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SAN FRANCISCO (JTA)—It’s about 6 p.m. on May 14, 1948, and a friend and I are leaving a UNESCO conference here to catch the train back to Berkeley.

JERUSALEM (JTA)—Why does the U.S. establishment seem so intent on prosecuting an 84-year-old man for crimes allegedly committed nearly a quarter of a century ago?

NEW YORK (JTA)—The chairman of the United Israel Appeal announced that he would not seek a third term in office, citing controversy over his harsh criticisms of the top leaders of the North American federation system.

P.A. to shun Israel’s celebrants

JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Palestinian Authority threatened to boycott President Bush and foreign dignitaries who attend Israel’s Independence Day celebrations.

Pollard: I don’t know Kadish

WASHINGTON (JTA)—Jonathan Pollard says he does not know alleged spy Ben-Ami Kadish. Kadish, 84, allegedly passed American military secrets to Israel during the same period as the former Navy intelligence analyst.

WASHINGTON (JTA)—Israel’s U.N. ambassador called Jimmy Carter a “bigot” for meeting with Hamas leaders last month.

JERUSALEM (JTA)—Should Bat El Levy be asked at Israel's international youth Bible quiz next week about the messiah's coming, she may find herself in a bind.

JERUSALEM (JTA)—Maria Amin barrels down the corridors of the hospital in a wheelchair she maneuvers by using a joystick she moves with her chin.

TEL AVIV (JTA)—A recent rabbinic court ruling in Israel is prompting thousands of converts in the country to worry if their conversions to Judaism are at risk of being revoked.

SAN FRANCISCO (JTA)—Alysa Stanton-Ogulnick isn't particularly interested in being a standard-bearer.

She's proud to be black, proud to be a woman and proud to be a 45-year-old single mother who raised her adopted child on her own.

WASHINGTON (JTA)—A large group of rabbis spanning Judaism's religious movements says it has an answer to the vexing question of how to send China an Olympic-sized message without harming the interests of athletes or Israel.

LATRUN, Israel (JTA)—"We called them the bomb chucker-outters," laughs the silver-haired octogenarian.