Articles from the November 7, 2014 edition
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U.S. nuclear negotiator suggests Iran deal could be close at hand
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Is the Obama administration preparing the ground for an Iran nuclear deal — one in which both sides can claim victory? Wendy Sherman, the top U.S. negotiator, in an unusually detailed and optimistic speech on Oct. 23, for the first...
At 105, 'British Schindler' celebrated in Prague
PRAGUE (JTA) - A 105-year-old man known as the "British Oskar Schindler" - having saved hundreds of Jewish children from the Nazis - received the Czech Republic's highest honor on Oct. 28. Sir Nichola...
Weekly roundup of new briefs from JTA
Conversion reform passes Cabinet vote JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israel’s Cabinet approved a government regulation that will reform the conversion process. The regulation, which echoes the controversial conversion bill that for the second time passed the Con...
Museum ready to illuminate millennium-long Jewish history of Poland
Given that half of the 6 million Jews who died in the Holocaust came from Poland, many descendants of Polish Jews may be surprised to learn about the current hospitable environment for the Jewish popu...