Articles from the December 27, 2013 edition
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Reform Judaism tries for a 'reboot' in face of daunting challenges
SAN DIEGO (JTA)-What do you get when you bring together 5,000 of the Reform movement's faithful for a conference in sunny San Diego in mid-December? Four days of singing, learning, schmoozing and...
Thanks to all the Jewish Pavilion volunteers
Jewish Pavilion volunteers celebrated Chanukah at more than 35 senior care facilities in Central Florida....
Economic, security concerns driving record levels of French aliyah
By Cnaan Liphshiz PARIS (JTA)-In an overcrowded conference room in the heart of Paris' 14th arrondissement, 100 French Jews are losing their patience. They have gathered at the Paris office of the...
EL AL Israel Airlines rolls out new tech-friendly services
NEW YORK—EL AL, Israel’s national airline, helps keep passengers connected with a number of technology improvements and new services. Tech-savvy passengers can now plan a trip using a user-friendly free vacation-planning app, download a free mob...
Weekly roundup of world briefs from JTA
U.S. rented apartment to spy on Israel’s defense minister JERUSALEM (JTA)—The United States in 2007 rented an apartment directly across the road from then-Defense Minister Ehud Barak, it was reported in the wake of revelations that the U.S. and Bri...
From DP camp to baseball's official historian
CATSKILL, N.Y. (JTA) – The past escorts John Thorn home from the moment he greets a visitor at a 139-year-old railroad station, crosses the Rip Van Winkle Bridge and arrives at his residence, a c...
How I became a Reform Jew
(JTA)-I grew up Jewish. Simply Jewish. My late father, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, raised us in an observant Orthodox household. Our lives were filled with beautiful ritual and we celebrated the wonder...
6 Degrees (no Bacon): Jewish celebrity roundup
Katie Couric hosts for AFMDA HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (JTA)-American Friends of Magen David Adom apparently has some pretty big-name friends. In attendance at the organization's sold-out Manhattan fundraiser...