WASHINGTON (JTA)—Jewish Democrats increased their numbers in the U.S.

JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Ahead of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's upcoming visit to Washington, Israel and the United States are discussing ways to strengthen Palestinian moderates and jump-start a ne

TEL AVIV (JTA)—He has long been known as a novelist. But on Nov.

"I think there are serious dollars on the table," was about as specific as Israel Policy Forum Executive Director David M.

Oregonian film critic Shawn Levy took up the issue of Jewish prominence in America's motion picture industry when he addressed the annual Dor L'Dor luncheon of the local chapter of Hadassah,

Morton Paglin's new play is to theater what the art song or leit is to music.

"Kabbalah, A Love Story" by Lawrence Kushner, Morgan Road Books/Random House, 2006, hardcover, $17.95 ($12.21 on Amazon).

Celia Curfman's blue eyes go a little watery when she talks about Venice, and that's not a pun about the city some call the city of water.

According to Israeli intelligence sources, the Gaza Strip is beginning to resemble southern Lebanon with Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups engaged in an unprecedented arms buildup.