Current events
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Sources of Up-to-the-Minute Jewish News and News Analysis
There are many online sources of Jewish news and news analysis. Here are some:
JTA, The Global News Service of the Jewish People, New York
Israeli President Shimon Peres is celebrating his 85th birthday with a party in the Negev Desert.
Bashar Assad is in Moscow, where he is seeking to purchase arms.
The Jewish Daily Forward, New York
Rabbi Chosen To Give Invocation Before Obama’s Acceptance Speech
A leading Reform rabbi will deliver a prime-time invocation at the Democratic National Convention on the day of Barack Obama’s acceptance speech.
Obama Campaign Appoints Adviser To Coordinate Jewish Outreach
The Obama campaign is beefing up its Jewish outreach operation, adding a senior staff member to oversee ties with the Jewish community.
Government Aid For Liberal Shuls Breaks Orthodox Israeli Monopoly
Israel’s Reform and Conservative movements have been allotted government land for synagogue construction, marking the first time in the Jewish state’s history that the Orthodox monopoly on public support for prayer facilities has been broken.
Denver 2008: Boosters, Power Brokers and Money Men — The Behind the Scenes Players
On his path to the Democratic convention, Barack Obama had a complicated push-and-pull relationship with the Jewish community. When he was an upstart politician in Chicago, local Jews were some of his earliest supporters, and Obama likes to tell Jewish audiences that in some of his early races, he was criticized for being too close to Jews.
Berkeley JCC Cuts Staff by Half, Amid Money Woes
With financial woes having already decimated the ranks of Southern California’s Jewish community centers, the crisis has moved northward. The JCC of the East Bay, located in Berkeley, Calif., is in the midst of crippling financial woes that in recent weeks have forced layoffs of half its staff. While the JCC — which services the sizable Jewish communities of Berkeley and Oakland — is not shutting its doors, the funding emergency is threatening to eliminate cultural programming, a centerpiece of its activities, as well as senior services.
Haaretz, Tel Aviv
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Yediot Aharonot, Tel Aviv
Russia promises to start Georgia pullback
Seinfeld to be pitchman for Microsoft
Saakashvili: West must make Russia quit Georgia
Friday: Police to question Olmert for 6th time
Sarkozy: France will not pull out of Afghanistan
The Jewish Chronicle, London
DebkaFile, Jerusalem
