Although Shelley Ventura-Cohen had been to France several times before as a tourist with an interest in French culture,this visit — on an American Jewish Congress (AJCongress) mission to counteract French anti-Semitism — was unique.
The LAX shooting on the Fourth of July was another test of Muslim-Jewish relations.
Hoping to capitalize on President Bush\’s support of Israel, the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) revived its local chapter.
Two U.N. observers were shot and killed, reportedly by Palestinian gunmen, in the West Bank.
Almost 60 years after they risked their lives to rescue Jews during the Holocaust, a Dutch couple and a one-time Polish partisan will be honored as Righteous Among the Nations on Sunday, Feb. 17 at the annual luncheon of the 1939 Club.
With the launch of the U.S.-led war on terrorism, American Jewish leaders are rallying behind Washington.
Relations between Southern California\’s 600,000 Jews and 500,000 Muslims, which have been marked by roller coaster-like ups and downs over a 50-year history, have hit near bottom in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
This Marc Rich story has legs and then some. Bill Clinton\’s last-moment pardon of the indicted billionaire commodities trader has, like so many of the former president\’s actions, created a cottage industry in sleazy revelation.\n
We couldn\’t help but notice that some of your most controversial last-minute pardons and commutations went to our fellow Jews.
Listen closely, and you can almost hear the sound of panic sweeping through the boardrooms of Jewish organizations around the country.
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