http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/ en brodskyshefler@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-19T22:58:01-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/19/1009311/after-prayer-and-punch-foreman-takes-jewish-victory-lap Marc Brodsky and Gil Shefler http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/19/1009311/after-prayer-and-punch-foreman-takes-jewish-victory-lap#When:22:58:01Z Yuri Foreman, boxer and rabbinical student, asked for a little help from above throughout his title bout with champion Daniel Santos—and his prayers were answered. Soon after he was the guest of honor at a JNF gala and held court at a posh kosher steakhouse. Featured 2009-11-19T22:58:01-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/19/1009305/whos-to-blame-for-abbas-resignation Uriel Heilman http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/19/1009305/whos-to-blame-for-abbas-resignation#When:16:39:00Z Mahmoud Abbas wants to resign as Palestinian Authority president. Who’s to blame? 2009-11-19T16:39:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/19/1009303/british-tv-on-the-pro-israel-lobby Uriel Heilman http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/19/1009303/british-tv-on-the-pro-israel-lobby#When:15:41:00Z Filled with sinister music and conspiratorial insinuations, a TV program on the Israel lobby in Britain is a one-sided broadside that portrays supporters of Israel in England as a shady, moneyed lobby manipulating members of Parliament and the media at will. Featured 2009-11-19T15:41:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/19/1009302/what-do-h-h-and-b-h-have-in-common Ami Eden http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/19/1009302/what-do-h-h-and-b-h-have-in-common#When:15:36:00Z Two of New York’s iconic stores—H & H Bagels and B & H electronics—are facing legal problems. The New York Times lumps them together, but not in a Jewish way. Which has JTA Editor Ami Eden scratching his head. Featured 2009-11-19T15:36:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/18/1009279/born-in-berlin-figthing-for-us Ami Eden http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/18/1009279/born-in-berlin-figthing-for-us#When:15:48:01Z CNN interviews JTA contributor Tom Tugend about the experience of being a child in Nazi Germany and subsequently fighting as soldier in the U.S. army. 2009-11-18T15:48:01-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/18/1009278/secular-studies Ami Eden http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/18/1009278/secular-studies#When:15:36:00Z Eric Herschthal of The New York Jewish Week reports on the growing debate over efforts to fund Jewish culture through an exclusively secular lens. Featured 2009-11-18T15:36:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/17/1009248/a-night-with-eli-valley Ami Eden http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/17/1009248/a-night-with-eli-valley#When:15:11:00Z Eli Valley is a provocative cartoonist who specializes in skewering Jewish organizational sacred cows. He recently took to the stage of Joe’s Pub to offer some insight into what makes him tick. Watch the video. 2009-11-17T15:11:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/16/1009231/nif-on-defense-for-rape-poster-demonizing-israel Uriel Heilman http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/16/1009231/nif-on-defense-for-rape-poster-demonizing-israel#When:20:48:00Z The New Israel Fund is defending its sponsorship of three Arab groups behind a poster suggesting that IDF soldiers sexually violate Arab women. 2009-11-16T20:48:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/16/1009226/controversy-crime-and-color-from-from-around-these-jewish-united-states Uriel Heilman http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/16/1009226/controversy-crime-and-color-from-from-around-these-jewish-united-states#When:19:55:00Z Controversy, crime and color from from around these Jewish United States. Featured 2009-11-16T19:55:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/16/1009213/what-did-maureen-dowd-say-about-bankers-ny-times-nj-jewish-news-snl Ami Eden http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/11/16/1009213/what-did-maureen-dowd-say-about-bankers-ny-times-nj-jewish-news-snl#When:15:58:00Z Maureen Dowd draws heat for a column bashing Goldman Sachs, in which she used the term “blood-sucking bankers” and invoked Jesus’ throwing the money-lenders out of the Temple. 2009-11-16T15:58:00-05:00