National News

P.I. On Dohenny's

04/10/2013 | Rebecca Spence | JTA

Los Angeles — A semi-automatic weapon sits propped beside the front door of the ranch-style home that Eric Agaki shares with his wife, a couple of goats, some chickens and a horse. Only it’s not the real thing.

President Obama's Yom HaShoah Message

04/08/2013 | Barack Obama

I join people here in the United States, in Israel, and around the world in observing Holocaust Remembrance Day. Today, we honor the memories of the six million Jewish victims and millions of others who perished in the darkness of the Shoah. As we reflect on the beautiful lives lost, and their great potential that would never be fulfilled, we also pay tribute to all those who resisted the Nazis’ heinous acts and all those who survived.

Rechnitz Buys Scandal-Plagued Kosher Supermarket In LA

04/04/2013 | JTA

Local businessman Shlomo Rechnitz has bought a scandal-plagued kosher supermarket in Los Angeles from its former owner, who is suspected of mislabeling its meat.

Hundreds Of Groups Back Diversity As Klan Rallies In Memphis

04/03/2013 | JTA

Around 250 communal organizations and religious groups joined the mayors of Memphis and Shelby County, Tenn., in publishing a statement supporting diversity on the day the Ku Klux Klan staged a rally in the city.

Rabbi Herschel Schacter, Chaplain At Buchenwald Liberation, Dies At 95

03/21/2013 | Staff Report

Rabbi Herschel Schacter, a national Jewish leader and the only Jewish chaplain present at the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, died Thursday at the age of 95.

Freedom From Toil, 2013 Style

03/20/2013 | Steve Lipman | Staff Writer

He could have been one of the ancient Israelites toiling for the Pharoah under the brutal Egyptian sun some 5,000 years ago. Even his name is biblical.