US. (AFP/Nicholas Kamm)
October 22, 2015, 9:21 pm
Will Justin Trudeau win erode Canada’s support for Israel?
Though some are lamenting the defeat of Stephen Harper, the newly elected PM may follow in the pro-Israel footsteps of his predecessor
By Josh Tapper
Members of ZAKA rescuing a Torah from Congregation Beth Israel after Hurricane Katrina hit, August 2005. (Courtesy ZAKA)
August 17, 2015, 2:56 am
10 years on, Katrina still fosters a bond for New Orleans Jews
City’s small Jewish community rebuilds from the ground up, in the face of colossal damage and population decline
By Josh Tapper
Chabad emissaries won't step foot in Havana's Orthodox synagogue, Adath Israel. (photo credit: Josh Tapper/JTA)
February 27, 2015, 3:10 am
Chabad emissaries face shut doors in Havana
The deteriorated relationship between Chabad and the Cuban Jewish community leads to legal accusations and ‘sick lies’
By Josh Tapper
File: Beth Shalom in Havana, August 1, 2004. (Serge Attal/Flash90)
January 27, 2015, 6:37 am
For Cuban Jews, improved US ties may not ease hardships
Renewed diplomatic efforts may not resolve central issues facing the island’s small Jewish community
By Josh Tapper
The Wheel of Conscience monument commemorates the doomed Holocaust-era voyage of the M.S. St. Louis. (photo credit: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21)
December 23, 2014, 3:10 am
Libeskind-designed Holocaust monument ‘collecting dust’ in Toronto
Canada’s only non-Jewish memorial to Nazi victims of the Holocaust once stood on pier in Halifax, but has sat broken in a warehouse since 2012
By Josh Tapper
Julie and Nathanael Weill with their sons Eytan and Lior in 2013. (photo credit: JTA)
November 29, 2014, 6:01 am
In Montreal, Jews from France see a future for themselves
New wave of immigrants flee anti-Semitism, high unemployment, move to Quebec by the tens of thousands in recent years
By Josh Tapper
The $351 million Canadian Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg. (Flickr/JTA)
September 22, 2014, 10:52 am
Holocaust a tool to explore genocide at Canadian museum
‘Examining the Holocaust’ is biggest of 11 galleries at the $351m. human rights museum that opened in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Saturday
By Josh Tapper
Hadas Yaron won the top acting prize at the Venice Film Festival for her work as Shira, a haredi bride in Tel Aviv who's matched up with her sister's widower. (Karin Bar via JTA)
October 2, 2012, 12:20 am
Haredi filmmaker shares her take on the ‘sexiness’ of arranged marriage
Israel’s submission for the Oscars, Rama Burshtein’s ‘Fill the Void,’ premieres in the US next week
By Josh Tapper
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