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From today’s JTA: The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating whether Israeli organized crime is connected to an attack at a local synagogue. The department initially listed the Oct. 30 shooting at the Adat Yeshurun Valley Sephardic Synagogue...

Are these the actions of a country interested in negotiating in good faith for a Palestinian state alongside it, with East Jerusalem as its capital? Ha’aretz announced today that 2008 set an all-time record for the number of Arab residents of East...

You haven’t discovered Charming Hostess yet?  Well, if you’re interested in the latest in the radical Jewish creative spirit unleashed, then you’ve been sleeping on the job. There’s no way I could do them justice, so I’ll let them describe...

In honor of Thanksgiving, here’s a rundown on the latest findings in the science of gratitude: Several years ago, Dr. Michael McCollough of the University of Miami and Dr. Robert Emmons of the University of California at Davis conducted a scientific...