Issue Number 18 Volume 49

TEL AVIV (JTA)—With "failure" officially stamped on Ehud Olmert's management of last summer's war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, the question is: What happens now?  read more »

During her April visit to Portland, American Jewish World Service President Ruth Messinger took time out to meet with local Jews April 22 at the Lake Oswego home of Steven A. and Patricia Bilow.  read more »

Germany's consul general for the western United States says he never met a Jew while growing up in a small town in Germany.

"My first encounter with Jewish life was as a tourist to Israel," said Rolf E. Schtte.  read more »

An eyewitness to the genocide in Darfur, Ruth W. Messinger, president of the American Jewish World Service, urged Jews not to turn their backs on the escalating crisis when she spoke at Congregation Beth Israel April 20.  read more »

Every weekday matinee of the Readers Theatre Repertory production of the Holocaust drama "Address Unknown" was booked by local school groups.  read more »

Paul Gilliam has crocheted thematic kippot for a Chicago Cubs' fan, a U.S. Navy veteran, an 8-day-old baby and a bar mitzvah boy. He also made one in baseball-cap style for someone who always wears a ponytail; the hair threads through a hole in the back.  read more »

Three thousand years evaporated as Rabbi Joseph Telushkin brought the ethics of Judaism home to an audience of 250 April 29 at Congregation Shaarie Torah.

As popular as he is scholarly, the best-selling author demonstrated his unique ability to interpret original texts such as the Talmud and illustrate them with the perfect anecdote.  read more »

Dear Secretary General Dear:

As you are well aware, the resolution passed by the 40,000-member NUJ on April 13 calling for a boycott of Israeli goods in protest against Israel's "military adventures" has sparked outrage among Jewish organizations on this side of the Atlantic.  read more »