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NATION | IRAN PRESIDENT's VISIT TO UN
NEW YORK (JTA) – With speeches, fiery rhetoric and protestations of one sort of another, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his opponents in the United States faced off against each other during his latest visit to New York. full story >
NATION | AGRIPROCESSORS
NEW YORK — The filing of criminal charges against the owners of Agriprocessors has prompted the Orthodox Union, one of the meat company's kosher certifiers, to promise it will suspend its kosher supervision unless new management is hired. full story >
NATION | DECISION 2008
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden, all wrong on Israel? Sarah Palin, a Jewish woman's worst nightmare? Republicans and Democrats campaigning for the Jewish vote have flipped the traditional role of the vice-presidential candidate from "attack dog" to fresh meat. full story >
NATION | DECISION 2008
ST. PAUL (JTA) -- The two vice-presidential candidates led the way Wednesday as the Obama and McCain campaigns worked to draw clear battle lines on Iran and Israel. full story >
NATION | DECISION 2008
DENVER (JTA) -- President Bush and John McCain backed policies that have endangered Israel, Democrats argued during their convention speeches last week. full story >
NATION | THREE YEARS AFTER KATRINA
NEW ORLEANS (JTA) — Three years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, the face of Jewish New Orleans is undergoing a dramatic transformation. full story >
NATION | 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
WASHINGTON (JTA) – The first day of the upcoming Democratic convention presents a classic Jewish conundrum: Chew over ideas or nosh? full story >
NATIONAL | TERM WRAP-UP
WASHINGTON — Perhaps the most noteworthy development for Jewish groups that watch the Supreme Court was not what it decided this session, but what it decided not to decide. full story >
NATION | FEDERATION SHOOTING CASE
SEATTLE (JTA) -- A judge declared a mistrial in the case of the gunman who shot up the offices of this city's Jewish federation. full story >
NATION | NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK (JTA) -- The arrest this week of a retired Jewish man in New Jersey on charges of transmitting classified information to Israel two decades ago shows how the Jonathan Pollard spy case continues to haunt the U.S.-Israel relationship. full story >
NATION | DECISION 2008
With the results of the Iowa Caucuses, as well as the New Hampshire primary this week, the country is closely watching the campaigns of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. full story >
NATION | USCJ TO VOTE ON RESOLUTION
SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) -- The Conservative movement is poised to take a major step toward establishing a system for using ethical standards to certify the practices of kosher food production. This weekend, delegates to the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism's biennial conference in Orlando, Fla., will consider a resolution supporting a "hekhsher tzedek," or certificate of social justice, to be given to food produced in a manner that meets certain environmental and labor standards, including worker safety and fair wages. The resolution is expected to pass easily. full story >
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