Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will resume peace talks in Jerusalem on Aug. 14, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.
The American embassy in Tel Aviv issued its first derivative visas to same-sex Israeli couples.
A New Hampshire company is auctioning off a set of documents related to Oskar Schindler.
JTA’s Uriel Heilman reported this week on the continuing evolution of Jewish attitudes toward intermarriage. After the clarion call of the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey showed a 52 percent intermarriage rate among American Jews, Jewish groups poured millions into efforts to stem what was seen as a threat to the future of the community.
Israel took the rare step of shutting its southernmost Eilat airport near Egypt\’s Sinai peninsula for two hours on Thursday citing security concerns, military officials said.
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