http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/ en bharris@jta.org Copyright 2010 2010-02-09T15:59:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/02/09/1010542/oren-at-irvine Ben Harris http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/02/09/1010542/oren-at-irvine#When:15:59:00Z Courtesy of the Orange County Register comes this excellent video of the speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren last night.  2010-02-09T15:59:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/02/09/1010534/a-nuclear-iran-good-for-america Uriel Heilman http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/02/09/1010534/a-nuclear-iran-good-for-america#When:14:16:00Z Adam Lowther argues that a nuclear Iran could be good for America. Uriel Heilman warns against such wishful thinking. Featured 2010-02-09T14:16:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/02/08/1010517/the-keffiyeh-with-the-star-of-david Uriel Heilman http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/02/08/1010517/the-keffiyeh-with-the-star-of-david#When:16:36:00Z From the New York Times: 2010-02-08T16:36:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/02/08/1010514/conflict-of-interest Uriel Heilman http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/02/08/1010514/conflict-of-interest#When:15:29:00Z Should the N.Y. Times’ Jerusalem correspondent be reassigned because his son is in the IDF? Featured 2010-02-08T15:29:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/02/04/1010471/sephardic-film-fest-opens-tonight Ben Harris http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/02/04/1010471/sephardic-film-fest-opens-tonight#When:15:16:00Z The Sephardic Film Festival opens Feb. 4 in New York City.  2010-02-04T15:16:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/02/04/1010473/j-street-effi-eitam-and-hillel Ami Eden http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/02/04/1010473/j-street-effi-eitam-and-hillel#When:14:49:00Z J Street is holding a kickoff event Thursday at the Hillel building at the University of Pennsylvania and on Wednesday Effi Eitam spoke at the Hillel Jewish University Center. Both events are sparking plenty of controversy. Featured 2010-02-04T14:49:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/02/02/1010442/what-if-it-had-been-an-el-al-plane-that-crashed-on-lost Ami Eden http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/02/02/1010442/what-if-it-had-been-an-el-al-plane-that-crashed-on-lost#When:16:49:00Z The New Republic’s Marty Peretz and the Zionist Organization of America smell something fishy in Preisdent Obama’s failure to mention Israel when he praised other nations for their cooperation in Haiti. And it got JTA’s staff thinking about another island. Featured 2010-02-02T16:49:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/02/02/1010436/live-video-from-the-herzliya-conf Uriel Heilman http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/02/02/1010436/live-video-from-the-herzliya-conf#When:15:37:00Z Live video from this week’s 10th annual Herzliya Conference, an annual gathering in Israel on politics and security, is available online here. Featured 2010-02-02T15:37:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/01/27/1010356/maharat-becomes-rabbah Ben Harris http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/01/27/1010356/maharat-becomes-rabbah#When:16:56:00Z Avi Weiss’ office just issued a statement saying that Sara Hurwitz, who was ordained with the unusual acronym Maharat last year (shorthand for leader in legal, spiritual and Torah matters), would henceforth be known as “rabbah.” Featured 2010-01-27T16:56:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/01/27/1010348/hitlers-fish-knife Ben Harris http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2010/01/27/1010348/hitlers-fish-knife#When:15:15:00Z It’s been a month since the theft of the famous sign at the entrance to Auschwitz and the BBC has taken a look at the trade in historic Nazi artifacts. Seeking to understand the appeal of such relics, the BBC’s Claire Bolderson makes a move that one can’t help but feel is going to taint the enterprise even more (assuming that’s possible). She visits a prolific trafficker in Nazi memorabilia better known for his controversial (and in some countries, illegal) views on the era: David Irving.  2010-01-27T15:15:00-05:00